Smoking Home Grown 35 Lb Apple Cider Turkey

[texas ray]

This past year we raised two turkeys.  My son fried the Gander at Christmas while we were away on vacation.  The Gobbler dressed out at 35Lbs and in January I brined and smoked him with apple wood on my WSM 22.5".  He took up most of the smoker.  I poured Red's Apple Ale into the drip pan and periodically basted the turkey with the ale and turkey drippings.  I saw a video on youtube for smoking Apple Cider Turkey.  Here is a short video - I wish we had smell-o-vision --

 

 

[crazymoon]

TR, Nice vid and great looking turkey, I could almost smell it cooking !

 

[dannylang]

never tried reds apple ale, instead of apple juice or cider. sounds great and good video, i wish it had smell-o-vision.

dannylang

 

[oldschoolbbq]

Nice looking Turkey , Ray . Those sizzling sounds were pure music to my ears...

 

[texas ray]

I haven't been on here in a while as we are in the midst of moving.  I thought you would be interested in the youtube video where I got the idea for the Apple Cider Turkey --