Salmon

[buckbuck]

Smoking some salmon tonight . What kind of wood do y'all use ? Me I prefer alder best wood to use in my book .

 

[buckbuck]

Fish came out good. But some of you who have the brinkmann smoker know that you can't adjust the temp .. Today I purchased a router speed control with variable speed control hopefully this helps . Has anyone else experimented with this ?

 

[daveomak]

Buck, evening.....    Alder, maple work very well....    Glad the fish came out good....   

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Check the wattage rating for the speed controller..... It may not have the rating needed for the element..... I use a 1500 watt incandescent dimmer switch for my 800 watt element...  overkill but it works very well......   Dave

 

[buckbuck]

It worked its a 15 amp 1500w the lowest setting gets me to 170 didn't check the high setting yet. I switched to this kind of smoke for one I live in the city of Lincoln Nebraska and two they would probably frown upon the smoke houses I'm used to . Darn alder is hard to come by here in the Midwest lol.

 

[buckbuck]

Thing was only 20 dollars at harbor freight .

 

[daveomak]

Buck, at those low temps, you might look at The AMNPS and an assortment of pellets... start with Pitmaster's Choice and a mix of others to add to it for specialty flavors....  I just ordered 25#'s PC and 10#'s Hickory...  I've got 60#'s of bellies to smoke as soon as the weather cools off here....  

Dave

 

[tjohnson]

Hey Buck

Yes, it's tough to get low temps in your Brinkman Electric Smoker

The router speed control will eventually burn up.  It's not designed for what you're doing.  A simple dimmer switch would work better

Depending on where you live, alder chips can be found at some big box stores

I use Apple or Maple for fish, rather than Alder

TJ