Sweet & Spicy Applewood Dill Salmon

[TentHunteR]

Tonight's supper was simple, but really delicious. The Mrs. has been wanting some salmon so she went and picked some up at the market.

Our favorite way of making it is with a Sweet & Spicy Brown Sugar Dill rub: Brown Sugar, lots of dill, some red pepper flakes & a little salt & black pepper. Onto the MAK in smoke mode.


Look at all that applewood smoke!


Add a pot of homemade Mac-N-Cheese & kick the temp up to 300°


Wow, can you smell the smokey goodness?


What better to go with the salmon than a nice big helping of smokey Mac-N-Cheese?



Thanks!

[sparky]

ya ho.  i love salmon.  then smoked mac and cheese.  2 of my favorite foods.  great good TH.   

[africanmeat]

This salmon looks great . it is a very interesting rub ,we love salmon i will give it a try .thank

[ACW3]

TH,
That is one good looking meal!!!  It seems there is not enough time (and sometimes money) to cook all the good looking meals I see. 

Art 

[mikecorn.1]

TH,
That is one good looking meal!!!  It seems there is not enough time (and sometimes money) to cook all the good looking meals I see. 

Art

Ditto!


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[smokeasaurus]

That is some great looking salmon..great mixture of seasonings and ya cant go wrong with apple wood 

[LostArrow]

Love it!
I'll be cooking the salmon & Mac & cheese tonite!
Thanks for idea!

[muebe]

Oh man beautiful finished fish filets

[TentHunteR]

Thanks everyone!

This salmon looks great . it is a very interesting rub ,we love salmon i will give it a try .thank

Ahron, a few years ago we were looking for something different to do with Salmon. I'd recently had some salmon that had a sweet glaze and was surprised with how good it tasted, I'd never thought of sweet & fish going together. Smoky & sweet is even better!

One of the advantages with this rub is the brown sugar seals the salmon and keeps its from drying out, so you can hot smoke it longer to pickup a good amount of smoke.

Cliff

[jbigdoggf]

I will be reciving my MAK 2 star on monday and my Mrs is asking for Salmon....

Can you give me a little more specific detail on the cook times and temps that you used ?


Looks great and I want to give it a try!

[Greg Stoudenmire]

Now that looks killer, please give us a little more specific detail on the cook times and temps that you used.
I might just have to try this this weekend...

[TentHunteR]

I will be reciving my MAK 2 star on monday and my Mrs is asking for Salmon....

Can you give me a little more specific detail on the cook times and temps that you used ?

Looks great and I want to give it a try!

Now that looks killer, please give us a little more specific detail on the cook times and temps that you used.
I might just have to try this this weekend...

Thanks Greg & jbigdoggf!


Here's a couple ways:

On a charcoal grill I will simply put the salmon in about a 350° pit, INDIRECT (not over the coals),  for a good 45 - 50 minutes along with a chunk of Apple Wood or a pouch of apple wood pellets.

On the Pellet grill, in order to get a better smoke profile, we put the salmon on the MAK running in smoke mode (hot-smoke temp around 175°) with Apple Pellets for a good 30 minutes to let it pick up some good smoke flavor, then bump the pit temp up to 300° - 325° for an additional 30 minutes.


You might be thinking that's a long cook time for Salmon, but the brown sugar seals and keeps it from drying out, and the extra time lets it soak up more apple wood smoke. It turns out great and moist every time we make it this way. It almost melts in your mouth.

[ACW3]

After reading this post again, my mouth is watering from those pictures.  Great looking piece of salmon!

Art

[Greg Stoudenmire]

Thanks TentHunteR!

[KyNola]

Man that looks delicious.  You've got me thinking about a variation on the theme.