Thanksgiving Practice

[Ryan P.K.]

This past Sunday, my wife and I, did a Thanksgiving practice run. I am glad that we did a practice run. I am confident going into the BIG dinner now. We bought a #12 pre brine bird, and injected with Tony Chachere's Creole Butter and rub it with Tony Chachere's Creole Seasoning. 22.5 WSM was my weapon of choice with KB as fuel. The smoke consisted 3 apple chunks. This time around I went with standard method of lighting the coals. I used 1 chimney of unlit and 1 chimney lit coals. My average temp, I would say, about 305.

The bird


The wife and I took a short trip to Lutsen, MN. This is type of views we get around here in Autumn.


Back to the bird...All done


Ready for consumption


Thx for looking!! Also, please have great time BBQing for your family and friends this Thanksgiving...I have a lot of things to be thankful for

 

[Dwain Pannell]

Practice makes perfect! ...and we get to eat the results! How was the injected Tony Chachere's Creole Butter and Tony Chachere's Creole Seasoning rub combo? Did the "enhanced" bird combined with the injection work out for you?

BTW - beautiful fall foliage photo. (say that three times fast)

 

[Ryan P.K.]

The butter injection was perfect with the rub. The injection had a nice butter flavor with creole spices. As far as the rub, it was nice and salty. Just be careful not to over do the rub. I love salty, but I can see that this could get away from you.

 

[James N]

Ryan the turkey & plated pict's look great.

 

[Bob Mann]

Great cook and pics Ryan!

 

[KeithFWI]

You can now be confident you'll have a great meal! Congrats looks really NICE!

 

[John Solak]

Very nice, that is one good looking turkey dinner!!

 

[Tony R]

Nice job Ryan...

 

[Peter Gallagher]

great looking bird - Nice fall colors too - Neat shot.

 

[Matt Gard]

The bird and the foliage pics look great. Id say you have a first rate thanksgiving meal ahead of you.

 

[Tim McCann]

Looks like you don't need much practice. Nice view.

 

[Brian Dahl]

I like practice: first you get to eat it! And the small tweaks that you pick up can make a big difference for the showcase meal.

 

[Mike Cosgrove]

Nice post Ryan, turkey looks perfect, and I've been to Lutsen, love it up there.

 

[Paul Kastner]

hmm which is the better pic? scenery? finished bird? plate? I think there should be poll. My vote goes to finished bird.

 

[Benji Chong]

How long was the bird on the WSM for? Looks perfect! My company usually gives us a turkey for turkey day so I was planning on throwing it on my WSM this year, just scared of ruining so much meat!

 

[Bob Correll]

Beautiful scenery and bird Ryan!

 

[Wolgast]

Absolutely stunning!

 

[Pete in PG]

Wow!! You did this wonderfully!!

Vince Lombardi would be proud. He said that "Practice doesn't make perfect. Only perfect practice makes perfect!" Ryan; I think you did this perfectly!

 

[John Boehm]

Great pics! Did you catch the drippings for the gravy, or make it from something else? I would think the fat from the WSM would be too smoky.