I smoked my 1st whole turkey today, 13 lbs. Mother-in-law asked early in the week if I wanted to smoke one, so I decided to give it a try. I used this buttermilk brined recipe that I got from http://www.smoking-meat.com/november-10-2011-smoked-buttermilk-brined-turkey.html
I used Jan's Spicy Rub instead of the one it called for and smoked my garlic, for the butter, with apple when I was doing some cheese.
I gave it 4 hours of Cherry and ended up finishing it in the oven. It turned out pretty good, the garlic was a little overpowering. I used 2 heads of garlic, 1 would have been fine.
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I love Garlic so that wouldn't be a problem. Good looking eats for sure.