Bought a 3.88lb salmon fillet from Sam's Club the other day and today is the day it meets the WSM.
I got 5 nice chunks of salmon off the fillet and it is brining in this brine that I made up from a compilation of different brines I've found over the last couple days:
1 gallon of water
1 cup kosher salt
1 cup brown sugar
½ cup soy sauce
½ cup white wine
1 tbls granulated garlic
1 tbls onion powder
1 tbls dried thyme
2 tsp dill
1 tsp black pepper
Fish went into the brine at 10:20am and it will brine for 75 minutes. I'm then going to pat it dry and allow it to air dry for at least one hour maybe two or until the pellicle has formed.
Then I'm going to dust the fillets with Hi-Mountain Salmon Seasoning and place on the WSM using Alder Wood chips in foil packets. Using the Minion Method, I want to hold top cooking grate temps to 190-205 and smoke the fish for approximately 2 hours or until it reaches about 155 internal temp.
I'm not looking for a really dried out finish product, nor am I looking for a really moist product...I guess a little of both.
If you see any problems or have any suggestions let me know before it gets to be too late, thanks in advance.
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I got 5 nice chunks of salmon off the fillet and it is brining in this brine that I made up from a compilation of different brines I've found over the last couple days:
1 gallon of water
1 cup kosher salt
1 cup brown sugar
½ cup soy sauce
½ cup white wine
1 tbls granulated garlic
1 tbls onion powder
1 tbls dried thyme
2 tsp dill
1 tsp black pepper
Fish went into the brine at 10:20am and it will brine for 75 minutes. I'm then going to pat it dry and allow it to air dry for at least one hour maybe two or until the pellicle has formed.
Then I'm going to dust the fillets with Hi-Mountain Salmon Seasoning and place on the WSM using Alder Wood chips in foil packets. Using the Minion Method, I want to hold top cooking grate temps to 190-205 and smoke the fish for approximately 2 hours or until it reaches about 155 internal temp.
I'm not looking for a really dried out finish product, nor am I looking for a really moist product...I guess a little of both.
If you see any problems or have any suggestions let me know before it gets to be too late, thanks in advance.
:dunno: