Alligator smoking

[carrie]

I have been wanting to smoke an alligator for a very long time! I found a place online that would ship me an alligator frozen solid. So I called them. My alligator came frozen solid. It took one full day to thaw him.

 

[carrie]

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• carrie
• Jul 10, 2016

I bribed him in a salt, sugar, and zataran crab boil bath.

 

[carrie]

I brined him for a day. I flipped him over in the brine a couple of times when I would add the ice to keep him cold

 

[carrie]

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• carrie
• Jul 10, 2016

I rubbed him with a "swamp dust" rub. Then wrapped him in bacon to keep from drying out.

 

[carrie]

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• carrie
• Jul 10, 2016

 

[carrie]

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• carrie
• Jul 10, 2016

I smoked him for 6hrs at 250 degrees

 

[pc farmer]

WOW.    Watching this.

Looking good so far.

 

[carrie]

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• carrie
• Jul 10, 2016

 

[carrie]

He was delicious!!! Everyone loved him! It tastes like a cross between chicken and turkey.

 

[smokinadam]

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• carrie
• Jul 10, 2016

Point! That is fine looking gator right there.

 

[pc farmer]

Looks great, wish you had some fork pics.

 

[hardcookin]

Definitely has the Wow factor...nice job!!!
I have never had gator.

 

[bauchjw]

:points:
Again! Great idea and awesome execution! Wish there was some plated pictures!

 

[litterbug]

Gator looks great. This is one of those post where I would have loved to seen every little drawn out detail from skinning the gator to spicing it up, and all the way to the dinner plate.

 

[carrie]

Sorry I forgot to get plated pics. The gator comes skinned. Only has skin on hands and feet.

 

[bauchjw]

Gator looks great. This is one of those post where I would have loved to seen every little drawn out detail from skinning the gator to spicing it up, and all the way to the dinner plate.

:yeahthat:
:th_Slab_of_meat:

 

[h8that4u]

where online did you find to get a whole gator if I might ask?

 

[carrie]

Louisiana crawfish company. My gator was 38 pounds. It was about 5ft long. It was $11.95lb shipping is free.

 

[fatboycoalition]

That looks amazing. Great job.

 

[Bummed]

That really looks amazing, I've always wanted to do that after seeing Bruce from Swamp People always smoking up a feast.