F*ck Obama...whats your turkey recipe?

[Belmont31R]

Im going to brine by butterball the night before while chilling over night, and that morning inject it with some cajun butter goodness. Will be fried not baked. Last year I did the same basic thing but it cooked in our oven. Ive made fried turkeys before many times, and they are so much more jucy.



Which reminds me I need to pull out out the Japanese water stones, and get the ole Ken Onion Shun polished up for its maiden voyage into the turkey day goodness.

[Honu]

never had fried turkey yet ?
Keep hearing how good they are ? might have to break down and do it soon


we used to BBQ them rotisserie style or use the a old japanese BBQ you can get them now called green eggs ? ours is about 40 years old now and that used to do a killer job mix of charcoal and wood

depending on schedule we had thought of doing boston market hehehe but might do the rotisserie again

[DaBears_85]

Im going to brine by butterball the night before while chilling over night, and that morning inject it with some cajun butter goodness. Will be fried not baked. Last year I did the same basic thing but it cooked in our oven. Ive made fried turkeys before many times, and they are so much more jucy.



Which reminds me I need to pull out out the Japanese water stones, and get the ole Ken Onion Shun polished up for its maiden voyage into the turkey day goodness.

That sounds freaking delicious, Belmont. I just ate not too long and now I'm hungry again, thanks. I've never thought to use Cajun butter before, might have to give that a try this year.

[Hmac]

we used to BBQ them rotisserie style or use the a old japanese BBQ you can get them now called green eggs ? ours is about 40 years old now and that used to do a killer job mix of charcoal and wood

The Big Green Egg is a fantastic grilling tool...works as a grill, smoker, or dutch oven. I'd never cook a turkey (or a pizza) on anything else. I'm sure deep-fat frying one would be quite tasty, but I like the other flavors that come with using lump charcoal and hickory chips that have been soaked in bourbon or red wine. And of course there's the fire risk....

[rat31465]

I'l probably smoke ours again in my Brinkman, over hard wood coals...Prefer Seasoned White Oak wood to just about anything else for Turkey as it is a milder flavor.
Basting it frequently with a mixture of Melted butter, Dark Beer and Orange Juice with a little bit of cinnamon thrown in...

[jwfuhrman]

The Big Green Egg is a fantastic grilling tool...works as a grill, smoker, or dutch oven. I'd never cook a turkey (or a pizza) on anything else. I'm sure deep-fat frying one would be quite tasty, but I like the other flavors that come with using lump charcoal and hickory chips that have been soaked in bourbon or red wine. And of course there's the fire risk....

hate to break it to you Hmac, but thats not a turkey you have there ready to cook.... thats your cat.... may need your glasses checked..... lol


But I bought my dad a deep frier a few years ago and thats how Turkey has been cooked ever since, same with Chicken, but mostly we use the smoker we built for chicken, although some deep fried chicken is good too

[chadbag]

M.O.M.

[Hmac]

hate to break it to you Hmac, but thats not a turkey you have there ready to cook.... thats your cat.... may need your glasses checked..... lol

Ah. I thought that turkey was a little tougher than usual...

[3CTactical]

I'm having the family over this year for Thanksgiving and I'm gonna try my hand at smoking a turkey, but I have no idea what I'm doing - never smoked anything before. I cooked a turkey in the oven about 11 years ago and it was ok, but I thought smoking one would be much better.

I've been doing a little research online trying to study up before the event, but I thought I'd ask the experts here what tips they might have for smoking a turkey. Any suggestions?

[Belmont31R]

I'm having the family over this year for Thanksgiving and I'm gonna try my hand at smoking a turkey, but I have no idea what I'm doing - never smoked anything before. I cooked a turkey in the oven about 11 years ago and it was ok, but I thought smoking one would be much better.

I've been doing a little research online trying to study up before the event, but I thought I'd ask the experts here what tips they might have for smoking a turkey. Any suggestions?

Never smoked one but the biggest thing with turkeys is keeping them from drying out. Not sure if smoking one would do that....