Smokehouse Tips
Should You Add Water to Your Wood Chips?
You may have wondered... Should I add water to my wood chips or wood chunks before using them in the smoker? The answer is NO. You want to get smoke from the wood, not burn off water because you'll be steaming your foods, not smoking them. It is also important to get smoke on your food early, before it seals on the outside, and to do this you want your wood chips to smoke as quickly as possible. This is done by having extremely dry wood chips and chunks. That is why Smokehouse Wood Chips and Smokehouse Wood Chunks are...
Adding a Smoke Chief to Your Traeger Grill
Adding a Smoke Chief to your Traeger or any other type of grill is a great way to get A LOT more smoke when you need it most! We wanted to share a recent post on our Facebook page from Scott W about how he connected the Smoke Chief to his Traeger grill. You can see from the video just how much smoke is being produced from the Smoke Chief, which is attached on the right hand side of the grill. The Smoke Chief is a cold smoke generator so it is only producing cold smoke. This gives you the...
Use a Good, Stiff Fillet Knife to Fillet a Salmon
It is important to use a good, stiff fillet knife to fillet your salmon when preparing to make smoked salmon. For a knife similar to the one in this video, try the Victorinox 40133 breaking knife. This knife is similar to the Forschner knife that is used in this video, since this model is no longer made. The blade on the knife is about 12" long for when you're smoking salmon that weigh 20 lbs or more. Once you have filleted your salmon, you'll want to try one of the old original salmon brines. Check out this video of Herb Good...
