Smoked Octopus The first time I made octopus was a huge disappointment. I fell in love with grilled octopus after trying it at a restaurant and assumed it was as easy as throwing it on a hot grill. This is not the case. Octopus is extremely tough and must be tenderized just like any sort of tough cut. Common methods include simmering or sous vide and I’ll be posting videos on those processes soon. Given the need to tenderize, the priority in this experiment was to let the internal temp of the oc