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.

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

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

It is a small heavy cast iron box about 4" x 8" and 2" deep with a
removable slotted top. You just put the dampened wood chips inside the
metal box and set it over the flame. Worked great.

I used Alder chips because they are supposed to be good for fish. I also
have some Mesquite for meats.

On Fri, 25 May 2007 20:36:55 -0400, 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.
<snippage of method>
>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.

Now that sounds GOOD! It's a great grillin' weekend, so I may fire
'er up. I have one of them thar boxes and some chips. Now I just
need to buy the fish.

Thanks for the inspiration!

TammyM

"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
...
> kilikini wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> What did you buy, can you clue us in? Glad the meal was a great success!
>>
>
> It is a small heavy cast iron box about 4" x 8" and 2" deep with a
> removable slotted top. You just put the dampened wood chips inside the
> metal box and set it over the flame. Worked great.
>
> I used Alder chips because they are supposed to be good for fish. I also
> have some Mesquite for meats.

Last year Home Depot had a clearance sale on something similar from
Charbroil, $10.00, marked down from $20.00 (US$). I picked up two. Works
great for a light, smoky flavor.

Paco's Tacos wrote:
> "Dave Smith" > wrote in message
> ...
>> kilikini wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> What did you buy, can you clue us in? Glad the meal was a great success!
>>>
>> It is a small heavy cast iron box about 4" x 8" and 2" deep with a
>> removable slotted top. You just put the dampened wood chips inside the
>> metal box and set it over the flame. Worked great.
>>
>> I used Alder chips because they are supposed to be good for fish. I also
>> have some Mesquite for meats.
>
> Last year Home Depot had a clearance sale on something similar from
> Charbroil, $10.00, marked down from $20.00 (US$). I picked up two. Works
> great for a light, smoky flavor.
>
>

You can do the same thing easily with aluminum foil.

--
-Gina in Italy

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"ravenlynne" > wrote in message
...
> Paco's Tacos wrote:
>> "Dave Smith" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> kilikini wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> What did you buy, can you clue us in? Glad the meal was a great
>>>> success!
>>>>
>>> It is a small heavy cast iron box about 4" x 8" and 2" deep with a
>>> removable slotted top. You just put the dampened wood chips inside the
>>> metal box and set it over the flame. Worked great.
>>>
>>> I used Alder chips because they are supposed to be good for fish. I
>>> also
>>> have some Mesquite for meats.
>>
>> Last year Home Depot had a clearance sale on something similar from
>> Charbroil, $10.00, marked down from $20.00 (US$). I picked up two.
>> Works great for a light, smoky flavor.
>
> You can do the same thing easily with aluminum foil.
>
> --
> -Gina in Italy
>
<snip Ravenlynne's diversions - she should be devoting ALL of her time to
RFC :-)>

Yeah, but using aluminum foil is just so economical and sensible. MY way
was much better; I got a new toy for the grill!

Paco's Tacos wrote:
> "ravenlynne" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Paco's Tacos wrote:
>>> "Dave Smith" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> kilikini wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> What did you buy, can you clue us in? Glad the meal was a great
>>>>> success!
>>>>>
>>>> It is a small heavy cast iron box about 4" x 8" and 2" deep with a
>>>> removable slotted top. You just put the dampened wood chips inside the
>>>> metal box and set it over the flame. Worked great.
>>>>
>>>> I used Alder chips because they are supposed to be good for fish. I
>>>> also
>>>> have some Mesquite for meats.
>>> Last year Home Depot had a clearance sale on something similar from
>>> Charbroil, $10.00, marked down from $20.00 (US$). I picked up two.
>>> Works great for a light, smoky flavor.
>> You can do the same thing easily with aluminum foil.
>>
>> --
>> -Gina in Italy
>>
> <snip Ravenlynne's diversions - she should be devoting ALL of her time to
> RFC :-)>
>
> Yeah, but using aluminum foil is just so economical and sensible. MY way
> was much better; I got a new toy for the grill!
>
>

LOL

--
-Gina in Italy

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Micah by Laurell K. Hamilton
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