Az porky
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I would like to brine a butterball Turkey with a apple brine do you think this is a good idea? 
Brining a butterball Turkey
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SirPorkaLot
somebody shut me the fark up.
Yes.
We use Apple in our dry brine product - Harvest Brine, which is made for turkey.
We use Apple in our dry brine product - Harvest Brine, which is made for turkey.
I have used wet brines with great success- PattioDaddio's and I have used Harvest Brine- a dry brine It is REALLY good stuff and much more convenient I do believe Butterball Turkeys are enhanced I dont know how that works with the brine
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So you don't interfere with (or overpower) the Butterball injected brine.... why not inject an apple juice concoction 4 or 5 hours before cooking it?
I used Harvest Brine on a Honeysuckle White whole turkey which is also enhanced. It was excellent. I think the enhancement is more for keeping the bird from drying out than it is to add flavor. The brine worked great.
Viticulture
Knows what a fatty is.
I've been wet brining turkeys since I can remember and last Thanksgiving tried out Naturiffic's Harvest Brine and it was a huge success. Hard to explain but the meat comes out juicier and more flavorful and the skin crisps up nicer. Harvest Brine for me from here on out.
Little Pig Barbeque
Knows what a fatty is.
I ALWAYS recommend brining a turkey. It's fun to experiment with different brines, but they usually always turn out better.
Another route is to inject. I have had very good results with a nice injection. Especially if I a crunched for time.
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Another route is to inject. I have had very good results with a nice injection. Especially if I a crunched for time.
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halfcocked
is Blowin Smoke!
All great responses except no one says how they cook the bird after the brine. So--- how do you cook the bird. Anyone done it in a Big Easy?
Call me lazy but decided to not bother wet brining enhanced birds years back. IMO the only chickens/turkeys worth brining are ones that haven't been previously farked with. Very lucky to have a local place that can get me fresh Amish poultry with a couple days notice.
ChrisBarb
is one Smokin' Farker
^^^It's not lazy. The "enhanced" birds are basically already brined. No need to further brine unless you want to add a flavor. In which case, I would skip using any additional salt and just stick to apple juice or whatever.
I do mine in the Big easy and they turn out great Mike AKA Happy Hapgood and IamMadMan have some great post on it My T day Bird was described as perfect from my wife I used Harvest Brine and when I had the color I wanted from The Big Easy I took the lid off hor the rest of the cook
stan5677
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I cooked mine on my pellet grill 2 hours on smoke then 325 to finish.
Royalslover
Full Fledged Farker
Brined or not I cook mine on a drum as hot as it will go. Skin isn't fabulous but the meat sure is.
mchar69
Quintessential Chatty Farker
NOT LAZY at all. I would never inject or wet brine a Butterball turkey.
