Will fish stink up my smoker?

[bluejaybbq]

I want to try smoking some fish this weekend, and I'm worried I won't be able to get the fish smell out of my smoker--an insulated SmokinTex electric smoker. What do you guys think? I'll probably take a pass if I have to give the smoker a thorough cleaning after I smoke fish. Thanks.

[Bad Santa]

Bluejay, I've never had a problem with the fish smell afterwards, tho' I usually do it on an offset. I now place the fish on an enameled veggie rack designed for grilling, I use to just place on sheet of foil spayed with Pam with holes poked in it to allow smoke and juices to pass through. Most of the juices dried out on the foil. Could place an aluminum drip pan underneath rack to catch drips so it would not adhere to surface of smoker, therefore no juices in smoker to smell.

[Grumpy Gator]

Bluejay, I've never had a problem with the fish smell afterwards...

WAY too much info... :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Bad Santa]

That's another reason why I like wearing a beard... :wink: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[BBQ101]

I do Salmon all the time and have never had any trouble. If you are worried place a aluminum pan under the wrack were you plan on doing the fish to catch the oils if any that come out of the fish.

[Woodman]

I smoke salmon and even Steelhead all the time and never have a problem. If you do notice any residual smell, I would suggest rinsing it out with Summer's Eve or Massangil :wink:

[Smokin']

That's nice.

[Zilla]

:lol: :lol: :lol: yea.....

[vinman]

I smoke salmon and even Steelhead all the time and never have a problem. If you do notice any residual smell, I would suggest rinsing it out with Summer's Eve or Massangil :wink:

I darn near spit out my coffee there Woodman :lol: :lol:

[carnivore]

I smoke salmon and even Steelhead all the time and never have a problem. If you do notice any residual smell, I would suggest rinsing it out with Summer's Eve or Massangil :wink:

Now some of the real cooking secrets are coming out..

[DoubleBarrelSmoker]

I smoke salmon and even Steelhead all the time and never have a problem. If you do notice any residual smell, I would suggest rinsing it out with Summer's Eve or Massangil :wink:

I just read this to my wife and she couldn't stop laughing. But when she did,
she asked me if the guy who said it was funny or weird or what. And I didn't know what to tell her. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Steve-O]

No problem with fish stinking up a smoker.

[Thom Emery]

I smoke salmon and even Steelhead all the time and never have a problem. If you do notice any residual smell, I would suggest rinsing it out with Summer's Eve or Massangil :wink:

I just read this to my wife and she couldn't stop laughing. But when she did,
she asked me if the guy who said it was funny or weird or what. And I didn't know what to tell her. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Woodweird

[kpigout]

If you buy stinking, fishy smellin' fish to begin with, then you need to learn how to buy fish. :D


Seriously, fresh fish does not smell fishy. If it does, or the eyes are cloudy, it's old. It should have a clean smell, and the eyes, if whole, should be clear.

If it don't smell before cooking, it ain't gonna smell after.

[vinman]

If you buy stinking, fishy smellin' fish to begin with, then you need to learn how to buy fish. :D


Seriously, fresh fish does not smell fishy. If it does, or the eyes are cloudy, it's old. It should have a clean smell, and the eyes, if whole, should be clear.

If it don't smell before cooking, it ain't gonna smell after.

I started out thinking about saying that but my brain goes blank by the time I hit the reply button :shock:

[Buckeye]

If you buy stinking, fishy smellin' fish to begin with, then you need to learn how to buy fish. :D


Seriously, fresh fish does not smell fishy. If it does, or the eyes are cloudy, it's old. It should have a clean smell, and the eyes, if whole, should be clear.

If it don't smell before, it ain't gonna smell after.

Bad Santa? You mite wunna take heed ta that next time you....well, you noe.....git reddy ta go back up tha chimmney. :roll: :twisted:

[Woodman]

Actually, I'm just funny , in a weird sorta way! I disagree about salmon and steelhead not stinking! They both have an inherent stink that comes from their fat whether they are fresh or not!

[david brace]

I smoke fish on occasion and have never noticed a bad smell in the pit afterwards. And it's true that you should NEVER buy fish that smells 'fishy'. I also use a drip pan under the fish, for the liquid and in case an occasional fragment falls off the edge of the fish. I use this very tightly woven stainless steel rack-almost like screening, that i got somewhere :?: thru the years, but i give it a little Pam spray, and it works great.

DB

[Buckeye]

I gotta agree with Woody on tha salmon have'n a odaire about itself....before cookin an after. There's a difference between a fish smellin' like a fish, an a fish smellin' fishy/stinky. Jus like chicken has its own fragrance.....cuz when chicken smells chickeny.....you noe its bad! :shock: When its not bad, you kin smell what a good chicken shood smell like. :roll: :P

[TexLaw]

I don't know of any problems with stinking up a pit due to fish.

Problems with Woody, though . . . . Well . . . . :lol: :lol: :lol:


TL

[david brace]

With the amount of smoke that these pits put out and under pressure, the smell of the fish is not a issue for me.

DB

[Grumpy Gator]

...the smell of the fish is not a issue for me.

DB

words to live by... :)

[david brace]

:lol: :lol: :lol:

DB

[gatorpit]

I smoke salmon and even Steelhead all the time and never have a problem. If you do notice any residual smell, I would suggest rinsing it out with Summer's Eve or Massangil :wink:

That is more information than I needed to know. Only from Woody. :)

PS, never had a stinky pit from smoking catfish, salmon, snapper, shrimp, etc.

[bigwheel]

Well I tried to smoke a salmon on Fred about 1998 and it still still smells like dead fish in there on a hot day in August. I skip that procedure if it was me. Get yourself a NB Universal Water Smoker and reserve that for stinky critters..like fish and javelinos..possums etc. Just trying to help you skip some pain and misery. It sorta like a car which has been used for sewercide out in the country in the warm months. The smell dont never come out as far as I can tell. You can buy them kinda cars cheap ya know?

bigwheel


I want to try smoking some fish this weekend, and I'm worried I won't be able to get the fish smell out of my smoker--an insulated SmokinTex electric smoker. What do you guys think? I'll probably take a pass if I have to give the smoker a thorough cleaning after I smoke fish. Thanks.