tjus77
is Blowin Smoke!
- Joined
- Oct 19, 2006
- Location
- Montgome...
For those of you who brine their turkeys for smoking.... do you do that for an enhanced bird (like a butterball)? Longer or shorter than a fresh bird or no diff? Thanks.
Enhanced birds don't require brining. Brining an enhanced bird would be pointless.
Don't agree, for me it's more a "it depends"
What's the strength of the enhanced. I've seen 1, 2, 4, 8, 12 up to 23%. Plus they vary so much with what they enhance with I look at the ingredients.
For me, I recommend in Brining 101 that if it's less than a 12 or 16% bird, brining it will work and carry some of the flavors that you've added to your brine.
Do you HAVE to? No.
Can you? Yes
Do I? Yes