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Offline Patriot

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Thanksgiving Day Trial Run
« Reply #-1 on: October 28, 2014, 11:45:52 AM »
Wanted to try a turkey on the PBC before the actual main event and it was a complete success. Picked up a frozen 15 pounder on Thursday and on Friday I thawed it out from 6 PM to 2 AM in a cooler filled with water, changing the water every 30 minutes. I had lots of beer on hand for this endeavor! After thawing it out I removed it from the bag, wiped it down and sprinkled some salt over the skin and let it sit uncovered in the fridge until Saturday afternoon. I then made a wet rub (mixture of olive oil and Simon and Garfunkel  rub) and rubbed it under and over the skin completely covering the bird and let it sit in the fridge until Sunday. Hung it around noon and pulled it around 3. The results were amazing, can't wait to blow everyone away on Thanksgiving with my PBC turkey.

Right after hanging.


The finished product.

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Re: Thanksgiving Day Trial Run
« on: October 28, 2014, 11:56:30 AM »
Looks like you nailed it.
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Re: Thanksgiving Day Trial Run
« Reply #1 on: October 28, 2014, 12:13:53 PM »
Gorgeous!  Thanks for sharing  ;D

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Re: Thanksgiving Day Trial Run
« Reply #2 on: October 28, 2014, 12:19:08 PM »
The PBC does an excellent turkey. Now your ready for the big day  :)

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Re: Thanksgiving Day Trial Run
« Reply #3 on: October 28, 2014, 12:25:38 PM »
Color is perfect ;D
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Re: Thanksgiving Day Trial Run
« Reply #4 on: October 28, 2014, 12:33:53 PM »
well done
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Re: Thanksgiving Day Trial Run
« Reply #5 on: October 28, 2014, 01:04:56 PM »
Nice cook and the color is outstanding!!! Don
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Re: Thanksgiving Day Trial Run
« Reply #6 on: October 28, 2014, 01:59:30 PM »
Mmmmm  that skin is beautiful!   I know I'll never go back to oven-baked turkey! 
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Re: Thanksgiving Day Trial Run
« Reply #7 on: October 28, 2014, 02:23:10 PM »
That looks so good!

I think I am going to give a PBC Turkey a try ;)
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Re: Thanksgiving Day Trial Run
« Reply #8 on: October 28, 2014, 02:50:09 PM »
Love the color of that bird!
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Re: Thanksgiving Day Trial Run
« Reply #9 on: October 28, 2014, 03:11:00 PM »
Looks really good, and the skin looks dang near perfect!
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Re: Thanksgiving Day Trial Run
« Reply #10 on: October 28, 2014, 04:40:01 PM »
Good call with Thanksgiving coming up. Beautiful turkey ya got there.
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Re: Thanksgiving Day Trial Run
« Reply #11 on: October 28, 2014, 04:45:04 PM »
That looks outstanding. I will probably do a PBC turkey for thanksgiving also.

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Re: Thanksgiving Day Trial Run
« Reply #12 on: October 28, 2014, 04:56:59 PM »
Practice - apparently - makes Perfect ! ! !





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Re: Thanksgiving Day Trial Run
« Reply #13 on: October 28, 2014, 05:06:08 PM »
Fantastic looking turkey!
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