Copper River Sockeye 4 Ways Smoked

[TimBear]

So the Fresh Copper River Sockeye season has been under way for a few weeks now and I finally got around to getting some fresh fillets and putting them on the WSM. I put dry rub of brown sugar, garlic powder, black pepper, cayenne, Slap yo Mamma dry rub and some chili powder on and let that sit overnight. I did a quick rinse and did a pat dry. I then seasoned each of the 4 fillets with a different rub;
Fillet #1
Lemon-pepper & Garlic

Fillet #2
Sweet Jamaican Heat (it's a citrus rub with sugar and hot chilies)

Fillet #3
Cracked Black Pepper

Fillet #4
Brown sugar & Cinnamon

I let them sit for about an hour while the WSM was getting up to temp (225*), then I put them on for about 40 minutes with no water in the pan and added in some chunks of cherry wood for the smoke.

The results were fantastic!

 

[bbquzz]

Wow Tim, I'm not a fish fan but that is beautiful, nice job!

 

[muddave]

Great looking meal, Thats got to be good

 

[Captain Scarl Bart]

I've got to agree, they came out really nice!

 

[BigAL]

Very nice! Which was your fav?

 

[friesian_rain]

Tim, those fillets look very good, nice job

 

[hawk wild bbq co]

That looks so awesome...really making my want to break out some frozen fish here in Iowa..you gotta know we have the freshes fish in the country here....NOT!

 

[ScottyDaQ]

Wow!

 

[LarryWolfe]

I would be like a bear, attack you and eat ALL of that!!! Very nice!!

 

[JIMMYJAM]

Thats some of the best looking salmon I have see in a very long time, you should start shipping it? lol

 

[dfi]

good looking stuff for sure

 

[Helen_Paradise]

Looks really good!

 

[TimBear]

Very nice! Which was your fav?

I would have to say the Lemon pepper garlic or the Brown sugar cinnamon. That's a tough question.

 

[Nick Prochilo]

What scotty said!

 

[Vermin999]

I'm not much of a fish fan either gut there are a few ways I really like it and smoked is one of them. I can put away some smoked salmon and yours looks outstanding!!!!!

Where is your buddy Toby been? I hope hes just too busy to visit and everything is OK with him.

 

[TimBear]

I'm not much of a fish fan either gut there are a few ways I really like it and smoked is one of them. I can put away some smoked salmon and yours looks outstanding!!!!!

Where is your buddy Toby been? I hope hes just too busy to visit and everything is OK with him.

He's been busy; we've been hitting the graduation party scene with our kids the past 2 weeks or so.

 

[johnm1]

what internal tempature are you looking for?

 

[TimBear]

what internal tempature are you looking for?

I went until the fat starts coming out the top of the fillet