Rainy day turkey smoke / QView

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terrymn

Smoke Blower
Original poster
Feb 2, 2013
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Lakeville, MN
Not my favorite way to smoke, but we reverse planned on doing a turkey today (13 lbs - thawed in the fridge for 2.5 days, brined for 18 hours) so today was the day.  The brine I used was:

2 gal water

1 1/2 cups canning salt

1/3 cup brown sugar

1/4 cup Worcestershire

3 TBSP minced garlic

1 TBSP ground black pepper

After rinsing, rubbed with EVOO and then used a commercial turkey rub + a little bit of my home-made *really hot* pepper dust (which turned out to be plenty).  most of 1 diced apple and 1/2 diced onion in the cavity...


Ready to go in the smoker


Did I mention it was raining?  I just washed the !@#% car yesterday and had to sacrifice its spot in the garage...  TBS from the AMNPS rolling nicely tho...


The finished product.  I went 3 hours in the MES on a ramp to 275* (deep_breast_internal_temp 155*) and then an hour in the oven @ 350 (d_b_i_t 167*).


Nothing fancy plated - just turkey, stuffing, and some devil's spit - but wow... excellent flavor/moisture/texture - and with a killer sting whenever a piece of skin was a part of the bite.  All in all, a good rainy day - thanks for looking :)  
 
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MMM Boy...Don't you just love a juicy smoked turkey!?

One of my favorite things to smoke and surprisingly one of the easiest!

Your's looks great.

Good job,

Bill
 
Thanks, and I agree!  After eating about a pound and a half it was max effort just to operate the keyboard and mouse 
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looks like your perseverance has paid off....... Nice Bird.....................
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