SMOKED CATFISH: HOW I DO IT WITH CHARBROIL ELECTRIC SMOKER

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4 жыл бұрын

Hi folks, and welcome to Schick Happens. In today's episode, I show you how I smoke channel catfish using my charbroil electric smoker. From start to finish. Hopefully, this will offer you some encouragement to try your hand at smoking some fish.
Brine
salt, molasses, water, old bay seasoning
brine for 4 hours in frig
Smoke
220 degrees for 4-5 hours
Cherry Wood Chips

Пікірлер: 90

@RVOnTheWayside 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, Old Bay! Simple enough. That was fast. 😂 I'm so glad you taste-tested them. So many people don't do that on their cooking channels. 👍 Thank you so much! ❤️👍👏

@joshbeckett223 4 жыл бұрын

Man my mouth watered when you took your bite of it

@GreatGrannyFreeBird 4 жыл бұрын

excellent idea to leave the skin and tail on all the way through cooking. hope y'all catch a lot more. Nice garage cabinets

@timer664 4 жыл бұрын

Great start of the video the boss showing how it’s done lol I like smoked catfish nice video

@YourNextCast 4 жыл бұрын

Like all the Schick Happens swag CJ. Had no idea you were going to soak them in a bucket, but that's a good idea. Can't go wrong with old bay. I bet they were delicious. Great video.

@StaciesCountryCooking 4 жыл бұрын

That’ll be tasty. I been thinking I might need a smoker. Thank you for sharing.

@StaciesCountryCooking 4 жыл бұрын

Schick Happens Thank you

@kapperoutdoors 4 жыл бұрын

Great video and success! However.... I'll take the catfish deep fried with batter! LOL. Cheers!

@TheBullsGarden 4 жыл бұрын

That was great brother awesome having a nice fishing spot a cross the street

@SimplyJanHomestead 4 жыл бұрын

Our pond is stocked with catfish and perch! I’m definitely going to try smoking them! Mmmm!

@jon2564 4 жыл бұрын

Thx CJ. So simple yet looks amazing. I'm gonna try this.

@BugFarmerBees 4 жыл бұрын

I have never tried smoked catfish. Looks like something I need to try.

@EssayonsFG 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the How-To CJ. Stay safe, Rob

@dennisgoodman7062 4 жыл бұрын

Those looked amazing!! Very good job ! 👍💯

@kevinprobach2565 Жыл бұрын

Watched, subscribed and saved. Got my first smoker on the way. Can't wait to try your way

@HuntingFarmerOfficial 4 жыл бұрын

Man! They looked great! Don’t eat it all, Lori earned the lion’s share 😜

@joesoutdoorplaces 4 жыл бұрын

That looks absolutely delicious CJ. I may have to buy one of those smokers.

@SLCOutdoors 4 жыл бұрын

very cool, I never tried to smoke fish before, Im going to give it a try this year...thanks!

@TheHobbyFarmHomestead 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome video! I need to go and get a smoker soon. I have all kinds of stuff to smoke, whole chickens, brisket etc. Love your content buddy keep up the good work!🍻

@JohnAmes 4 жыл бұрын

Looks great my friend 👍👍👍

@LorisCrochetCorner 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Schick Hi Lori💞 Don't like fish but nice video! Tyfs ! Have a great day you two luv ya's💞💞

@WOODY11780 2 жыл бұрын

I have the same refrigerator !!!....Great video....Thank You !!!!

@brooklyn9398 3 жыл бұрын

Good show.

@ramsaycountry1177 4 жыл бұрын

Cheers CJ, Looks like they turned out perfect. I've never smoked fish but might have to give it a try. Stay safe brother.

@carolbrinkman9748 4 жыл бұрын

Catfish looks great. And I bet it taste good too. Maybe piano would like some

@LoganKohn 4 жыл бұрын

Keep at it, your content is fantastic! Subbed and notification bell clicked!

@RayEveryday 4 жыл бұрын

Good informative video thanks for sharing fam

@photocontrol 4 жыл бұрын

Looks good CJ! Good tip about leaving the skin on to avoid sticking to the grills! Cheers!

@ACountryGirlsAttic 4 жыл бұрын

We love some Old Bay Seasoning around here ♥️🐟♥️ I wish they had smellivision! 👃 Lol!! Looks delicious!!! Thanks for sharing CJ. Y’all have a great week and stay safe!!!

@tubbyguyoutdoors 4 жыл бұрын

I’m not a fan of smokes fish to be honest but I’ll have to try this for my mom she loves it ! Thanks for sharing

@The5MFamily 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing! We will give this a try soon! We are camping this weekend and caught a big 8lb drum on a jug line, I've already cut the back straps out and I'm gonna boil them soon.

