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Offline Old Dave

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Spinnin' Turkey Breasts
« Reply #-1 on: February 18, 2013, 12:27:04 AM »
I needed to cook four turkey breasts which weighed a total of 30-3/4 pound and decided to do them in my Ez-Que rotisserie setup on my Green Mountain Pellet Grill. The capacity is two breasts at a time so it will take a couple of cooks.

Meat Preparation

After I had trimmed up the breasts, I made up 32 ounces of Shake’s Honey Brine and injected each breast with about 4 ounces in each side of the breast.

Next step was to place each breast into a large 2-1/2 gallon zip-lock bag and pour a bottle of Wishbone Robusto salad dressing over each piece of meat. The 4 bags then went into the fridge overnight for my combined brine and marinade period. I did turn them over a couple of times during this overnight time period.



On the morning of the cook, I sprinkled on a generous coat of my no-salt and no-sugar rub and mounted two of them into my 8” Ez-Que cradle for the cook.

Cooking



I loaded the grill with hickory pellets and fired it up and then brought the temp up to 175 degrees for my short smoke cycle of about one hour. I installed my rotisserie cradle into the cooker and got it spinning.

After about an hour, I upped the temperature to 325 degrees and started my mopping process.



I made up some “Roadside Chicken” marinade / sauce and mopped the turkey breasts at each 30 minute interval until they were done at 160 degrees internal temperature.



The breasts just before they came off the cooker.

Presentation

I unloaded the two breasts from the cradle onto a couple of plates and they sure looked good.



We planned to use one of the breasts for ourselves and the other three will be given to a neighbor.




I cut the meat away from the bones on our breast and sliced it for our use.



I toasted up a couple of slices of low-carb wheat bread and smeared on some mayo on one half. I then added 3 nice slices of my turkey breast. On the other piece of bread, I added some lettuce, tomato, and some sliced red onion. I then added a couple of ABT’s and one Pig Shot to my plate.




Now that’s a serious turkey sandwich!

Another great rotisserie cook on my Green Mountain Grill.
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Re: Spinnin' Turkey Breasts
« on: February 18, 2013, 05:54:49 AM »
Nice job Dave, Those look great!!!

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Re: Spinnin' Turkey Breasts
« Reply #1 on: February 18, 2013, 07:14:47 AM »
What Key said, X2!!

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Re: Spinnin' Turkey Breasts
« Reply #2 on: February 18, 2013, 07:22:41 AM »
Yes, please.

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Re: Spinnin' Turkey Breasts
« Reply #3 on: February 18, 2013, 07:23:32 AM »
As always great post. Nice
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Spinnin' Turkey Breasts
« Reply #4 on: February 18, 2013, 08:20:23 AM »
Nice!


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Re: Spinnin' Turkey Breasts
« Reply #5 on: February 18, 2013, 08:33:25 AM »
That is one fine lookin' turkey sandwich . . . and the sides have a certain appeal, too  ::)

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Re: Spinnin' Turkey Breasts
« Reply #6 on: February 18, 2013, 08:36:04 AM »
Outstanding cook Dave...yesterday was a Turkey day allright......
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Re: Spinnin' Turkey Breasts
« Reply #7 on: February 18, 2013, 09:16:24 AM »
Real nice Dave. I'm craving a turkey sammich now.  ;D
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Spinnin' Turkey Breasts
« Reply #8 on: February 18, 2013, 09:52:05 AM »
Great job Dave! I am doing two turkey breasts today, so this was timely!
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Re: Spinnin' Turkey Breasts
« Reply #9 on: February 18, 2013, 10:56:37 AM »
Some great looking sandwich meat there Dave!
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Re: Spinnin' Turkey Breasts
« Reply #10 on: February 18, 2013, 11:27:31 AM »


Glad that rotisserie is working for you.  Great job!!
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Re: Spinnin' Turkey Breasts
« Reply #11 on: February 18, 2013, 03:10:39 PM »
That is a great cook, and the sammie looks awesome.
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Re: Spinnin' Turkey Breasts
« Reply #12 on: February 18, 2013, 03:58:24 PM »
Good looking cook Old Dave. You must be cooking for a big crowd, practicing for the fall gathering?
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Re: Spinnin' Turkey Breasts
« Reply #13 on: February 18, 2013, 05:01:24 PM »
nice job buddy.  turkey looks good.   :)
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