Thanksgiving turkey in the UDS Rotisserie style
 

Thought I would throw in my little turkey cook into the pile. Enjoy:

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18 pounder slightly enhanced.

24 Hour Brine in Kosher salt/ Brown sugar and a mixture of flavor.
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Next day did a rinse and 1 hour soak out in fresh water. The food grade bucket is from Lowes for $3.
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Got the drum ready with a mix of clearanced Lump from Lowes and some fresh Peach and hickory chunks.

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All rubbed down and tied up with a mixture of garlic butter and some poultry dry rub. Also thinly sliced a stick of butter and slid it under the skin in 4 places.

Iced the Breast to assist in being done the same time as the thigh.

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Once the dumpster was up to around 325* went ahead and spit up the turkey and threw her on.
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Half way through the cook, shes browning up nice.
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After a few hours shes getting close. Notice the drip Pan. Two very important things I learned doing Turkey on a UDS:
Poultry fat dripping on the fire makes for a bad bird.
The second is you have to cook hot to get good color and bite through skin.

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At temp, so off the spit and into the tent. Did about an hour rest.

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After the rest and prepping for carving.
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All carved up and ready for the feast!

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Short video
18 Pound Thanksgiving turkey rotisserie style on Ugly Drum Smoker UDS - YouTube

I like it lets eat .............

I got a get me one of those. and a top for my UDS. Great looking bird.

Great job, good color, moist, looks eatable! :thumb:

Thanks for the Pron!

Great job :thumb::thumb:

that looks soooooo goooood ! i love doing it that way.

Good lookin' eats right there! I might do a couple of birds next week :thumb:.

Thursday can't come soon enough.

Dude!

That looks outstanding! I will be cooking my bird on the rotisserie soon, but it will be on my Weber gasser. I know that for different kinds of grills and cookers, they have different sized rotisseries. What size rotisserie do you use for a UDS? Can you use any size that will make it all the way across, or what? :confused: TIA

I could "gobble" some of that down... Oh yeah!

This is the one I use.
Amazon.com: Weber 2290 22-1/2-Inch Charcoal Kettle Rotisserie: Patio, Lawn & Garden@@AMEPARAM@@http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41Z749712YL.@@AMEPARAM@@41Z749712YL

I just might try that.

Looks very good and I bet it tasted good too.