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  1. smoked turkey

    smoked turkey

    no brine, no injecting, no skin. bacon salt. juicy.
  2. SmokinAl

    SANTA MARIA rotisserie turkey

    Our Grandson is coming today for the week, he is a chef & will be bringing a rack of lamb from his restaurant, for our Thanksgiving meal. It's a dish they make at his restaurant, so he's making some kind of Greek veggies or salad or something to go with it. I love lamb & this will be a real...
  3. TampaNole27

    Practice Turkey Day

    Practice makes perfect! So it’s become my annual tradition to do a practice bird on Sunday before hosting 30+ people and 3 birds on Thanksgiving. Wife uses the carcass to make an AMAZING smoked gravy to go with Thanksgiving. This is a 11.6 lb Turkey. I try to stay between 10-12 for my smoked...
  4. L

    SMOKED Turkey - How to - help guide

    Alright guys, long time reader, first time poster. I just Joined to ask this question lol. Two years ago I came across THE BEST guide for smoking turkey. My smoke turned out great. I believe it was a guide from JJ. The only thing I have as a recollection is that I put oranges inside the turkey...
  5. smoketrailsteve

    Here's How I Get Crispy Turkey Skin in the MES

    After many failed attempts and lots of rubbery skin, I thought I'd document my method for getting crispy turkey skin in the MES. Anyone have other methods to getting crispy skin in the MES without using the oven? BBQ Turkey Rub Recipe: 2 Tbsp Paprika 2 Tbsp Chilli Powder 1 Tbsp Poultry...
  6. dirtsailor2003

    Pre-Halloween Thanksgiving

    Crummy weather outside this past weekend. Rain, hail, snow, wind we had it all. So what better to do than fire up the 14.5" WSM and smoke a turkey breast! Picked up a bone-in 8.75 pound breast. Cut the neck portion off and some of the loose skin for stock. Seasoned it with SPOG inside and out...
  7. A

    Will Turkey Fit? Any Pointers?

    I will be hosting my first Thanksgiving this year and my family has never had grilled turkey. We are thinking of getting approximately a 16 pound bird. I just want to make sure it will fit. I am using a Dyno-Glo 4 Burner Gas Grill Model# DGF493PNP-D. Does anyone know if this size bird will fit...
  8. dirtsailor2003

    Apple Wood Smoked Turkey Quinoa Meatloaf

    Been craving meatloaf. So that's what I made for dinner. Actually I really wanted leftover meatloaf for cold meatloaf sandwees. One of my favorites. Here's what went into this one 2 lbs ground turkey. 1 small onion chopped & sauteed 1 orange bell pepper diced & sauteed 4 cloves of garlic...
  9. dirtsailor2003

    Turkey Cheeseburgers for National Cheeseburger day

    For National Cheeseburger day I cooked us up some turkey burgers on the little Smokey Joe. Didn't get any cook shots because it was dumping rain. Its been a wet week here. Took 1 pound of ground turkey and made two 1/2 pound burger patties. I added ground garlic, onion, salt and pepper into the...
  10. Preacher Man

    Apple Pie Smoked Turkey

    I like a little sweetness on my turkeys, and found myself with the urge to do a little kitchen creativity. Lo and behold: The Apple Pie Smoked Turkey. It all starts with the brine: 1 1/2 gallons of water 1/2 gallon of apple juice 1 1/2 cups kosher salt 1/2 cup brown sugar 1 16 oz. jar apple pie...
  11. Preacher Man

    Smoked Everything Club Sandwich

    It's hard to know where to put this post, but I settled on here because the initial inspiration to make this sammich was needing to use some of my Meal Prep Turkey that's been in the freezer. It just so happened that I also had some smoked pastrami in the freezer and some pulled pork in the...
  12. Preacher Man

    Smoked Turkey Taters

    This is a follow up to my Meal Prep Turkey thread that I posted a while back. I'm trying to post the different ways I used the meat I put up to give others ideas on how they can use leftovers. Who doesn't love taters? and who doesn't love smoked turkey? Well then, it stands to reason that...
  13. Preacher Man

    Meal Prep - Pulled Turkey

    My kids are home with the flu, so I'm trying to make the most of being stuck here by getting some meal prep done. I had a 14 pound turkey in the freezer from Thanksgiving. Albertson's had specials at that time so I got four turkeys for $.24/lb. The plan is to to smoke it and pull it for future...
  14. Preacher Man

    Skin Off Before Smoking Turkey

    I'm planning to smoke a turkey this week for pulling and using for meals throughout the week. I love my MES 30, but it just doesn't get hot enough to make good skin. I'm considering skinning it before smoking so that the rub can be on the meat instead of on the skin that'll just get tossed to...
  15. WI_GameMeats

    Injected Christmas 15lb Turkey

    -Spatchcocked 15.5lb Turkey (Honeysuckle brand) -Used the backbone, neck and giblets in the Instant Pot for Drippings (made a hell of a gravy later on) -This picture below is after an injection and homemade dry rub (I let the injection sit for 24 hours before smoking) Injection: -1 stick butter...
  16. tropics

    Turkey Sausage Stuffing step by step

    I have posted about this but I realized I never made a step by step 2 lbs Jamestown Sausage (use what you like) 1 large white Onion(medium diced) 2 Carrots (diced) 5 Celery Stalks (diced) 7 Medium size Red Potatoes Peeled(medium diced) Potatoes Saute Carrot & Celery for a few minutes I used...
  17. tropics

    Cured Turkey Thighs around the Vortex w/Kiawe Wood

    Brined 4 Turkey Thighs with Pop's6927 low salt cure fore 4 days Rinsed an in the fridge to dry for a few hours Set up the Weber 22.5" Kettle with the Vortex Put the Turkey Thighs an Kiawe on Checked at the 30 minute mark 120°F No more peeking total time smoked 1 hr. 15 min. Sliced you can...
  18. tropics

    Turkey Sausage Italian

    Made good use of the Turkey Thighs I bought. 5 pounds Italian Turkey Sausage I used my Chicken Sausage Recipe With my Jerky Cannon Ground an seasoned Test Patty Delicious Used Waltons Fresh Collagen Casings They worked nice for this Put the Cannon to work Italian Sausage to die for...
  19. tropics

    Turkey Kielbasi Fresh & Smoked

    Turkey Thighs were on sale 59 cents a pound,I picked up 10 packages 28 lbs. deboned gave me 19 lbs of ground Turkey.Gave the wife 6 lbs. for egg rolls or whatever she wanted to make. Some big thighs Boned Ground once thru small plate 6 lbs Mixed the cure for my Kielbasi with the NFDM I had 6...
  20. hunter rose

    A bird to be thankful for...

    I love smoking on Thanksgiving... not because I love turkey more than other proteins, but because there is so much sport to the cook. The preparation, build-up, research and anticipation over this centerpiece of an event with family and friends is special. Love it! I'm thankful my family and...
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