So, the other night I went to the store for a steak and saw turkeys were ridiculously on sale and decided to buy one and smoke it.
I made a brine out of some Arthur Bryant’s rub, garlic, Worcestershire sugar and water. Mixed it in a five gallon bucket and dropped turkey in. Put it outside (protected by animals of course) later moved to my fridge.
Pic to go here (can’t figure out how to post pics on iPhone to this bbs).
After 24 hours or so I put the turkey in the sink and dried it off.
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Then I rubbed veggie oil on it and put some poultry rub on the skin, not a lot.
I put it on the Traeger on Smoke setting for 3 hours this morning.
Pic — I took bird out of pan and actually smoked it on the rack the whole time.
Then I cranked the heat to 350 for 4 hours. I took a nap and ended up over sleeping about 45 so the skin got a little too crispy in some spots.
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My dogs don’t care if the skin is too charred!
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the breast and thighs were tender and juicy for the most part w good smoke flavor.
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The drums were good too.
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The wings were mostly unusable I’d advise not oversleeping and also maybe putting foil on them.
Carving was a breeze and I ended up just pulling most of it.
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In the end a lot of tasty meat for basically no money!
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Ate it tonight with family and sides of bbq beans, stuffing and rolls.
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Now I get to partake in the greatest of holiday traditions — days worth of turkey sandwiches!!!
