Posted: 11/25/2011 4:32:15 PM EDT
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So my folks asked me to do a smoked turkey for Thanksgiving. I kindly obliged and started searching for a brine to do it. I found a brine and soaked the turkey for 24 hours and then smoked it.
20 lb turkey 
seasonings for brine 
completed brine in cooler (the gatorade bottle was solid ice to keep it cold) 
brined turkey now spatchcocked 
smoked for 4 hours with applewood 
turkey sliced and served 
I let the turkey sit for an hour after it came off the smoker. Mainly for travel to my parents house. It took the smoke very well and stayed nice and moist. We took a bit to my in-laws afterwards and I have now been asked to do a turkey for Christmas. So I went to the store and picked up two more turkeys at .58 per lb. I got a 23 lb and a 15 lb. I got the 2nd one because my wife wants me to make one again in the spring sometime. Unique1 helped me out with some finer details. Thank you Unique1. |
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Brother does that look AWESOME!!!!! I was going to do the same but ran out of time. Is that the brine you showed me the recipe for? If so I am going to use it too. Nice job, wish you were closer, I'd kill to have a chunk of that. Next item to buy? A meat slicer. I can only imagine thin cut smoked turkey, on some of Parrutheads garlic bread!!! |
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Brother does that look AWESOME!!!!! I was going to do the same but ran out of time. Is that the brine you showed me the recipe for? If so I am going to use it too. Nice job, wish you were closer, I'd kill to have a chunk of that. Next item to buy? A meat slicer. I can only imagine thin cut smoked turkey, on some of Parrutheads garlic bread!!! Yes its the same brine recipe. It was awesome. I added a tsp of peppercorns just for fun and I liked it alot. I should be getting a meat slicer here in the next month or so. 
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Only 4 hours? really? I was thinking a whole turkey would take longer, 8-12 hours. Not when it's spatchcocked. Cuts the time in half or less. Which means you have more free time to spend in the ER later that day, see video. (who in the hell finds a funny video about spatchcocking?) |
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Only 4 hours? really? I was thinking a whole turkey would take longer, 8-12 hours. The temp was at 250F for the first 3 hours then 300F for the last hour. I then wrapped it in foil, a towel, and then put it in a cooler. It was still very hot an hour later when we got to my folks house. That extra hour let it cook more using its own heat. It was cooked all the way through. |
