Canadian Turkey Day Marathon

Well, the big day is here if you live in Canada... :biggrin1:

Preparation for Sunday starts today... along with all of the great things to follow... a great Saturday of College Ball and CFL, leading into tomorrow's NFL sch'd., and a day of rest on Monday... Happy Thanksgiving Canada..! :clap:

After a practice run on the UDS the other week, we decided to up our game a little and brine our first turkey.
Here is what we made...

In large pot...

1 Gallon (4L) Chicken Broth
1 Cup Sea Salt
1/2 Cup Dark Brown Sugar
1/2 Cup Light Brown Sugar
1pc Cinnamon Stick

Bring ingredients to rolling boil...
Turn-Off heat then add...

2 Cups Apple Juice
1 Cup Apple Cider Vinegar
3/4 Cup Dark Soy Sauce
1/2 Cup Corn Syrup
1/4 Cup Cooking Molasses

2 pcs Sliced Oranges
2 pcs Sliced Lemons
2 pcs Chopped Celery Sticks
1 Small Slivered Yellow Onion
1 pc Minced Head of Garlic

1/4 Cup Cracked Black Pepper
1 tsp Allspice
1 tsp Chinese Five Spice

Let cool and place in sterilized cooler w/Turkey, breast side down. Add ice to keep cool.







Along with the 15# turkey were gonna add a 10# pork shoulder to our Sunday UDS cook...

A little homemade rub...






And back into the fridge until 6:00am...

Now for today's cooking... our first "Naked Fattie" :mod:
It was supposed to be breakfast, but now will call it a snack.
Cooked on my Weber Performer.



And for supper... a little rib action...


More to come... the thread's just begun...

Yep!
It's gonna be a good-er..! :-D

Anyone have suggestions for what to cook on Monday..?

Okay... snack finished.
A little mesquite smoke and things are good to go.


On to Saturday supper... stay tuned... UDS is fired-up :arrow:


Some goodies for tomorrow... courtesy of my daughter... :-D


More to come...

At least add some pulled pork to it... everything is better with meat..! :-D

Here's the ribs...



Full. Tired. Big day tomorrow... we'll pick this up again in the a.m.

Thanks Brethren. :-D

spedly said:

Looking good Goldenfinger! I'm on a barbecue moratorium until my new Pitmaker pit arrives on Wednesday but I have a turkey brining as we speak: strong tea, lemon, Big Rock IPA, salt, sugar. I'll be cooking it in the oven tomorrow but will fire up my Weber to heat up my wife's homemade cabbage rolls and perogies. Can't wait!!

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Best of luck tomorrow..!
I noticed that Pitmaker does custom paint... will yours be sporting some Rider Pride..?

Big day is here... and a crisp -2C (28F) with frost to help with waking-up.


My Performer lighting-up the UDS


Pork Shoulder is first on (top rack)...


The pork shoulder will be used to baste the turkey on rack 2, and there is a water bowl on rack 3 that we're gonna use to catch the drippings from both... should make for a great Franken-gravy later. :becky:

spedly said:

*droooool*

BTW that's no UDS. That's a really nice looking drum smoker! Is it homemade or is it from a kit?

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Thanks! :-D
Homemade... it can be found around page 762 in the UDS thread...

Turkey has been removed from the brine...

Sometimes I find that it's easier to beg forgiveness, rather than ask for permission...

Probably even easier after she tastes the smoked turkey... :thumb:

After reading the thread for Carolina vinegar sauce... we decided to make a North/South combo... already have a great tomato sauce recipe... but this Roxy sauce looked great... just had to add it too...


Boiling the giblets for gravy... started with approx. 1/4 gallon chicken broth, all the turkey "stuff"... and will add in the drippings from the uds later...


Found a good apple cider recipe online... gonna mod it a lot... even add some adult content... never done this before, so here goes...


Added 1 Cup of Light Brown Sugar... and 4 Cinnamon Sticks... Let boil for 1 hour


UDS has been cruising along with both turkey and pork shoulder for a few hours now... more to come.