Fortunately, the weather allowed for thawing in the garage on a table (thanks Michigan winter), although I did have to put ice under each turkey one day as it was warmer than usual. Since all the turkeys were frozen I had to start days ahead of time. And then to round it out another friend of mine brought over a turkey so I had a total of 6 to smoke. The one…er, four I purchased, like a majority of store-bought turkeys, were pre-brined (a couple of friends wanted a turkey also, and I always love to fill up Black Betty when firing her up). Hers was an organic, cage free, non-brined bird. She had been given one at work a couple weeks before and had frozen it. Just prior to planning the Christmas Eve’s day turkey smoke my neighbor Kris asked me if I could smoke a turkey for her also. Well, this year she finally broke down, “ Why don’t you smoke a turkey for our annual Christmas Eve dinner.” WOW! My opportunity had come…I better not screw this up. And even though my wife agreed to a smoked turkey, she is still a traditionalist and we ended up with two turkeys one traditional and one smoked.Įven today my traditionalist wife still resists my annual pleading, “ Can I please smoke the turkey for Thanksgiving?” “ Wasn’t the turkey we had in Omaha yummy?” We brought the PBC to Omaha where my son Evan was stationed in the Air Force and celebrated Thanksgiving with a couple of families. It was my first time and it went reasonably well. Also, the Pit Barrel Cooker is a great little cooker and I could spatchcock the turkey for ease of cooking. It turned out excellent and I loved the flavor…mostly because I am not a traditional turkey lover (see above) and this turkey was moist, flavorful.and smoked. The first turkey I smoked was in my Pit Barrel Cooker, Thanksgiving 2015. Once you smoke a turkey, you'll never want it oven-baked again How else could mom get you to choke down dry twenty-nine-cent-a-pound turkey breast? For this to change, moms across the world must accept that shoving stuffing up a turkey's cavity ends one of two ways: salmonella bread pudding or dry breast. ![]() Although slightly exaggerated, I guarantee you turkey meat tops the list in “ most overcooked meat ever” and if you didn’t know it already, turkey gravy is a conspiracy. In National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation the Griswold Christmas dinner has a famous scene where Chevy Chase cuts into a beautiful turkey and *POOF* nothing's there.
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