The first step on your journey to becoming a master of the pit is knowing exactly what temperature to smoke at and when to pull your food.
What temp to smoke fish in electric smoker.
If you want more smoke flavor there are 2 preferred ways with an electric smoker either a make more smoke more pellets or more chips while cooking or b cook it at a lower pit temperature for a longer time which allows it to suck up more smoke while reaching done.
Hot smoking takes place with an ambient temperature in the range of 150 170 f 66 77 c well above the danger zone.
Being that smoking meat is a slow process all you ll need to do is start your electric smoker and tend to the temperature.
Smoke grilling is one of the best ways to prepare fish.
The fish is smoked until the internal temperature of the meat reaches your desired degree of doneness.
Buy or make disposable foil trays to put on the bottom shelf of your smoker.
If your smoker is very hot like a traeger can get put ice in the tray.
To keep temperatures mild always put water in your drip pan to keep the temperature down.
After smoking your fish discard the dirty tray then run two pans of wood chips in your smoker at high temperature.
While any fish will be delicious cooked in the smoker we suggest going with tuna salmon sea bass or sailfish for tender moist smoked fish.
When you smoke grill fish the fish gets a unique and smoky taste that fuses well with the natural aroma of the fish.
Holding at the done temp for a longer time to suck up more.
Smoked fish stays moist and soft enough to peel away easily in flaky chunks and this dish is surprisingly easy to continue reading how to smoke fish in an electric smoker.
Smoking is an art not a science.
Turn up the heat after 2 hours to around 200 f 95 c to finish it off.
2 this article can tell you even more about choosing the best types of fatty or lean fish to smoke.
On my digital masterbuilt electric smoker i set the temperature to 170 degrees.
What my smoker is set at is not necessarily what the actual temperature is.
The higher cooking temperature will kill any existing microbes so you re guaranteed that the salmon is safe to eat.
Smoking trout temperature should always be at 225 f and it should smoke for 1 hour with the fish temperature to reach 145 f before being considered done.
If you are on a budget there are great budget friendly electric smokers that cost less than 200 dollars.