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Choose the cooking setup for the fish and recipe: the Big Green Egg’s official recipes cover direct grilling, while its guides also explain indirect smoking and its cedar-planked salmon recipe. There is no single temperature or cooking time established for every fish; follow the selected recipe and monitor the cook rather than applying one setting to every fillet.
Choose a cooking method
| Method | When it fits | What to set up |
|---|---|---|
| Cedar-planked salmon | When you want to cook salmon indirectly on a plank. | Use a convEGGtor for indirect heat and soak the cedar plank. Big Green Egg’s recipe specifies 400°F/200°C for this dish. See the Cedar Planked Salmon Bon Bons recipe. |
| Smoking | When the recipe calls for a lower-temperature smoke rather than a hotter plank cook. | Set up for indirect heat with the convEGGtor. Big Green Egg’s smoking guide suggests a 225°F–250°F preheat range for smoking; this is not a general temperature for all fish. See Big Green Egg’s smoking setup guide. |
| Direct grilling | When the specific fish recipe calls for cooking directly over the heat. | Use the recipe’s directions for the fish and cooking surface. Big Green Egg’s seafood recipe index includes grilled lemon sole, but the available guidance does not establish a universal direct-grilling time. |
| Split direct and indirect zones | When you want both heat zones available during one cook. | Big Green Egg describes the EGGspander arrangement as supporting direct cooking on one side and indirect cooking on the other. Check equipment compatibility for your Egg size. See the EGGspander guide. |
How to cook cedar-planked salmon
- Soak the plank. Big Green Egg’s Cedar Planked Salmon Bon Bons recipe suggests soaking the cedar planks in water for about 30 minutes. That duration belongs to this recipe.
- Set up for indirect cooking. Install the convEGGtor and bring the Egg to the recipe’s specified 400°F/200°C. The convEGGtor is Big Green Egg’s accessory for indirect cooking; its guide also describes its use for smoking, roasting, and baking. Read the convEGGtor guide.
- Cook to the recipe’s endpoint. The salmon recipe specifies an internal temperature of 140°F/60°C, followed by a short rest. Use an instant-read thermometer to check the fish, and treat that endpoint as the instruction for this recipe—not as a universal target for every fish dish. Open the recipe.
Control the Egg’s temperature
The rEGGulator cap and draft door work together: opening them increases heat, while closing them lowers it. Big Green Egg advises making small adjustments, allowing the temperature to settle, and leaving the controls alone once the Egg has stabilized. Adding cold food or surfaces can affect the temperature reading temporarily. Read Big Green Egg’s temperature-control guide.
For smoking, use the smoking guide’s 225°F–250°F suggested preheat range. For the cedar-planked salmon recipe, use that recipe’s 400°F/200°C indirect setup instead. These figures describe different cooking methods, not interchangeable settings for fish generally.
How long should fish cook?
The official guidance cited here does not provide a fish-by-fish cooking-time chart or a universal duration. Fish type, thickness, and the selected recipe all matter, so use the recipe’s directions and monitor the cook. The salmon recipe’s about-30-minute figure is for soaking its cedar plank, not for cooking the fish.
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