The bigger the trout the less inclined I am to smoke it. Generally the smallest trout smoke beter, like Kahawai the bigger fish lend themselves to other cooking recipes.

Ross

Here one for the 'camping' fans who like cold smoking. Build a collapsible alloy pipe frame approx 2.0 - 2.5m high (size big enough to hang 10 or so fish, can be round or square) and then make a canvas tent to go over it. Make the tent with a series of small vent holes around the top.

Set this up on the side of a hill and then dig a trench approx 200mm wide and 300mm deep approx 1 m long down the hill starting from under the downhill edge of the tent. Cover the top of the trench with a piece of timber etc so that it becomes a tunnel. Dig a fire pit at the downhill base of the trench and light your manuka etc smoke fire in the fire pit. If set up properly the smoke will travel up the tunnel and through the smoking tent. Typically need to smoke for 12 - 18 hrs depending on how you like your fish. We used to do this years ago when camped at Paua (Parengarenga) for a week. Meant that we could cold smoke the fish, wrap them individually in newspaper, and then have heaps of smoked fish to take home at the end of the trip without it going off.

For the smoked trout fans, you can do the same thing on the river bank if you carry enough canvas to wrap around a temporary manuka stick frame in a teepee type shape (smoke hole at the top of the teepee). Use the same idea with the trench down the hill etc etc. In this case I usually light the fire a bit closer to the tent and do a semi-hot smoke to speed up the process as I am only smoking 1 or 2 fish at a time. If the teepee starts to get too hot at any stage, just lightly soak it with water from the outside whilst smoking.

I like the idea of smoking a few breadcrumbes. I have 6 fish in the freezer ready for a cold smoke. Add some a coupla chickens, sausages and mussels.

Mouth's watering already

Used to put the smoker straight on the barby as well until we got one with a lid with a tilting warmer rack inside. Now all I do is lay the fish on the rack put a baking tray of sawdust on the grill with one burner going, shut the lid and that's it!

Best results with a lower heat for 1 hour+

Anyone tried grape vine and leaf for smoking, heard it mentioned awhile ago.

Will have to give it ago.

Cheers

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