smoked salmon ...

[dan the mano]

hey everyone.. i have a few questions for you ..

1) i have a smoked a few salmon before with both a rub .. and liquid marinade . . , my question for you now is , how do i get some good carmilazation on these???
- is this so long at a set temp .. then turn up the temp .
- you see i usually went and did it with my bradley , that was manual, (older one)and try to have a preset temp of 160... and then put my fish in .. took about 4-5 hours and it was done as the smoker heated up nice and slow .
- you see i have always placed my fish on the racks being wet (wipe away some of the moisture ) but still not patting totally dry .

the reason why i am asking .. is because , im happy with this ,but a friend of mine said they were used to more caralization , although they liked this .. , just more of the carmalization ... i hope the carmilzation is a good description ..

thanks

 

[Winterrider]

Liquid brine, rinse, place in fridge overnight to dry and form pellicle. I think this is what you would be looking.

 

[gmc2003]

You can use tree piss(maple syrup) or honey on the salmon as a baste.

Chris