These turkey legs were an experiment....
Tip's Slaughter House Poultry brine was made and the legs brined for 5 days.....
I also added cure# 1 because I had never cured poultry.....
Here they are after rinsing and adding Bride's poultry spice mix.....
In the smoker.... 1 hour dry... 4 3/4 hours smoke using Pitmaster's Choice pellets.... wonderful smelling smoke and
mild flavor... fruity and no bitter taste.... incredible combination of hardwoods to smoke your turkey.....
Here is the money shot..... the cure turns the meat pink, like ham.... the choice of spices didn't work that well with the cure....
Smoke flavor was outstanding....
For now, I'm sticking with brined smoked turkey without Cure# 1 until I learn more about what spices go with
cured bird..... I learned something today...
.....
Thanks for sharing.... Dave
Tip's Slaughter House Poultry brine was made and the legs brined for 5 days.....
I also added cure# 1 because I had never cured poultry.....
Here they are after rinsing and adding Bride's poultry spice mix.....
In the smoker.... 1 hour dry... 4 3/4 hours smoke using Pitmaster's Choice pellets.... wonderful smelling smoke and
mild flavor... fruity and no bitter taste.... incredible combination of hardwoods to smoke your turkey.....
Here is the money shot..... the cure turns the meat pink, like ham.... the choice of spices didn't work that well with the cure....
Smoke flavor was outstanding....
For now, I'm sticking with brined smoked turkey without Cure# 1 until I learn more about what spices go with
cured bird..... I learned something today...
Thanks for sharing.... Dave