Easter Feast w pics

[SmokinVOLfan]

Wow John that all looks awesome! Very nice Easter meal!

That is one epic piece of work John, everything looks wonderful, Like! RAY

Another hit out of the park John. Great job, and GBO!

Dave

Thank you guys appreciate the kind words! Was tasty for sure

 

[SmokinVOLfan]

Damn John that is a lot of vittles there!

And they all look fantastic.

Nice Job....

BIG LIKE!

John

Damn John....did you miss anything?? Great looking meal buddy. I'd have been proud to sit down to a plate full or two of that meal!! Thrilled you were able to share with at least a small portion of the family. Good job sir!1

Robert

Very nice spread John! Looks like a feast fit for royalty!!

Looks like you won’t need to grocery shop this week.

Like!

Robert, Joe, Joe...

Thank you guys very much for the kind words. Had a few leftovers and gave quite a bit to the neighbors.

 

[HalfSmoked]

Awesome looking meal there the only thing I can see missing is me and my wife,
Super job on both the turkey and ham.

Warren

 

[SmokinVOLfan]

Wow. . . What a feast. Everything looks absolutely fantastic.

Wow...I'd say you have it covered. Great job!

Beautiful plate of food anchored by some awesome looking ham and turkey

Thank you guys for the kind words! I am full just looking at the pictures again.

 

[Bearcarver]

Great Spread, John!!!
Boy am I missing out on some Awesome Sammies!!!
Nice Job!
Like.

Bear

 

[jaxgatorz]

What a beautiful spread !! Awesome job .

 

[gmc2003]

Now that's a feast. Well done John. I see enough leftovers for a few monte cristo samwiches, ham salad sammies, and a bowl or two of pea soup.

Point for sure
Chris

 

[Johnny Ray]

Dude, when I sit down to a meal that beautiful I eat til I get tired, not full.
Reminds me of when I get to visit my sister in NC. She puts out amazing spreads like that.

Johnny Ray

 

[motown45]

Morning. Hope everyone had a great Easter in quarantine. Definitely a strange year for sure but hope everyone still ate good. Wanted to share a few pics of my cook.

Started out with two 7 pound turkey breasts I had in the freezer. Didn't have time for a brine but had a bottle of creole garlic in the cabinet figured I would inject in one of them. Try to cook with low salt for the wife so the other one was not injected. Both coated in miners mix poultry perfection I had left over from thanksgiving. Weather calling for bad storms all day Easter Sunday so I smoked these on Saturday night.
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Getting some nice smoke at around 300 with hickory chunks.
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Pulled at 163.
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Next day set my MES40 at the edge of the garage and fired it up with apple pellets. 10lb spiral ham getting happy. Did Jeff's version on this. Drizzled in maple syrup and dusted in rub.
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Ham getting glazed every 45 minutes at 225. Put both turkey breasts in a large pan with some chicken stock in the bottom, coated in foil, and put in the bottom of the smoker to heat back up.
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Ham done.
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Ready for a little slicing.
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And the finished product.
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Had my wife's grandparents over who live across the street. Of course she brought some sides too. Ham, turkey, stuffing, corn casserole, broccoli casserole, deviled eggs,
homemade mashed potatoes, greens covered in spicy vinegar, and mac and cheese. This is a pretty standard holiday plate in the south.
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Made a key lime pie a la @xray for dessert.
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After everything here was the leftover spread minus a few things. Forgot the sweet potato casserole!
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The injected turkey breast with the creole garlic was 10x better than the other one. So much flavor and so juicy and moist. The other breast wasn't bad but lacked that flavor punch. The ham was incredible. Lots of compliments went around on that. Incredibly stuffed after eating this feast and enjoying Easter with a little bit of extended family. Thanks for looking!

John

Great looking feast! Great pics!

 

[SmokinVOLfan]

Excellent spread Sir!
It's great that you had someone to share with (and share the leftovers as well!).
Big like!

Very nice. I'll have a plate exactly how you fixed yours!

Hell of a feast! all looks great. good work!

OMG!! That all looks fantastic. Good on you to be able to enjoy the holiday with some family. Cheers.

Very fine job. That is one hell of a meal! You don't by chance have any leftovers do you?
LIKE

that is a table food of some fine looking chow John. everyone must of been thrilled

Sorry for the late reply. Thank you guys for the compliments and kind words! Kept a few leftovers and gave a bunch to the neighbors. The ham and turkey sammies leftover sammies were outstanding!

 

[SmokinVOLfan]

What a beautiful meal John!! All of it looks amazing. Color on the bird is money and the ham looks killer!! The greens are something I’ve not had in awhile. I am calling in a produce order later this week and see they have turnip and collard greens. I have some spicy vinegar courtesy of Robert. I may have to have some greens!

Thanks Jeff appreciate it. That's actually what I put on these was the spicy vinegar that I made using Roberts recipe. Outstanding on greens and spinach!

 

[SmokinVOLfan]

Awesome looking meal there the only thing I can see missing is me and my wife,
Super job on both the turkey and ham.

Warren

Thanks Warren! Come on down next year should only be an 8-10 hours drive from Maryland.

 

[SmokinVOLfan]

Great Spread, John!!!
Boy am I missing out on some Awesome Sammies!!!
Nice Job!
Like.

Bear

Thanks John! Man the leftover sammies were off the charts good. Don't worry I pulled a couple that were bear style!

 

[SmokinVOLfan]

What a beautiful spread !! Awesome job .

Thanks Mike appreciate it!

 

[SmokinVOLfan]

Now that's a feast. Well done John. I see enough leftovers for a few monte cristo samwiches, ham salad sammies, and a bowl or two of pea soup.

Point for sure
Chris

Thanks Chris! Man I love monte Christo sandwiches. I have actually been wanting one since I saw your thread on them awhile back. Now you got the wheels spinning.

 

[SmokinVOLfan]

Dude, when I sit down to a meal that beautiful I eat til I get tired, not full.
Reminds me of when I get to visit my sister in NC. She puts out amazing spreads like that.

Johnny Ray

Thanks Johnny! Yeah man I feel ya. So much food and its so good you want some of all of it in equal portions and then you cant move when you are done.

 

[SmokinVOLfan]

Great looking feast! Great pics!

Thank you appreciate it!

 

[HalfSmoked]

Thanks for the like SmokinVOLfan it is greatly appreciated.

Warren