11-23-2008, 06:53 AM
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Opportunity May Be Knocking
I just built a couple of cold smokers from used propane tanks. One is a single barrel and the other one is my Double Barrel Turbo Smoker. I smoked some Aku last week about forty lbs and have the capacity to do around one hundred lbs per smoke with the two smokers. They maintain temp between 150 to 190 degrees, absolutely perfect for fish. Each “heat” takes about 3 ½ hours to smoke. The fish was as my friends say “out of this world” I gave it all away for samplers and am planing to go commercial. At the moment I can smoke 300 lbs a day [10 hour day] and am in the process of building a Four Barrel Super Turbo Smoker that will handle 200 lbs per heat.
I have been a charter boat owner/operator on the Kona side for years and know most of the charter boat fishermen there. After talking with lots of them the have agreed to sell me the fish first. I am targeting A’u [pacific blue marlin] Aku [skipjack tuna] and Ahi [yellow fin tuna] these fish really smoke well and bring a fair market value.
What I may be looking for is a “working partner” or two. The fish will start coming in heavy about March and that gives us time to be prepared. The local market is big for local smoked fish, but the Las Vegas market is also big not to mention the rest of the mainland and Japan. Opportunity is knocking, but like I said, “working partner.”
Just for the fun of it I smoked a 10 lb turkey yesterday, cost 5 bucks at Safeway and it is yummie. Think that I will pick up half a dozen and stick them in the freezer.
Send me an e-mail and I’ll return it with some pictures of the smokers
E-mail tlacket@hawaii.rr.com
Phone 965-1604