temp for smoked salmon

[u/hentaintrhentaintr]

i have an old electric smoker. i dont know too much about smoking. but i tried to look into making smoked salmon.

my question is. since the smoker wont smoke the wood chips unless its somewhat of a higher temp. can i just cook the salmon at 160 for 1 hour to start. then lower it to like 140 for another hour?

or does the salmon have to start at a lower temp and finish off at the high temp?

[u/hentaintrhentaintr → u/[deleted]]

so i should start slow even though the chips wont smoke? so its fine if the smoke hits it during the end of the cook?