I have smoked tons of domesticated turkey but have never smoked a wild turkey breast. A friend of mine asked if I would smoke 2 wild turkey breasts for her. Naturally I said I would. I received the breasts last night. At first glance these are the largest wild turkey breasts I have ever seen. They are skinless and off the bone. I understand that wild turkey is naturally drier than domesticated turkey so I am thinking I am going to need to brine these to keep from getting too dry. I am also going to strip them with bacon during the smoking process to aid in keeping the meat moist. I am going to smoke them to an internal temperature of 152-155.
Does my thinking appear correct? Any thoughts, ideas and/or suggestions would be appreciated.
Sounds like a winner to me, Larry. Just one thing. I found a new rub the other day that goes great on poultry. I think it's called Jane's or Jan's rub, or something like that. I have the recipe if you'd like it. ;) ;)
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Larry - I have never smoked a or even cooked a wild Turkey but I have eaten a few. I doubt if you will find any fat in the bird and the meat has a tendency to be a little tougher and yes, it can turn out kind of dry. I think you are on the right track. The ones I have eaten were injected with various ingredients. The ones I liked the most had salted home-churned butter as one of the ingredients that was injected.
Rick
Joe and Rick, thanks for your input. I appreciate it.
Tall narrow glass, ice and a splash of Mt. Dew. Call it a "GobbleDew"
Kynola here is the brine I used on the wild turkey breast we had at the MWSO. I got it from TMB.
Here is my basic brine I use.
8 oz bourbon (cheap stuff)
1/2 gal water
1/2 cup sea salt
1 Tbs white pepper
1 Tbs black pepper
1 cup apple cider vinegar
Quote from: Tenpoint5 on November 23, 2013, 08:10:35 AM
Kynola here is the brine I used on the wild turkey breast we had at the MWSO. I got it from TMB.
Here is my basic brine I use.
8 oz bourbon (cheap stuff)
1/2 gal water
1/2 cup sea salt
1 Tbs white pepper
1 Tbs black pepper
1 cup apple cider vinegar
Good stuff ;) No, really this seemed to help alot with the flavor
Tenpoint5 wouldn't give it out if it weren't good ;)