Anyone have a recipe for smoking turkey legs without curing? What wood is a good choice, heat settings and smoke settings? I have the six rack digital smoker. Which rack level is best? Thanks for the help.
I prefer not to use a curing salt when I smoke turkey legs. I like my poultry to taste like poultry, and not ham. Though I will use a nitrite when others request that I add that in. Here are a couple of links for turkey legs. It kind of a Tex-Mex rub.
This recipe is a little spicy because the final product is "pulled turkey legs".
http://www.susanminor.org/forums/showthread.php?p=152#post152
Here is one that is less spicy.
http://www.susanminor.org/forums/showthread.php?t=305
If you prefer to use a wet brine the recipe site has a lot of brining recipes. For turkey legs you should keep the brining times between 3-8 hours.
http://www.susanminor.org/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=13