Smoked Turkey

[Larry Wolfe]

Beer interferred with my schedule yesterday. I had planned on brining todays turkey.........so I mixed up a small batch of brine this morning and injected with my Dial-O-Matic. Put on Junior with a couple apple chunks and hooked up the Digi Q! Pulled when the breast hit 163*, foiled and let rest on the counter for 1 hour.



Brine Injection recipe

1 cup Morton Kosher Salt
1/2 cup white sugar
1TBS Granulated Garlic
1 gallon cold water


Now I made that full batch and only used half for a 14lb turkey so plan accordingly.

 

[Steve Z]

Larry,
Nice pictures as usual (Loved the ribeye pics, too!) I have a whole turkey breast sitting in my freezer, think your injection would work with that, too?
Thanks for sharing.
Steve

 

[Jerry Pollard]

Larry
Better hide all that "hookup" to your smoker.
If Homeland Security comes by, they might knock on you door!
Just kidding.

 

[Larry Wolfe]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Steve Z:
Larry,
Nice pictures as usual (Loved the ribeye pics, too!) I have a whole turkey breast sitting in my freezer, think your injection would work with that, too?
Thanks for sharing.
Steve </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Yes it would as long as it's a fresh breast and not a self basting breast (ie, Butterball). Check the sodium content, a fresh turkey should be less than 100mg, self basting will be closer to 330mg. If it's a self basting breast, just cook as is, otherwise it may end up too salty..

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Jerry Pollard:
Larry
Better hide all that "hookup" to your smoker.
If Homeland Security comes by, they might knock on you door!
Just kidding. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

I agree............

But I like my new toy and it gives me free time!

 

[Steve Z]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Larry Wolfe:

Originally posted by Steve Z:
Larry,
Nice pictures as usual (Loved the ribeye pics, too!) I have a whole turkey breast sitting in my freezer, think your injection would work with that, too?
Thanks for sharing.
Steve </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Yes it would as long as it's a fresh breast and not a self basting breast (ie, Butterball). Check the sodium content, a fresh turkey should be less than 100mg, self basting will be closer to 330mg. If it's a self basting breast, just cook as is, otherwise it may end up too salty..

It's not self basting, made sure before I bought it. Thanks for the info!

Steve