Smoked Turkey - PET

Headhunter · Post by **Headhunter** » Wed Nov 21, 2007 7:59 pm

In the Brine...

In the sink after a quick rinse...

Seasoned up and ready to go...

Smoker getting ready...

Still sober, so we'll see how the quality of this thread progresses!

Headhunter · Post by **Headhunter** » Wed Nov 21, 2007 8:26 pm

Fire's ready with some Pecan wood...

And in goes the Turkey...

Goober McTuber · Post by **Goober McTuber** » Wed Nov 21, 2007 9:04 pm

Are you eating that tonight? How long does it smoke for?

Mikey · Post by **Mikey** » Wed Nov 21, 2007 9:42 pm

Great start HH. Keep it going...

Headhunter · Post by **Headhunter** » Wed Nov 21, 2007 11:39 pm

This is for Thanksgiving dinner tomorrow night. I smoke for about 2 hours per pound right around 200-220. I was wrong about the size of this turkey, this is just under 14 LBS.

Still going strong, and starting to look good....

There a cinder softball in that pic for anyone who's willing to go there.

I'm also going to do a Fried Turkey, So I'll PET that one as well.

Mikey · Post by **Mikey** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 5:42 am

Do you use smoke the whole time or do you ever switch to just coals?

Do you ever wrap it in foil?

Headhunter · Post by **Headhunter** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 12:38 pm

I only smoke for the first few hours. Essentially 2 loads of wood, and then just coals. With a barrel smoker like this that is above direct heat and smoke, the smoke flavor gets pretty intense after awhile. The skin on this bad boy is inedible, but it locks in all the moisture. At this point, it is its own foil.

Let's go to the tape...

At this point, I figured the Turkey was getting lonely, and needed some friends.

Some brats, onion and beer...

Ready to join their buddy...

One big happy family...

Some last minute charring...

Game on...

5:00AM... booze wears off, dedication kicks in...

Here's the cinder reset you fucks were to lazy to go out and get...

Bucmonkey · Post by **Bucmonkey** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 1:45 pm

^^^

indyfrisco · Post by **indyfrisco** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 1:58 pm

Rack the PET so far.

This is the first year I am not stepping FOOT in the kitchen for Thanksgiving except to make a plate. Kinda nice. Kinda sucks. That's the downside to moving next to the in-laws. I have to do all their family shit.

Headhunter · Post by **Headhunter** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 2:06 pm

Indy, enjoy pacing around the kitchen feeling like a eunuch. I've done a couple of those in my time, and I usually push my way in to do something. Usually peel potatoes or something, but I can never just relax and let someone else handle everything.

indyfrisco · Post by **indyfrisco** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 2:21 pm

Oh, HH, it gets worse. My in-laws "cater". Dis-fucking-gusting. Trust me, I won't be near the kitchen when they open the plastic containers to dump food onto $500 serving trays.

2 years ago, I offered to do the meat. They obliged. I fried a turkey, smoked a turkey and smoked a ham. They also brought in a roasted dried out turkey. The vast majority ate that shit. I said never again. Those who did eat my birds and ham were appreciative, but having 25 lbs of turkey and 3/4 of a ham left over after 40+ people ate was more than I could take.

Seriously, midwesterners have no taste for anything but bland dried out crap. I can't make that.

Headhunter · Post by **Headhunter** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 2:53 pm

Plastic? on Thanksgiving? That's what you wrap your shit up with when you're done eating.

trev · Post by **trev** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 3:51 pm

I don't know what to say.

Cueball · Post by **Cueball** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 10:57 pm

trev wrote:

I don't know what to say.

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Headhunter · Post by **Headhunter** » Fri Nov 23, 2007 12:22 pm

Hot off the grill...

Peel back that nasty black skin (s'up MVSCAL?) to reveal the real treat...

Fall off the bone tender...

Fuckin A! I think I'll go make a sammich that looks so good...

That'll wrap it up folks. Hope you enjoyed.

Mikey · Post by **Mikey** » Fri Nov 23, 2007 5:55 pm

Nice....

Let's see the sammich.

Headhunter · Post by **Headhunter** » Fri Nov 23, 2007 6:17 pm

Sammich is long gone. We also had a fried turkey, ans a turducken. I'll be eating Turkey until Tuesday. That's alright with me.

bbqjones · Post by **bbqjones** » Sat Nov 24, 2007 5:55 pm

Headhunter wrote:Here's the cinder reset you fucks were to lazy to go out and get...

rotflmao