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Recipes => Fish => Topic started by: Walt on December 26, 2013, 01:30:01 PM

Title: shellfish & oysters
Post by: Walt on December 26, 2013, 01:30:01 PM
Being from Louisiana & living on the bayou has me wondering if any of you have smoked any shellfish or oysters?   Plenty of blue crab, white & brown shrimp & oysters as well as trout, redfish, flounder, bass & perch.  Eventually will experiment with these but I would rather not reinvent the wheel if not necessary.

Maybe even a lobster would be interesting.....

Title: Re: shellfish & oysters
Post by: benjammn on December 26, 2013, 10:55:26 PM
My buddy has done a tail and told me it was amazing compared to just regular cooking. I really want to try one soon. Seems like those wouldn't take much to get done. Seems like a "light" flavored wood would be best to not overly smoke a tail. As far as fish, I almost always use apple but have used cherry with good results.
Title: Re: shellfish & oysters
Post by: Camadile on February 08, 2014, 12:57:46 PM
Hello again guys from San Diego:

My buddy and I were thinking about getting a bunch of fresh oysters before we go up to the mountain.  Any more feedback/info on smoking them?  If you just have an educated guess, I'll take it.

Cam
Title: Re: shellfish & oysters
Post by: benjammn on February 08, 2014, 07:01:18 PM
I have only done fish so far and haven't ventured into shellfish yet. I would love to know what others have done as well.
Title: Re: shellfish & oysters
Post by: Walt on February 08, 2014, 09:05:57 PM
I think I would go low.  Wood  chips @ 175.  Check after an hour (eat one) and again in another 30 min or 1 hour depending on the doneness.  Might wrap a few in bacon too.
Title: Re: shellfish & oysters
Post by: puddle jumper on February 08, 2014, 10:24:58 PM
I have read about scallops, wrap in bacon little garlic powder and sprinkle with parmesan cheese, and smoke for 1 hr at 200, light wood...
 :o sounds awsome..
PJ
Title: Re: shellfish & oysters
Post by: benjammn on February 08, 2014, 11:13:50 PM
PJ that does sound good, might have to give that a shot.