And... nirvana, almost.
Well, did a 12 hour burn-in with the new AMNPS to season it. That took up Fryday afternoon/night.
So Candied Salmon got off-set to Smokerday. Worked out, because it left overnight to do the cure. Cut up the pieces into cubeulars, put them into a glass casserole sorta dish, 1 cup of packed brown sugar, 1/4 cuppa Sea Salt. Covered the cubes, sealed the dish and put away in the fridge...
Smokerday I started the MES 30 at 100° to insure good draw. Guesstimated 6 hours of pellets, and racked my cubes. Two racks, for good circulation. Then set up a window fan to for the pellical in the cubes.
Sick wife comes out of her room and is NOT happy about the smell in the house. She thought I was burning something. :(
So I moved my Pellical-izing outside on the patio. :mad: 2 hours later I was happy with the cubes, time to smoke. By now, the MES 30 is really warm and stabilized. I lit my AMNPS and got it going, and put the racks in the smoker. Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy!
6 hours later and we are near evening, I shut down the heat and pulled the AMNPS. It was still smoking, but I guessed really close. The last of the pellets were smoldering. I let them cool and put them in a closed glass bowl to rest overnight in the fridge.
OK, so today is the final! Final-ly! I like Sage Honey, so I opted for a honey glaze. I made my glaze the night before, so I just daubbed and brushed it on the cubes in the bowl, snapped the lid on, and tumbled the lot to spread the Honey Glaze around. Then spread them on lightly greased mats for the 4 hour finish run.
Smoker was nice and warm at 185° - 200°, and I had 1 row of my home made Oak mini-curls in the AMNPS. In ya go and torched the dust. At first, looked good. But the Oak made such subtle smoke I had to stick my eyeball on the stack to see it. About 2 hours later the Oak was gone, there was no more smoke, and the IT of a fat piece was 161°.
So I declared it done.
And although a bit dry, it has wonderful taste, and oil, and the Honey Glaze finish.
Thanks to Disco for the recipe!
Well, did a 12 hour burn-in with the new AMNPS to season it. That took up Fryday afternoon/night.
So Candied Salmon got off-set to Smokerday. Worked out, because it left overnight to do the cure. Cut up the pieces into cubeulars, put them into a glass casserole sorta dish, 1 cup of packed brown sugar, 1/4 cuppa Sea Salt. Covered the cubes, sealed the dish and put away in the fridge...
Smokerday I started the MES 30 at 100° to insure good draw. Guesstimated 6 hours of pellets, and racked my cubes. Two racks, for good circulation. Then set up a window fan to for the pellical in the cubes.
Sick wife comes out of her room and is NOT happy about the smell in the house. She thought I was burning something. :(
So I moved my Pellical-izing outside on the patio. :mad: 2 hours later I was happy with the cubes, time to smoke. By now, the MES 30 is really warm and stabilized. I lit my AMNPS and got it going, and put the racks in the smoker. Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy!
6 hours later and we are near evening, I shut down the heat and pulled the AMNPS. It was still smoking, but I guessed really close. The last of the pellets were smoldering. I let them cool and put them in a closed glass bowl to rest overnight in the fridge.
OK, so today is the final! Final-ly! I like Sage Honey, so I opted for a honey glaze. I made my glaze the night before, so I just daubbed and brushed it on the cubes in the bowl, snapped the lid on, and tumbled the lot to spread the Honey Glaze around. Then spread them on lightly greased mats for the 4 hour finish run.
Smoker was nice and warm at 185° - 200°, and I had 1 row of my home made Oak mini-curls in the AMNPS. In ya go and torched the dust. At first, looked good. But the Oak made such subtle smoke I had to stick my eyeball on the stack to see it. About 2 hours later the Oak was gone, there was no more smoke, and the IT of a fat piece was 161°.
So I declared it done.
And although a bit dry, it has wonderful taste, and oil, and the Honey Glaze finish.
Thanks to Disco for the recipe!
