Brined for 36 hrs, injected with butter, smoked with hickory and pecan for 6 hrs. A majority of the party said the best turkey they had ever eaten. So great.
When my family does Thanksgiving it usually lasts for 2-3 days. Here's what I done for today. The first picture was half way through the cook, the second picture is the finish product. No one in my town had any twine so I had to improvise .
WOW! Great lookin meals there boys and girls, I am going to try to post off my new Galaxy III of four turkeys, two went swimmin and two got lost in the BWS with a Korbert ham. Wish me luck!!!!!:thumb:
Here's mine, 24# buckeye bad ass mutant super Turkey. I injected it with creole butter, seasoned with sm season all, ms. dash regular, and slathred a compound butter under, and on the skin.
Naked
Injected, buttered, and rubbed
On the 22.5 wsm
Finished product.
It came out awesome very moist and had a great smokieness. Btw I used 3 pieces of hickory and half of a large cherry mojo brick split into three pieces.
In progress.....(yes, we're having our Thanksgiving late).
20# bird. I rubbed herbed butter under, and on the skin. This was a "store bought" chick, so I didn't brine.
On at 1:00 this afternoon:
At 3:00 this afternoon;
Notice the catch pan of yummy juices...there's onions and various other spices and herbs, as well as the neck bone in there.