CeramicChef Posted July 3, 2016 Report Share Posted July 3, 2016 Posted Today, 06:02 PM Howdy KKers! So last evening was a nice night to try a cook that I only do occasionally ... planked salmon. I found these Canadian Sugar Maple planks at the local BBQ Speciality Shop and they were on sale ... at $14.95! I'm a sucker and got a package as I had a nice couple of pieces of salmon marinating in an olive oil, garlic, a tad bit of lemon juice, red pepper flakes, etc. Here is that cook. I soaked the planks about 2 hours as prescribed on the packaging and here it is going on the grate. This picture shows the salmon placed on the plank after the plank had heated for about 45 minutes and was flipped. I decided to use the marinade and poured it on top of the salmon. Here is a top view immediately the salmon went on the plank. This is a shot of the salmon right before I pulled it. Now the table shots ... This is a salad a Friend made for me; her's was about a third this size! Pete The Salt Pig likes seeing me eat salad instead of his kin! Here are a couple of money shots. This was a really nice cook. I'm a big fan os fish and I'll cook fish just about any way you can imagine. In every previous cook, I've always tossed the plank but this time the Canadian Sugar Maple came through the cook in great shape. I washed it off and put it back on the grate to sanitize and dry at the direction of the guys at the BBQ Speciality Store. We'll see how that works out. Have a wonderful and safe 4th of July Holiday. Please don't drink and drive! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacKenzie Posted July 3, 2016 Report Share Posted July 3, 2016 CC, it looks like you had a very tasty and healthy dinner with the bonus of rescuing the maple plank for another cook. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CeramicChef Posted July 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 4, 2016 Yeah, @MacKenzie - As much healthy food as I'm eating lately, I'm certainly going to make up for it tomorrow, the 4th! It was a nice cook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shuley Posted July 4, 2016 Report Share Posted July 4, 2016 That salmon looks awesome. Also， I have never heard of reusing wood planks before. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussie Ora Posted July 4, 2016 Report Share Posted July 4, 2016 Nicely Don CC love those planks still got the bark on them Outback Kamado Bar and Grill♨ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinyfish Posted July 4, 2016 Report Share Posted July 4, 2016 Healthy and delicious, it doesn't get much better then that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CeramicChef Posted July 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 4, 2016 8 hours ago, Shuley said: That salmon looks awesome. Also， I have never heard of reusing wood planks before. Shelly - thanks. I've never reused planks before, but the guys at the BBQ Speciality store said to reuse if I wanted, so .... These planks cost a LOT more than cedar planks. I can get a set of 6 cedar planks for what one of these Sugar Maple planks cost. So reuse I will! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony b Posted July 4, 2016 Report Share Posted July 4, 2016 I've reused my cedar and alder planks before. You can also hit them with a bit of sandpaper to restore the surface and expose new wood. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