@kellymccown8530 2 жыл бұрын

Nice job on that bunch of catfish i love smoking all fish 😊

@robertrichard9460 4 жыл бұрын

I don’t have a smoker, so I use liquid smoke on trout. On the grill at 200 degrees one hour each side. Awesome!

@MorrisPatchofHeavenhomestead 4 жыл бұрын

Wow! That smoked fish looked amazing, I absolutely love smoked fish, we don’t really have a place to fish that we would trust lol. Great video! Thanks for sharing. Be blessed my friend

@GosselinFarmsEdGosselin 4 жыл бұрын

Sure looks great to me!!!! I can almost smell it 😎👍

@SDMountainMan 4 жыл бұрын

Looks good I have to fix or get a new smoker gotta try this

@ThisIsOurRetirement 4 жыл бұрын

Very nice technique and well explained, reminds us of “kippers” from the UK a great two beer project.

@tractorrookie 4 жыл бұрын

Looks like the wife caught all the big ones. I wish I have a taster! 😎😁

@army82ndretired79 4 жыл бұрын

Nice CJ, looks like good eats too me!

@RVAshsinApril 4 жыл бұрын

We haven't ever had a smoker but I'm sure Jeff would love it!

@OzarkMountainGoats 4 жыл бұрын

Man those look great! The next time I catch a bunch of cats I'm gonna try it! Great video CJ!

@fatherandsonsfishing 4 жыл бұрын

Mmmmm... My mouth is watering! I've been looking forward to this video and it did not disappoint! I like how you differentiated catfish from bullhead at the end, BTW...🤣

@fatherandsonsfishing 4 жыл бұрын

THAT is a complicated question... With everything going on, the wife and kids have been staying with family out of state for the last 5+ weeks, it's honestly killing me. On one hand, this would seem like the perfect time to just buy one and get it done. However, living in the cramped suburbs, we definitely don't have an abundance of space (I seriously have garage and property envy when watching your videos), so this would not be something I could just buy and put out of view. To answer your question... No. Being the good husband that I am, I will wait for her eventual return. But being the savy guy that I am, I will emphasize how hard it was to be away from her and that my buying a smoker will help ease my pain and help me remember how hard it was for us to be separated. Sound like a good strategy?

@fatherandsonsfishing 4 жыл бұрын

BTW, check out my most recent video and let me know if you approve of a certain editing technique... What I learned is that you really have to have it dialed in to pull it off right. I think mine was just barely OK, was my first time experimenting with it, and learned a lot for the next time the Schickster, I mean Angler Randy, shows up in one of my videos, LOL.

@fatherandsonsfishing 4 жыл бұрын

Schick Happens -- YES! I love that plan!

@noral101 4 жыл бұрын

Looks good! I'll try this with walleye, I don't catch many catfish here.

@denislosieroutdoors 4 жыл бұрын

Looks awesome will be trying this don't have any cats but lots of trout salmon or salt water species like mackerell... Denis

@brooklyn9398 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful

@ItsGoodintheWoods 4 жыл бұрын

I bet that is some kind of good! I love catfish. Delicious. I see You have yourself a good looking meat cleaver hanging on your wall ! That fish looks awesome!

@Heimerviewfarm 4 жыл бұрын

Catfish and trout are great in the smoker

@bdogjr7779 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome CJ《☆》If you Google Smoking & Catfishing some crazy stuff pops up😷We need some jalapeno cheeze grits & hushpuppies now :*: Greetings from🌐Florida🤳my friend🤓🗣🔊☮✌👍🏾

@FCPFishing 4 жыл бұрын

Interesting, I've never had smoked Catfish-only Trout. Looked good.

@M0UNTAINEER 4 жыл бұрын

Oh man you got me excited terrible, goin huntin for a cpl 👌

@RickBork 4 жыл бұрын

Ok I'm going to be honest I was seriously concerned when the fish went in the fridge and a beer didn't come out. You pulled it out in the end tho. Close call. 🍻🤣Thanks man.

@CrookedWoodsFamilyOrchard 4 жыл бұрын

Ozark mountain goats sent me, glad they did. ve

@MobyLife 4 жыл бұрын

7:09 At this point, I drooled :)

@bucktalesoutdoors7566 4 жыл бұрын

Man that looked good, I’ll bet the meat just falls off the bone on those babies. Gonna get me a smoker this year and getting more convinced that an electric “set it and forget it” is the way to go. Good stuff CJ , glad to see more of Lori in your videos.

