Christmas Turkey in the rain

[LostArrow]

It rained from Christmas eve thru the 26th requiring a change in menu & cookers.
The original plan was a turkey, cooked in electric big easy & a leg of lamb cooked medium rare over charcoal , but I cooked the turkey in a propane SRG drug under my deck umbrella & bought a spiral cut ham.

12 lb fresh bird brined for 24 hours in 1 gal water , 1 cup K-salt , & 1 cup sugar.
I brine a turkey in a 2 1/2 gal zip lock, put in my insulated hunting bucket cover with ice & it's good to go for 24 hrs sitting in garage.
Bird injected with 3/4 lb butter, 1/4 cup bacon grease, mixed with 2 tbsp Tony's.
SRG loaded with cherry chips Cooke don high 1 hr then turned down to low till reached 165F

[teesquare]

Looks like the rain did not dampen your spirits - or the ability to produce another great cook Terry! Sorry...my goof!

Looks great! I really like how you set up your brining bucket.
It would be great if you did a detailed photo of how you used the minnow bucket, and then the wrap on the outside to help maintain temp.

Thanks!
T

[Pam Gould]

You did good.. looks great to me..and it has to be pretty.  I brine in a 5 gallon bucket too..no ziploc bag tho..turkeys are too big for the bags. Love the cold garage trick too, been using it for years.  Pam ★*˚°。°

[smokeasaurus]

Beautiful...just plain Beautiful!!

[TMB]

That's a good looking bird LA!  Glad to see the weather didn't stop you.

You could do it in the garage as well, I have a few garage cooks under my belt   

[LostArrow]

That's a good looking bird LA!  Glad to see the weather didn't stop you.

You could do it in the garage as well, I have a few garage cooks under my belt   

I've done garage cooks , but if smoking my house kinda smells smokey ( maybe not a bad thing)

[Pam Gould]

I have an unattached garage too..great for smoking.  Pam ★*˚°。°

[TMB]

That's a good looking bird LA!  Glad to see the weather didn't stop you.

You could do it in the garage as well, I have a few garage cooks under my belt   

I've done garage cooks , but if smoking my house kinda smells smokey ( maybe not a bad thing)

You just need a big fan that's all.  I have one of the HIGH I mean high volume fans and it really helps out.

Besides if the house smells like a BBQ place is that so bad? 

[Pam Gould]

I use that liquid smoke for perfume..comes in Hickory and Mesquite.  Pam ★*˚°。°

[Ron D]

Great looking bird LA....I love some turkey legs

[IR2dum]

LA, that's a beautiful turkey. As Dee would say, you dun gud.

[TwoPockets]

Good looking turkey LA, that insulated hunting bucket is a good idea, I will have to pick one up. Bet you got it at Academy Sports along with that umbrella.

[CaptJack]

great bird LA
nothing can touch an SRG for cooking BIRD

[TwoPockets]

I use that liquid smoke for perfume..

Watch out Pam, you will get all us old men excited.

[teesquare]

" The fastest way to a man's heart is....with the smell of BBQ smoke..."