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Could not agree more. Brined our first turkey Thanksgiving. Turned out so well we did another one for X-Mas, see my post (Christmas Turekey with Q-View)
Recommend you try the Chef Jimmy J brine in my post
Merry Christmas
Out of the Weber and on the plate. Forgot to take a pic with all the trimmings.
Will post leftovers tomorrow.
Once again the turkey was super moiste thanks to Chef Jimmy J's brine
Just put on My 21lb Christmas Turkey on my 22" kettle
Had to break the ribs to flatten her out so it would fit under the dome
Should be done by 4:45
Merry Christmas Everyone!
The Thanksgiving Day bird was so good, I plan on doing another one for Christmas. I have a 21 lb soaking in Chef Jimmy's brine. Once again I will break out my 22" Weber Kettle grill for this one. Will cook with a combination of Mesquite and Kingsford blue standard with chunks of Mesquite wood...
Chef Jimmy posted it on one of the discussions
http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/t/172984/first-turkey-smoke-and-brine
I copied it and pasted here
From Chef Jimmy
I have been using this Brine 25 years. It has never let me down and is popular around here. The bird is never too salty and is...
I never would have imagnined just how much flavor and moisture an overnight brine can do to a turkey.
I used Chef Jimmy's receipie, turned out absolutly incredible.
Nice color on that bird, very nicely done
Plated and ready to go.
THANK YOU SMF for the brining advice. THANK YOU Chef Jimmy for the brine recipie. Thumbs Up Thumbs Up
20 years smoking a bird and this year was THE BEST Thumbs Up Thumbs Up Thumbs Up
Just put the bird on.
Rubbed with OO, then
SS, peper, granulated onion, granulated garlic, and brown sugar.
Decided at the last minute to add onion, celeray and minced garlic to the drip pan.
Smoking with Kingsford ( to establish a base) and added mesquite charcoal and mesquite wood chunks...