16lb Turkey on Sunday

Started by zueth, October 31, 2011, 10:09:32 AM

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zueth

Decided to do a test run before Thanksgiving on a Turkey smoked in Bradley then finished off in SRG.  On Saturday AM I mixed up the brine and brined the fresh Turkey for 16 hours.   Then removed the Turkey from the brine late Saturday night and rinsed off all the brine and made sure and patted dry.  Then injected the bird with John Henrys Turkey Injection and rubbed with Rub with Love Turkey Rub and put back into the refrigerator until time to cook.  On Sunday I took out the Turkey about 1 1/2 hours prior to cook time and preheated the smoker as well.

I put the bird in the smoker at 250 for 3 hours with Pecan and Cherry.  The IT in the breast was 113.  Here is the bird after 3 hours of smoke.

Then I put in the preheated SRG until a IT of 165 in the breast and that took about 1 hour and ten minutes.  Here is the bird:


The Turkey was very good and nice and moist.


SnellySmokesEm

Nice color on that bird!  Did you brine?
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mikecorn.1

Yeah, that a good looking bird.


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ghost9mm

Nice lookin turkey, how did it taste...?
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OU812

One word Perfect

Start to finish you did that bird like a pro.


zueth

Quote from: ghost9mm on October 31, 2011, 10:37:03 AM
Nice lookin turkey, how did it taste...?

It tasted great it was nice and moist

zueth

Quote from: SnellySmokesEm on October 31, 2011, 10:21:23 AM
Nice color on that bird!  Did you brine?

Yes, I did for 16 hours, the brine used, vegetable broth, sea salt, rosemary, sage, thyme, and water

zueth

Quote from: OU812 on October 31, 2011, 12:27:27 PM
One word Perfect

Start to finish you did that bird like a pro.

Thanks for the all the advice.

OU812

Quote from: zueth on October 31, 2011, 01:32:14 PM
Quote from: OU812 on October 31, 2011, 12:27:27 PM
One word Perfect

Start to finish you did that bird like a pro.

Thanks for the all the advice.

Any time my friend.

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jiggerjams

Ok I just ate but asfter seeing these picks I could eat again. Nice!!!

JZ

WOW --- that looks awesome.

One question for you - how was the skin crisp or chewy?

phild

Hi Zeuth,

Looks fantastic...

Can you tell me please, what the device is you have the turkey in?   The wire cage thingy...  Link if you have one please.

Thanks
Phil

GusRobin

that is a cage from the Charbroil Big Easy or the Big Easy SRG. You can purchase them at the charbroil site.
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