Smoked Thanksgiving Turkey

[Latimeria]

Well, it's beena while since I've smoked a turky on the old canister smoker, but it was time.



A 21 pound bird was brined in a Whiskey/Brown Sugar brine recipe that I got from Jim in Utah.



Pecan Wood was soaked and ready for the coals.



14 hours to smoke and I had to stoke the coals and add wood every two hours so it was a long night.  I pre-injected it with a beer and broth solution to make sure it would stay nice and juicy.



In the morning it looked great, but there was still 6+ more hours to go.



When it was done, the pecan wood painted it red and OHHHHHH soooooo sweet!



It carved up perfectly and one of the best birds, if not best, that I have ever cooked up.



I just need a better smoker so I don't have to do so much work in smoking it and I'll probably do it every year!  lol

Thanks for reading.

[mdcesq]

That looks awesome Tom.  I've still never smoked a bird - but I've done them just about every other way.

This year was a high-temp (500 degrees) blasting in a cast iron dutch oven.  Its Alton Brown's latest, called "My Final Turkey."  Might be my final turkey too because it was awesome and very little time in the oven (I think 40 minutes total).