Two different Turkey breasts (cherry and cranberry) on the 2nd day of Christmas lol

[meltyface]

It has been a little while since I've had time to smoke anything so I figured this Christmas I'll smoke 2 turkey breasts and hopefully get a little different flavor from both.  This will also be the first time I brine so hopefully they turn out allright.  I'm planning on using the slaughterhouse brine adding Cherry Juice to one, and cranberry juice to the other.  I'll be using two spritzs, one with sailor jerry and cherry juice, the other with Jerry and cranberry.  about half way into the smoke I'm planning on wrapping the cranberry turkey in bacon to finish it off.  I'll also inject them both with a similar injection plus add a few of the fruits into the cavities...These sound good in my head, hopefully they turn out allright.

One question:  Should I inject them and brine them at the same time (I'll probably brine them for about 12 hours starting Christmas eve)?

Any advice or comments are defiently welcome, I'm feeding about 11 people on christmas.

 

[daveomak]

Meltyface, morning....  Brining and injecting could pose a problem... Over salting is my main concern....  Be aware of the amount of salt in the injections...   Then the other safety factor is getting the Internal Temp of the meat up to 140 in 4 hours.... the time includes sitting on the counter etc.... feeding other folks and children, safety should be a priority.....  Be sure to post Q-Views of your process for others to learn from and of the finished product for us to drool over.....   Enjoy the day.....  Dave

 

[meltyface]

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Turkey breasts are going to be drying out for in the fridge after a 24 hr brine.

Left turkey was brined using 3/4 gal water, 1/4c salt, 1/4 c brown sugar, 1t paprika, 1t garlic, 1t thyme 1t pepper, 1/2c cider vinegar and 1/2c cherry juice


Right turkey was brined in 3/4gal water, 1/4c salt, brown sugar, 1t garlic powder, onion powder, Tony creole seasoning, and 1/2c apple cider.

Decided to try apple cider instead of cranberry juice