Today I Gave Everybody the Bird, Turkey That Is

[chilerelleno]

My first smoked Thanksgiving Turkey.
Turned out pretty danged good if I do say so myself, and so did the family.
Not too pretty, the way they injected solution made the skin tear during cooking, but I'm not eating the aesthetics of the bird.
The skin wasn't crispy/crunchy, but it wasn't chewy either, a perfect median of scrumptious flavor.
Juicy, tender and delicious, great smoke/rub flavor.

Happy Thanksgiving Everybody!

#18 Bird
Brined
Spatchcocked
Butter under skin
Generously rubbed
Butter basted
325' for 3.5 hours, Hickory smoke for the first hour or so

Rub
.5C Smoked Paprika
1C McCormick Montreal Chicken
.25C each Seasoned salt, Garlic herb, Onion powder
2T each Sage, Rosemary, Thyme and Oregano

Full Menu
Oven Roasted Turkey
Smoked Turkey
Homemade Giblet Gravy
Roasted Ham
Corn casserole, Stuffing, Green Bean casserole, Loaded Mash Taters
Rolls/butter, Cranberry/Apple relish, asst Fruit & Veggie trays
Apple, Pumpkin, Pecan, Chocolate pies
Pumpkin Pecan bread

1st basting at ]2hrs, 138' internal temp

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Done at 3.5 hours, breast and thighs arrived at almost perfect temps at the same time.

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Ready for the Table

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[dirtsailor2003]

Looks tasty! Nice first turkey!

 

[chilerelleno]

Looks tasty! Nice first turkey!

Thanks DirtSailor

 

[crankybuzzard]

I'll bet there were some very satisfied people with those birds!

Nice work!

Point for your first T-Day bird!

 

[chilerelleno]

I'll bet there were some very satisfied people with those birds!

Nice work!

Point for your first T-Day bird!

Thanks Buzzard, yes'sir all 22 of us were happy campers.
Thanks for the Point.

 

[donegotfat]

Beautiful looking turkey for sure.

Seeing your past topics and smokes and recipes I was surprised it was your first , it looks yummy!

It has that bark that makes you want to pick it off while its still cooking

 

[b-one]

Lots of tasty looking turkeys on here today! Nice job!

 

[chilerelleno]

Beautiful looking turkey for sure.
Seeing your past topics and smokes and recipes I was surprised it was your first , it looks yummy!
It has that bark that makes you want to pick it off while its still cooking Thumbs Up

Thanks for the compliment on the bird.
Not my first turkey, but it is my first smoked Thanksgiving turkey.
Prior birds were grilled with some added smoke, but never on Thanksgiving.
Loving my new smoker.

Oh yeah... Thanks for the Point.

Lots of tasty looking turkeys on here today! Nice job!

Thanks... Yes, there are a lot of nice birds today and earlier this week, gotta love Thanksgiving.

 

[jetsknicks1]

Looks awesome.

 

[redheelerdog]

Looks delicious CR, thanks for posting!

 

[chilerelleno]

Looks awesome.

Thanks

Looks delicious CR, thanks for posting!

Thanks it was pretty tasty.
Thanks for the Point.

 

[SmokinAl]

Nice job on the turkey!!

It looks delicious!

Al