| muttfishr wrote: |
| Once its outta the smoker its non-perishable (kinda) I've never had it last long enough to go bad, wrap the pieces up individually in tin foil and keep in refrigerator untill use or put it in your lunch box or wherever, room temp it won't go bad, its smoked!. |
I smoke a lot of tuna, try to do them in at least 20 lb. batches of fillet at a time. There's no way I can eat 20 lb. of smoked fish in one sitting (way too much salt) so I just let them cool to room temperature, put the fillet pieces on cookie sheets and freeze right away. After they're frozen, I vacuum pack them. The vacuum packing locks in the smoky flavor, then whenever you feel like eating smoked fish, pop one out and you're good to go. It's not quite as tasty as right out of the smoker, but still plenty good. Good tips here. I'm going to have to try that coffee can method...I have a regular smoker that burns a little to low, a gas smoker that burns a little too hot on the highest setting, so maybe that will solve my problem.
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