Smoking Wild Alaskan Salmon

[ljalaska]

Good job on the video and the smoking!!!!!!!! Yum Yum!!! Looks Great man!!! I just picked up 170 lbs of my red salmon from being smoked and vac sealed. It is sooooo good!!!! peace Capt. Lance

[warkilla]

@ljalaska Glad you enjoyed the video.  Enjoy all your smoked salmon! Thanks for watching :)

[jepper159]

Hi Warkilla - what a great video.

Sitting here in Denmark and waiting for the spring, and have to get my smoked salmon from our lokal smokehouse.

Not too bad at all, but yours looks much better. Great family you got there.

Thanks for your videos, and keep up your good spirit.

[warkilla]

@jepper159 Thanks for watching the video! Next time you're in Alaska or I'm in Denmark we'll have to share some smoked salmon :)

[motozach]

ak907

[warkilla]

@motozach ALASKA!

[radarbrew]

I know what you meant, but is Halibut that red usually?

[warkilla]

@radarbrew No, I don't know why I said halibut... Halibut is a white meat. I must have recently gone halibut fishing and had halibut on the brain haha.

[zepres]

This is so cool!

[warkilla]

It turned out awesome. We smoke salmon every year, it makes great dip and sushi :)

[sjok101]

sushi is raw not smoked

[warkilla]

Correction, raw fish alone is called sushimi not sushi. Sushi typically is rice mixed with rice wine vinegar and rolled with nori (seaweed). Various types of sushi use different ingredients rolled into the sushi roll. Smoked salmon rolled into sushi accompanied by carrots, cucumber and a little cream cheese makes a really tasty roll!

[sjok101]

oh yeah whoops

[michaelandcarina]

Envy is a sin, and you're the root cause of mine right now. I'm an American living in Germany, and I grew up by the sea in Virginia. I miss my fish! But nothing beats smoked salmon (something not available in VA, either)!

[warkilla]

Well, next time you're in the states, head to Alaska and get you some Smoked Salmon :) hehe thanks for watching :)

[alikokos]

priceless is about right ;)

[AlaskanMomma89]

"wild alaskan salmon!" ... haha, im sorry, that made me giggle.

[warkilla]

As opposed to farm raised :)

[MissHudsonCounty]

I love Salmon

[cutnpaste00]

You lucky dog. I'm here in NYC, sitting in my office cubicle, watching you guys smoke fish and getting jealous by the minute. Pure envy. Wish I was there. Enjoy bro.

[warkilla]

We'll I'm glad you were able to enjoy the video. Do I know who this is?

[99socks]

After vacuum-packing the fish, do you refrigerate or freeze it, or can you store at room temperature? How long does it keep?

[warkilla]

I usually freeze it. I'm sure if you vacuum sealed it it would last a while in a refrigerator, but freezing it, it will last for a really long time. I have smoked salmon that's several years old. It makes good smoked salmon dip or sushi!

[cheese22092]

smoked tuna is good too

[spinninggal]

Oh, man. What a way to impress the ladies, too! Home made smoked salmon is like food porn...

:-)

[unitynow21]

I`m so loving smoked salmon.

[thelucas10]

the metalic rack and bowl react with salt from brine, will impart metalic taste in fish, never use metal inc. wooden fork.

[warkilla]

That's an interesting tip. We smoked a lot of salmon using metal racks and I can honestly say I never tasted any metallic taste.

[bigbybadass]

Thanks for shareing this family project

my family smokes trout out of the willamson river in oregon just like you all great vid

[warkilla]

That's great, can't wait to see your video :)

[tcruz86]

Any plans to sell your smoked salmon/halibut on Ebay? I'll be ready to buy ASAP. Thanks agqain for making me hungry.

[warkilla]

No, I hadn't really thought of that. My family was just making it for personal use :) If I ever decide to sell any I'll be sure to let you know :)

[tcruz86]

Great video. Super thanks for bringing great family cooking closer to us americans overseas. I can't wait to get back to the US and start smoking great food. Thanks again.

V/r,

LTC Tony Cruz-Originally from Guam

US Military-Korea

[warkilla]

Hey, no problem, thanks for your service! It blows me away when ever someone watches these videos and finds them amusing :) I'm glad you enjoyed it though!

[eric13es]

i want to by some from u i wish i new a place that makes it like that i would by it and have them ship it to me hell i will by it from you just let me no lool

[kokopop0]

im so hungry..hey can i come over for breakfast,lunch & dinner? salmon in my country is really expensive but its to die for so when we can afford it its like winning lotto..your so lucky

[warkilla]

Thanks for watching the video :) Where are you from?

[kokopop0]

i live in island of american samoa

[warkilla]

Oh wow, that's really cool. Hehe the closest I've been to Samoa is the Polynesian Cultural Center in Hawaii :) I got to learn all about Samoa :) I'd love to go someday!

[kokopop0]

thats so cool,well if you ever do come over drop me aline & i be happy to show you around take care my amigo & enjoy the day.

[warkilla]

Graicas! I appreciate it :)

[6MadTongue6]

perfect..u are a one luky dude ! keep it up

[warkilla]

Thanks, I had a great time smoking the fish :) Thanks for watching!

[mico2020]

hmmm .. mustn't watch this before lunch, very good thanks for sharing

[warkilla]

haha yeah, that batch turned out really nice! Thanks for watching :)

[rowbeart]

Great video. It is good to see a family doing things like this together. How often do you brush with syrup during smoking? I really would like to try this. Thanx for posting video!

[068694]

Hi warkilla,

Just took delivery of my Bradley, hope i have so much fun with my smoking as you and your family do. Wish i had GRANDPA to enjoy the moments with me!!!

[warkilla]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it! Let me know iw it goes for you!

[TXL22]

Reminds me of dipnetting with my dad at chitna.. man that was long time ago, good video.

[warkilla]

Glad you liked it :) The fish I was smoking was from dip netting in Homer :)

[mpalikko]

Good work! Mouth is watering, I think I need another bib.

[068694]

I can smell the smoke over here. Great video enjoyed your patter and watching Grandpa doing his bit.The black smoker with the gravity fed biscuits was it a Bradley, seen them advertised over here thinking about buying one.Happy smoking.

[warkilla]

It sure was, we have been really happy with the smoked fish that we've made with the Bradley, def. worth getting if you can afford it :) Thanks for watching the video, glad you enjoyed it :)

[Folkboat11]

Be proud Alaska. You farm salmon. 2 billion hatchery fish a year. Now how can you say they are wild? They are fed the same as farmed salmon. With the same so called "food colouring" "medication" and "raised in net pens"

[warkilla]

I'm not really sure what you're point is, or what you're getting at but just FYI all of the fish I'm smoking in this video I dip netted myself right out of the river these fish were born in and spawn in. Can't get much more "Wild" than that.

[larrylhall]

I smoke lots of fish and meats in minnesota! Looks good guys great job!How about some more video's on smoking other things? That would be great!

[radiolx]

Hi Larry, I'm from MN too. Got a ? for you. Where could I catch the best salmon? & Do you know if grocery store salmon is safe to eat after its been raised fed and processed? Thanks, -lee- Brooklyn Center

[warkilla]

To tell you the truth I don't know a whole lot about farm raised salmon. All I do know is that the salmon I catch in Alaska is amazing, so not to be bias but I'd have to say Alaskan Salmon is the best :)

[radiolx]

Hmm... makes me want to live in Alaska. Do salmons live in lakes or rivers? I'm a bit concered about the sanitation of MN lakes.

[warkilla]

They spend most of their time in the ocean but spawn each year to the rivers they were born in to reproduce.