Dave Smith wrote:
> The other day I headed to a BBQ speciality store to buy a smoker. The
> salesman talked me out of it. Instead of buying an expensive smoker
> when I already have a good gas BBQ he suggested a little metal box
> that you fill with soaked chips and set it above the flames.
> COnsidering it was almost $300 than a good smoker, I gave it a whirl.
> I bought the smoker box and a bag of alder chips and tried it out
> tonight.
>
> I went out this morning and got a couple of trout fillets and some
> nice big shrimp. The trout were brined in a couple of spoonfuls of
> salt and sugar with some sliced garlic and chopped dill and water
> for a few hours. about an hour before I started the BBQ I shelled the
> shrimp and made a marinate of olive oil, lemon juice, salt, pepper,
> Worcestershire Sauce, ketchup, garlic and parsley.
>
> I soaked the chips and put them in the smoker box, put the box under
> the grill and started her up. I laid the trout on sheets of foil just
> large enough to the fillets and set them on the opposite side then
> kept an eye on the temperature. When the trout looked almost done, I
> set the shrimp on the grill directly over the smoker box. They were
> done in about 10 minutes, same time as the trout was ready to come
> off.
>
> It was a smoking success. The trout and the shrimp were fantastic. If
> I had know the trout was going to be so good I would have made a lot
> more of it and then frozen it for later use. Smoked trout is good in
> all sorts of things. The shrimp was so good i could never count on
> having any left over.

What did you buy, can you clue us in? Glad the meal was a great success!

kili