Smoked Turkey w/ QView

[rylen]

Smoked a Turkey and Roasted a Turkey for thanksgiving.


The smoked Turkey was a bigger hit, both were wet brined in water, salt, and honey for a whole day, than refrigerated out of the brine for a day afterwards.

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• rylen
• Dec 26, 2015

 

[pc farmer]

Wow. Perfect color

 

[rylen]

Wow. Perfect color

Thanks! Was my first time smoking a turkey :)

 

[pc farmer]

Great job

 

[dirtsailor2003]

Great looking bird!

 

[mthomsen224]

Looks good. What kind of temps did you smoke at? I'll be doing my first bird this weekend. I hope it turns out that nice.

 

[b-one]

I'll take one of them,looks perfect!

 

[rylen]

Looks good. What kind of temps did you smoke at? I'll be doing my first bird this weekend. I hope it turns out that nice.

I used the WSM at about 280-290 without water. Took somewhere between 2-3 hours for a 13 lb Bird.

I pretty much used the below recipe for prep only, not for cooking tho. I did use the vegetable oil too.

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/honey-brined-smoked-turkey-recipe2.html

Difference is I brined for a day, and dried the turkey for crispier skin, and to try and get rid of the "spongy meat" texture people complain about with brined turkey. I think the air drying helped that.

 

[rylen]

I used Apple Wood cuz that's all I had.

I imagine Cherry Wood would give it a nice red color as well

 

[mthomsen224]

Thanks for the info. I'll have to try the cherry and see how it turns out.