My Thanksgiving is finally here, First Turkey

altramagnus

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  Morning all, first off I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and smoked up some good eats. As some of you know my Thanksgiving is today since I had to work Thursday.

  So I went out and bought some play sand for my Brinkmann 2 door vertical smoker (after reading about it here) and will be putting the Turkey on around 10am this morning.  Last night I made up a new rub recipe to try and can't wait. I will of course report back throughout the day with pics and updates.

 Going to be 65f and sunny here today, damn did I luck out.

 Talk to you all soon.

Shawn

 

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Good luck Shawn!

 

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Good luck! keep us updated on your progress

 

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Hoping everything turns out great.

Will be waiting for the Qview....... 

 

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Go Get Em' Shawn,  best of luck!  So HAPPY THANKSGIVING to you.

 

altramagnus

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Thanks guys.

 Smoker is lit and waiting for the temp to settle in. Once that is settled I will prep the bird and put it on.

Pics to come soon enough.

Shawn

 

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Sounds good Shawn!

 

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Heck yah man not gonna lie excited to see your results 

 

altramagnus

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Sorry for the late follow up guys, I was ready to pass out after being up since 2am, eating the feast and a few beers :)

Well the Turkey was a HUGE success, we had 2 friends over who couldn't stop saying OMG after every bite and insisted on taking some home :) MAKES ME HAPPY

Well here she is freshly rubbed and just put on.

And here she is off the smoker.

Made up a new rub just for this bird and I really liked it, rub and butter under skin. Sprayed with apple juice during cooking. The sand in the water pan was a good change IMHO, I think I will be staying with that plan. Sorry no cutting pics, it was like a Zombie feeding ground.

Thanks for taking a look.

Shawn

 

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The turkey looks great! Nice job!

 

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Beautiful color

You did a great job Shawn 

           

 

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Thanks everyone.

 This smoking is a very slippery slope.

I'm HOOKED

Shawn

 

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WOOO HOOO!

Awesome Shawn!!