Been playing around with the left over razor clams and trying different styles of brine/smoke times for them...

I'll tell you what when they are done right they are like friggen candy... I brought a batch to work today and once folks got a taste they couldn't stay away...


so far the best i've tried to date:

cut clams into strips into a tupperware
sprinkle with 4:1 brown sugar:salt (a few other spices in small portions; Colemans mustard, garlic powder, onion powder etc)
shake well to coat them
let sit for 1 hr.
rinse and dry
lay the strips on the rack (criss cross two racks if your pieces are small)
smoke until done (I've found that about two hours using 3/4 - 1 1/2 pans of chips depending on how smokey you like them is just about right)
I'm using a little chief smoker.




anybody else smoke them and care to share your ways?

Sounds awesome. If I ever have any extra I will try that.

I smoked and canned some and they made the best smoked clam dip.

That sounds good!

I have tried a few times and mine turned into rubber....

have had some oysters that were amazing, I'm sure I would fu.ck those up as well

I do a lot of smoked oysters and steamer clams. Never tried razors, but they sound great. For steamers and oysters, I steam them open in a big pot with a little water. Makes it much easier than cleaning them raw, they fall out of the shell. I think it helps a lot to have them cooked before you smoke them. – Firms them up and gets a lot of the water out of them. Then I soak them in Yoshitas or make my own brine with brown sugar, sesame oil, soy, garlic, etc. An hour or two in the brine is enough. Put them in the smoker for an hour or so on a rack oiled with olive oil until they are done. Brush with a little oil, pull them out, let them cool, and bag them up. Very simple.
You can also start with leftover steamers – I keep a bag in the freezer so that I can whip out a batch of smoked clams whenever I want.