Smokin a turkey

[big-guy]

Put turkey in a brine overnight

 

Brine was 1 cup brown sugar, 1 cup coarse salt, 20 cups water,  a few orange slices, some bay leaves , onions and garlic.

Remove and pat dry,stuff, rub down with some EVOO and a little dusting of Mrs. Dash

 

into the smoker

 

just about ready

 

 

all done

 

ready to carve

 

on the plate

 

 

[meateater]

Looking Good, just did one the other day myself.

 

[adiochiro3]

That is one beautiful bird!  Love smoked turkey. 
Thanksgiving is just around the corner!  time to stock up on whole turkeys for the smoker!!!!!!

 

[smoke 2 geaux]

A thing of beauty.  Nice bird!

 

[princess]

Is it the brown sugar that gets your skin so dark and almost reddish?  I've not yet done a whole bird, just the breast, and I got dark golden, but yours looks almost sweet...

Great work!

 

[rp ribking]

Well done, looks great. When I smoke one, I hope that it turns out like that. 

 

[mballi3011]

Now thats one fine looking bird there Big Guy. You have done a great job.

 

[big-guy]

Is it the brown sugar that gets your skin so dark and almost reddish?  I've not yet done a whole bird, just the breast, and I got dark golden, but yours looks almost sweet...

Great work!

I think its a combination of the brown sugar and the olive oil rub.

 

[Bearcarver]

Great looking bird there Big Guy!

Awesome Mahogany color!!!

Thanks for showing,

Bear

 

[beer-b-q]

Dang Ray, that bird was too pretty to eat...  Great Mahogany Color too...

 

[cole]

I am impressed.  You don't normally see a stuffed turkey smoked.  Did the smoke flavor the stuffing much?

Cole

 

[squirrel]

Wow! That is the prettiest smoked turkey I have ever seen! I think I might have to try one soon. Love that color!!! Thanks for sharing kind sir!

 

[captsly]

B E Autiful turkey!  Love the color also.  I was curious about the stuffing as well. How much longer do you think it took to finish being stuffed as opposed to not? Did the stuffing get a good smoke flavor?

I need to try that as soon as I can get my hands on a decent turkey!!

Jeff

 

[pineywoods]

Actually the USDA says not to stuff a turkey you are going to smoke. The stuffing remains in the "Danger Zone" for too long.

http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Fact_Sheets/Turkey_Alt_Routes/index.asp  

 

[captsly]

Guess it will be a seperate pan of stuffing for me when the time comes, thanks for that Piney. It does make sense now that I think about it.

 

[big-guy]

I think that was a 12 # bird and thats as big as I would go with stuffing. Bigger birds I like to Spatchcock when smoking to keep the danger zone as small as possible.

 

[Bearcarver]

I think that was a 12 # bird and thats as big as I would go with stuffing. Bigger birds I like to Spatchcock when smoking to keep the danger zone as small as possible.

Hey Big-Guy,

That Turkey looks way bigger. I thought it was about a 20 pounder, at least!

Look at that one picture---It's bigger than the front end of the vehicle in the same picture! 

I still say that's the prettiest color I ever saw on a Turkey !

Bear

 

[dk666]

Great job that really looks fantastic !! 

 

[srivera1965]

My hat's off to you sir. Beeeee-utiful!

 

[grillzilla]

Perfect looking bird!I smoke a turkey every year for Thanksgiving.I don't think my family would show up if I didn't.

Someday,if I'm lucky,mine might be that pretty.