Recent content by RyeSmoke

Mixed bag. Sunday was the warmest day on record for that date in Victoria since we've been taking records. A high of 26. But today is calling for a high of 15 and a thunder storm.

Hello from Victoria! My wife lived in Ottawa for quite a while. Sorry to hear about the snow.

Super jealous! We also call them crayfish where I'm from, and you can catch them down in some of our local rivers. Although it would take a while to get enough for a big boil like that. Still never had a proper crawfish boil. It's high on my bucket list. Do you make them spicy?

So the other day I posted about the smoked pink swimming scallops I did up. Brined for 30 minutes on a mix of sugar, salt, soy, garlic, water, and Datu Puti vinegar. Then smoked them for a couple hours on a mix of cherry and maple. See my earlier post for the full step by step. They turned out...

Here ya go! Barbecued pizza with homemade pesto, grilled spot prawns, smoked scallops, charred onion, spinach, and goats cheese. Turned out amazing!

A couple years ago I discovered a new fishery harvesting pink and spiny swimming scallops in the waters off Campbell River on Vancouver Island. Only a few hundred kilometers away from my home in Victoria. They are sold in the shell and taste like a cross between a scallop and a clam. Some come...

Ah gotcha! Haha I'm a Canadian boy as well and figured that a prairie rub would be different. But the only blackening spice I've heard of comes from Louisiana. Sounds good though!

Looks good! What's that Saskatchewan Blackening rub all about? Kinda cajun flavours?

Thanks! It's one thing I never take for granted. However we are seeing our fair share of restrictions on salmon fishing these last couple years. Right now the fishery is closed from April-August to protect the Fraser River run of Chinook. But we still get our season on Pinks, Coho, Sockeye, and...

Welcome! I'm new to this forum as well, my wife is also expecting, and I have a Weber Genesis that I use almost daily. Great to see some relatable folks on here! Those smoke boxes over the diffusers work alright. My biggest issue with the Weber is that the smoke tends to escape the BBQ very...

Hey Gang! I live up on Vancouver Island, Canada, in the Pacific Northwest. Fun fact - Where I live doesn't actually rain that much. We get like a third of what Seattle or Vancouver gets. I've been smoking meats for about 15 years. Started smoking meats with shavings from my neighbours carving...