Alright... put together a plan for the big day...
1. Bought an 11 pound bird at COSTCO
2. Bought some brine seasoning at World Market
3. Will brine overnight on Wed
4. After rinse.. will fill cavity with lemons and oranges
5. Load bird in BS at 0700 on Thurs with a rack of bacon on the top
6. 4 hours of apple and maple smoke at 225 degrees
7. Take it out of BS at 160 degrees at the thigh
Dinner at 1500... pictures to follow... ;D
Thoughts? Suggestions? Recommendations?
Oriondriver
I don't know what kind of bird you got but if it's frozen there really isn't any reason to brine. Frozen birds are usually injected with the self basting juice.
sounds like a good plan.. should be a good tasting bird
Well... the brine smelled GREAT... put the bird in the BS this morning with a blend of Apple and Maple... so far so good... will post a photo of the finished product along with tasting notes later in the day...
HAPPY THANKSGIVING! ;D
How bout shipping me a helping and I'll post the notes for you? ;D
Thanks Consiglieri... I hope you arrive at the same endstate we did...
Bird was beautiful... pictures to follow after I fight off the tryptophan and upload them from the camera....
Final notes
1. Great smoke flavor (read: not overbearing)
2. Old fashion flavor like the Pilgrims must have had ;D
3. Moist
4. Nice caramel coloring
Highly recommended...
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
It sounds like yours turned out like mine...
A W E S O M E ! ! ! !
Great to read about the successful project. I'm like the dad in Christmas Story: I can never get enough turkey.
i cooked two birds in the dbs, two days in a row, both were 10lbers, use alder pucks and it took 8 hrs at 225, turned out great, guest were very pleased. just getting home from gordon food service were i brought a case of ribs and a gal of sweet baby rays sauce, guess you know whats for dinner tomorrow night, happy holidays from the great lakes state.