Advice on the next thing I should smoke

[jmowreader]

No, not weed.

On Monday afternoon I'll have a little time to turn on my Traeger and smoke a little meat. Right now it's loaded with a mix of Texas Beef and Signature Blend pellets.

Last thing I did, I bought a beef roast on Sunday night on the way home from work and put it in a marinade to get nice and flavorful for the next day's smoking...but before I could get it out and put it in the machine, I got a phone call asking me to come to the shop and do some work on my day off. So...it marinaded in worcestershire sauce, soy sauce, tabasco sauce and balsamic vinegar for two days. It was pretty damned good, actually.

[Scrivener7]

1. See this thread:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1018&pid=1545667

[Phoenix61]

2. Personally, nothing beats a smoked turkey.

Not the kind with the nasty fake smoke flavoring all over it. The good kind with herbs all over it. Maybe stuffed with onion and some apples, fresh thyme… maybe a lemon or two… now I’m hungry.

[jmowreader]

5. I might try that

When I bake turkey I always stuff it with onions and celery...not "dressing" but just onions and celery coated in melted butter.

The first time I did it in front of my mother, she was like "why would you want to waste perfectly good celery and onions on this?" And...then she ate some of it. The next Thanksgiving she cooked the beast, and she stuffed it with celery and onions. "Oh, that was just so good."

[WheelWalker]

3. Cold smoke cheese.

[jmowreader]

6. I don't think you CAN do cold smoke in a Traeger

Mine goes down to, IIRC, 225 degrees. You're burning pellets in it.

[WheelWalker]

7. Traeger says you can using ice. Google Youtube.

[Arkansas Granny]

4. Have you ever smoked nuts? We put a small tray of pecans in the smoker

when we were smoking some meat. Delicious. In retrospect we should have given them a light coat of oil and some salt first, but they were really good with nothing on them.

[bluecollar2]

8. Rainbow trout

If you can get it...

Actually any trout will do. Let me know when to come over for lunch.