Smokin Info Please

[Wannabe]

Since this site has a ton of information and I'm fairly new here I was wondering if someone could give me a name or address of a place here in Portland who does a good smoking on fish. I'm hoping to get lucky and get my first steelhead tommorrow and the wife only likes it in a dip. Please forgive me if this has already been covered a few times. Thanks
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[madman james]

there is a place on 112th and powel that does a good job

[blacktail]

I do my own now, but the Sausage Kitchen in Gladstone always did good for me.

Mike

[Drachir]

Don't pay someone to do your fish smoking, do it yourself. Go out and buy yourself a Luhr Jensen Smoker, some Alder chips and e-mail me for a great brine recipe!! It is not difficult and you can get it done just the way you like it. Besides that the Kudos from your friends will make you feel great, and it's fun!! :grin:

[Nanook]

Get your own little or big chief smoker. Not rocket science at all. You always get your fish and all of your fish. (No implication that anyone suggested here would not return the same fish and all that fish, but it has happened). The instruction book is easy and the brines are great, then you can experiment with brines, etc.

Pays for itself real quick too. All electric. Matter of burning pre-packaged variety of wood chips and then the drying time in the smoker, as far as the smoker operation goes.

The drying time after it comes out of the brine, and before it goes into the smoker is the entire "secret" in addition to the time in the brine and brine ingredients.

[mike5097]

Try Otto's on Woodstock Blvd.
THE BEST!!!!

Mike

[WheresMyBobber]

Ditto what ****** said, expecially with the drying time. It's very easy to over-dry your fish and end up with fish jerky. If you like your smoked fish moist, you'll want to keep a close eye on it the first few times until you the the feel for drying times. You'll also find that the smaller, thinner pieces dry faster and can be removed from the smoker sooner than bigger pieces.

Once you get the hang of smoking it yourself, you'll never even think of having someone else do it for you.

[Wannabe]

Thank you all very much for your input...it was appreciated. I used to smoke my fish all the time but now it seems I haven't made the time.

[Jim]

Hey Wannabe....I have a source for some great smoked salmon...email me at: runwildrivers@yahoo.com

Thanks,

Jim