smoking a turkey and saying thanks

[psych]

I'm smoking a bird again this year but doing it a little different than in the past. I'm taking pics during the process so I'll post all that when I'm done. Gotta say, TBS is a beautiful thing!

Remember to give thanks to all the men and women serving today, in all capacities.

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Greg

 

[daveomak]

Greg, morning and welcome to the forum.....  Happy Turkey Day to you too...   Dave

 

[smokinhusker]

Good morning and welcome to SMF! Happy Thanksgiving and by all means let us know how that bird turns out!

 

[psych]

Ok, so it's Friday, I'm at work, I've recovered from a food coma and ready to show off my bird...

I took a page from some other posters on the forum and tried to get as many pics of the progress as I could. Any advice you can offer is greatly welcomed! Enjoy the pics!!

Thin Blue Smoke look ok?

thin blue smoke.jpg

• psych
• Nov 23, 2012

Prepped and ready...

prepped.jpg

• psych
• Nov 23, 2012

Hung in the smoker by coat hangers

hung in the smoker using coat hangers.jpg

• psych
• Nov 23, 2012

2 hrs into the smoke

1 Hr 50 min into.jpg

• psych
• Nov 23, 2012

 getting a bacon shower

bacon shower.jpg

• psych
• Nov 23, 2012

carved and ready to eat

carved open.jpg

• psych
• Nov 23, 2012

Everything came out perfect and I even got a compliment from my girlfriend's grandma who doesn't like smoked meats!

Hope everyone else had a great turkey day!

Greg

 

[daveomak]

Greg, morning.... The bacon shower is a great idea....  I like it..... I think I will use it.....     Dave

 

[psych]

Dave, morning to you...I tried the chicken last week with the bacon directly on it and it didn't allow the skin to crisp up or really even get smoky. I had to get creative since I knew I'd be suspending the turkey and came up with the bacon shower. My girlfriend did a beautiful bacon weave, like for a fatty, and we just let the bacon smoke for about the last hour and it came out perfect!

Enjoy!

Greg