@bucktalesoutdoors7566 4 жыл бұрын

Ok CJ, so I busted on you that I didn’t see a video on the cats you and Lori caught. My mind must be failing me cuz I went back to look and not only had I watched and commented, when I watched it again I remembered you using molasses and thinking it was very thin looking and I also remembered you calling the drum recipe you had a “Poor Man’s Shrimp” I have one of those for yellow perch I’ve been wanting to do. Ok Ball busting comment rescinded.

@kapperoutdoors 4 жыл бұрын

I bet Schickster would eat the skin....lmao

@bryansloesshillshomestead4523 4 жыл бұрын

I can see the question rolling in, is that a food grade bucket? LOL I was waiting for the Schickster to come walking in and wanting a bite.😂 I'm going to try smoking some as soon as I get a chance to catch some. Thanks for sharing. Your friend Bryan.

@bryansloesshillshomestead4523 4 жыл бұрын

@@schickhappens299 To me it's all good grade. LOL. If what I use is anything like my school work when I was in school. It is a D or F, but still food grade 😂😂😂 Sometimes people worry about crap like that. I try to throw in a disclaimer if I feel the need. LOL catch you on the next one. Stay safe and be sure to share with Lori.

@AllenOutdoors868 4 жыл бұрын

Never seen this done. Looks really good. See I would have skinned them. I like the idea of the skin tho

@clarkwheeler8764 4 жыл бұрын

Wow, for a minute I thought your tongue was going to slap your brains to get at it. lol

@CruzesLouisianaOutdoors 4 жыл бұрын

Man I thought I’d cooked catfish every way possible but have never smoked em....looked awesome!! Was that a note sticking out yer back pocket or a piece of toilet paper???? Hahaha. Have a great weekend!

@AsleepAtTheReel 4 жыл бұрын

When I hear the term smoking some catfish I automatically go to shooting them. LOL Good video. Will have to try this when I get a smoker. BTW I am glad you were able to fit the bucket in the fridge without moving beer!!! 😂

@CedarBluffRustics 4 жыл бұрын

Go Lori!!!!!! I see he relies on you catching them all just like joe does.....they'd starve without us! 😁

@miltonconwill Жыл бұрын

How long can you leave the fish in the brine?

@SouthpawDavey 4 жыл бұрын

We had catfish the other week had to buy it here though. I had to look sheephead dont get them here. They did look good.

@SouthpawDavey 4 жыл бұрын

@@schickhappens299 No worries glad you could drop in.

@makingithappen5178 4 жыл бұрын

I usually leave the head on the fish. Then the front bit becomes juicier. But I smoke mostly perch.

@makingithappen5178 4 жыл бұрын

@@schickhappens299 We have a river about 250 feet from the house. There is quite a lot of perch, pike and salmon in it, but I do not like winter fishing, even if the ice is over 3 feet. In the summer we usually fish, both from the boat and from land.

@DebsWay 4 жыл бұрын

I'm sure the smoked fish is fantastic! Do you ever just dip in flour and deep fry it? YUM!!!! Take care now!

@justinvick1068 2 жыл бұрын

Just got a good batch over weekend, there whole with skin off.. we’ll see how it goes. I’ll do skin on next time

@justinvick1068 2 жыл бұрын

@@schickhappens299 They turned out well, slightly dry on grate side. Perfect salty ness. I smoked for 5hr

@kb7722 4 жыл бұрын

👍

@TheYarnHagRyan 4 жыл бұрын

Yummy! I am glad u pulled off that skin. What will you use it to make? Or eat it alone?

@TheYarnHagRyan 4 жыл бұрын

Schick Happens I dig that! That how I eat my sardines with Ritz and cheese

@valleyinthebluffs9960 4 жыл бұрын

That’s ssssmokin’!

@fralinsandfriends 4 жыл бұрын

Where do you get your T-shirts? I've been wanting to get a few just to wear on my channel. 😀👋

@fralinsandfriends 4 жыл бұрын

@@schickhappens299 Thanks, I'll look around for a good buy.

@RCModSquad 4 жыл бұрын

Smoke em if ya got em! 💯👍🏻👍🏻

@BonedaddyToo 4 жыл бұрын

Even my won’t-eat-fish-unless-it’s-deep-fried wife thought that looked great!

@makingithappen5178 4 жыл бұрын

Catfish, Boogiewoogie, boogiewoogie, boogiewoogie, catfich. boogiewoogie, boogiewoogie, boogiewoogie, catfish bogie.......... Good old boogie with Tennessee Ernie Ford