So...who else has the smoker fired up?

Adopt me? Just kidding - looks great!

looks great

Smoked turkey yum

I'll be having rice and hotdogs

I'd say I'm having a bachelor thanksgiving, but I'm beginning to suspect owning one than more cat strips you of that title



Wife and kids are at the inlaws, I'm stuck here processing out for my retirement

You got it!  Still haven't tried the fryer but i hear it's pretty darn tasty as well.  I'm addicted to the smoked turkey though!

I'm starting in the morning.  Going to smoke a pork butt.

Deep fried turkey at our place. The family has never had it.

Looks really good.  Used to fry one every year for the longest.  After smoking one a few Christmas' back, don't think I'll fry again.  Up in CT at wife's family, so am at their mercy.  On a positive note, they're Italian, so we'll have great macaroni and antipasto.

Happy Thanksgiving all!
B

I envy you brah.

Already for the morning.  Got a 13 pounder in brine for the smoker, using apple/hickory combo and a 15 pounder for the oven.  Feeding 13 adults.  Will post pics tomorrow.


Update #1
It's new home for the next 7+ hours.  



Update#2
4 Hours in.


Update#3
Here's the twins.

Just took a 16lber off the smoker. Will rewarm at the outlaws tomorrow. Can't wait. It looked damn good when i took it off.

Here is the final, had some pork for dinner, I used Butt Rub this go round and the bark has a bit of a bite to it- it's damn good. Cant wait to dig into the turkey tomorrow.  Hopefully the reheat will go ok.

Happy thanksgiving everyone.

1st annual GaHTF Thanksgiving build... I mean smoke party!

This one is going on in the morning.  This is the second butt I've smoked. First time using Butt Rub. I mixed in a little brown sugar before rubbing.

Looking for a 80% build party????

 

Hey where did you get that cool looking paperweight that looks like an AR15 Lower?

I have been using Butt Rub for years and meats turn out great. One thing I do is rub the meat down, then put it in a vacuum sealer bag, and pull all the air out sealing it. Then I leave it that way in the fridge for two days. It helps keep the spices on by putting them in the first layer of the meat. Another trick is to rub it down then put a few tablespoons of Mr Yoshida Marinade in then suck the bag down and seal it for two days. If I find the meat on sale, I do the same thing but after sitting in the fridge sealed for a day, I move them to the deep freezer. The heavy duty sealer bags will keep it good for about 5 years if your deep freezers doesn't have a defroster. Just thaw overnight, let warm up to room  temp then smoke. I have several pork butts and briskets in the deep freezer ready to smoke when needed.

So how much of that turkey made it to the outlaws?

I am still stuffed at 9PM.  Time to crawl into bed and collapse into a L-tryptophan coma.