Grandpa's Favorite Smoked Sucker

Name: How to cook Grandpa's Favorite Smoked Sucker - cookcic.com
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 20 servings
Cuisine: Us

Introduce

Chef :

Urlacher

Grandpa's Favorite Smoked Sucker

Ingredient

Food ration :

20 servings

smoker, old fridge burnt out at least twice fired

Sucker fish, beheaded, gutted, tails removed

1 lb

wire clothes hangers and a pair of wire cutters

10 medium

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

After having your fun catching your meal and preparing the fish, put all fish in a 5 gallon bucket

* Step 2

add salt and ice and garlic, put lid on and wait 24 hrs. Keep bucket in a cool place.

* Step 3

cut 8 inch rods of wire from coat hangers, curl into "V" shape at each end, make 20

* Step 4

when fish are brined 24 hrs, baste each one in brown sugar, water, and ketchup mixture

* Step 5

take a rod and force it through the skin under the spine and hang each fish from a rack fixed to the top of the smoker(most old fridges have metal racks, just relocate them after burning the fridge out the first two times)

* Step 6

start a fire in the bottom of your smoker with kindling and eventually add a couple split logs of cherry wood. Using a meat thermometer, stick it in the back of the smoker in to a hole anywhere- temp should not exceed 240°F and no less than 170°F. wrap your smoker in wet newspaper if it leaks. Cook for 4-6 hours, keeping close eyes on temperature and smokiness desired.

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