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Christmas Turkey in the rain

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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   8)

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