Looking for any tips and/or tricks to get that beautiful golden brown skin on a whole smoked turkey.
I watched a video from Malcolm Reed (How To BBQ Right) and he recommended spraying the skin with a cooking spray like canola oil. I tried that but it didn't seem to work out to well. While my turkey was moist and delicious the skin was very dark by the first time I checked it, almost looked like the rub was burned an hour in to the cook. Not sure what caused it. I was smoking at 275 on my reverse flow stick burner, and the fire was super clean the entire time, no dirty smoke at all, and also no temp spikes. It was about a 14 LB bird if that makes any difference.
Since the turkey was great in all other respects, I decided to practice getting the skin color right on a whole chicken this last weekend since it's smaller and cheaper. This time I patted the skin dry and just applied a light coating of the same rub, no oil. The skin was much better on this bird, not overly dark, but still did not have that golden brown color I'm after.
Any help or advise would be appreciated as I'm hoping to get this dialed in ASAP before Thanksgiving!
I watched a video from Malcolm Reed (How To BBQ Right) and he recommended spraying the skin with a cooking spray like canola oil. I tried that but it didn't seem to work out to well. While my turkey was moist and delicious the skin was very dark by the first time I checked it, almost looked like the rub was burned an hour in to the cook. Not sure what caused it. I was smoking at 275 on my reverse flow stick burner, and the fire was super clean the entire time, no dirty smoke at all, and also no temp spikes. It was about a 14 LB bird if that makes any difference.
Since the turkey was great in all other respects, I decided to practice getting the skin color right on a whole chicken this last weekend since it's smaller and cheaper. This time I patted the skin dry and just applied a light coating of the same rub, no oil. The skin was much better on this bird, not overly dark, but still did not have that golden brown color I'm after.
Any help or advise would be appreciated as I'm hoping to get this dialed in ASAP before Thanksgiving!