I've smoked one time ever, not ready to jump in with both feet. Especially considering that my wife continues to declare that the only smoked food that she likes is salmon.

That said, today I smoked chicken, hot dogs, and lobster tails. I really reduced the smoke for the lobster (it actually started smoking a lot after I turned it off and left the wood on there). When first tasting the lobster right off the smoker you could taste a "smokey" taste, which I thought was fine, but I could tell my wife didn't like. After we mixed it with the *garlic parsley scallops (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvoE7pGjy1Q), it just tasted salty and it was ultimately wife approved. I thought the smoked lobster tails were a win!

*Watch the FoodWishes video recipe if you are interested. I did add the heavy cream and noodles to turn it into a scallop/lobster noodle dish. We ended up toasting some bread with it as well in the end. Saved the sauce (I went small portion on both scallops and noodles) and we'll use it tomorrow for some shrimp.