Turkey Before and After

[okie joe]

Family get together was great! So goooooood as you can see,,,,,,,Before
http://b.imagehost.org/t/0309/easter_2008_008.jpg (http://b.imagehost.org/view/0309/easter_2008_008.jpg) This is after prep the bird for the box. Salt, pepper, lemon pepper, seasoning salt with olive oil smeared all over.
http://b.imagehost.org/t/0309/easter_2008_019.jpg (http://b.imagehost.org/view/0309/easter_2008_019.jpg)Then after with smoking for a total 7 hours mmmmm juicy!!!!!! Sorry had to take a sample out of the side there LOL

And this is what it looks like after 30 minutes................

http://b.imagehost.org/t/0309/easter_2008_021.jpg (http://b.imagehost.org/view/0309/easter_2008_021.jpg) I would like to thank everybody for the help and pointers. There is a couple of things I am going to try next time.

[bowhunter]

Good job OJ and taking bent saying I just lick my screen.
Dan



LET IT BURN

[DevilDuck]

Good lookin' bird!!!

[AlabamaJack]

i think i could smell it yesterday morning...was a north wind all day long... :lol:

[Omri]

OJ that turkey looked so good this morning, I made a bird myself. obviously I don't have your equipment nor do I cook the same way, but a bird is a bird! :D
Was so juicy... just the way I like it! took 3 people and embarrassingly little time to make it "disappear" and I kinda ate most of it. :oops:

http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/3729/birdfm4.jpg

[chilehunter]

both birds look tasty!
some of the best part is eating the crispy skin

[Omri]

I hear ya! I can already feel the heart attack coming, but I can't help myself. :P

[Pepperfreak]

I hear ya! I can already feel the heart attack coming, but I can't help myself. :P

I love turkey, but Omri, aren't they suppose to have the [I]good[I] type of fat in them? At least thats what I always tell myself;)

Another fav is chicken...Has anyone tried Beer-Butt-Chicken? All I can say is WOW!!! The beer can in its rear really makes good chicken.

[POTAWIE]

The beer can chicken is great, and its been discussed here before.;)

[POTAWIE]

I hear ya! I can already feel the heart attack coming, but I can't help myself. :P

What you need is a deep fryed turkey with gravy.

[Canuk Pepperhead]

The beer can chicken is great, and its been discussed here before.;)

I love making beer can chicken I like using honey beers for that though..Forgot to mention Damn some tasty turkey shots there!!

[okie joe]

There is one thing I need to do next time I do a big bird is roll it when finished wrapping it in foil to see if I can get more moisture to the breast meat. Or any other ideas?

[Omri]

Not gonna tell ya how I cook it, but the general idea is "secret cooking" > aluminum foil > extra "secret cooking" for crispy skin.
Without the aluminum foil it's just not soft and juicy enough.

[chilehunter]

I hear ya! I can already feel the heart attack coming, but I can't help myself. :P

yea but it tastes sooooo good! :lol:
that greasy skin at the bottom when you cook turkeys is some tasty stuff! plus the crispy skin
thats where all the flavor is at ;)

There is one thing I need to do next time I do a big bird is roll it when finished wrapping it in foil to see if I can get more moisture to the breast meat. Or any other ideas?

I say inject the bird.
I havent wrapped my bird with foil, but I also use a water pan with water & other liquids.
that turkey you showed in other thread was kinda dark on the skin, but for me thats flavor :lol:

seems like maybe to heavy of a smoke ? or cooked to long ?

grilling/smoking is like a art form.

[LUCKYDOG]

You can set it in a foil pan and baste every so often for color and to keep from drying. The smoke will still penetrate the meat -- If the smoke is going to fast dampen it back also be sure it is more or less white smoke... still use a digital thermometer for temp I find the plastic pop-up ones stick when using on the grill so I pull them out. Looks like everyone loved it though !!!