This years Turkey

[culpepersmoke]

Like many of you, I’m smoking this years bird. I’m going to try something new this year. Normally I brine the bird with a simple brine of salt, sugar and a touch of cure #1 then smoke it breast side down with a stick of butter in the cavity. This year I stopped by a local smoke house that among other things does a lot of bacon. I picked a bunch of their ends and pieces. My plan is to fill the cavity with all this bacon goodness (breast down again).
I’ll let you know how it works out.

 

[tallbm]

Like many of you, I’m smoking this years bird. I’m going to try something new this year. Normally I brine the bird with a simple brine of salt, sugar and a touch of cure #1 then smoke it breast side down with a stick of butter in the cavity. This year I stopped by a local smoke house that among other things does a lot of bacon. I picked a bunch of their ends and pieces. My plan is to fill the cavity with all this bacon goodness (breast down again).
I’ll let you know how it works out.

Looking forward to seeing how it comes out. Best of luck :D

 

[Gonna Smoke]

I'm in...

 

[SmokinAl]

Sounds delicious to me!
Al

 

[culpepersmoke]

Here the hand full of bacon pieces I picked up.
She’s rinsed, a little Head Country seasoning and stuffed.

Out of the smoker around 4 pm today. I had planned on flipping it oner to brown up the top but I got distracted working in the shop and it hit temp. Not the prettiest bird I’ve ever cooked but sneaking a little nibble it was really good.

Tomorrow my plan is to carve it cold and heating up servings with the Sous vide cooker. It’s just my wife and I this year so that will make it easy and keep in the moisture.
I’ll post tomorrow to report how the bacon did.

 

[Gonna Smoke]

You can never go wrong with bacon...and lots of it...

 

[culpepersmoke]

I have to say that is probably one of the best turkeys I’ve ever smoked. You get just a hint of bacon even deep into the breast and very moist even though I got distracted and let the breast meat go into the 170 range. Like I said earlier, not the prettiest bird I’ve cooked but I’ll be doing that again.
Happy thanksgiving all.

 

[Brokenhandle]

Now that's the way to make turkey bacon!

Ryan