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Recipes => Poultry => Topic started by: NKoehler on November 27, 2021, 12:06:07 AM

Title: Happy Belated Turkey Day!
Post by: NKoehler on November 27, 2021, 12:06:07 AM
I smoked my first turkey for Thanksgiving. It was a 10lb. bird and it turned out great.

I dry brined it on Tuesday with kosher salt and baking powder. Wednesday I mixed up and rubbed it (minus the salt) with Hey Grill, Hey's sweet rub. I used regular paprika in place of the smoked paprika called for in the recipe. I was smoking the bird afterall. Smoked it Thursday at 250F with sugar maple. It took 3.5 hours to hit 165F internal.

The rub:
¼ cup dark brown sugar
1 Tablespoon coarse sea salt
2 teaspoons cracked black pepper
2 teaspoons smoked paprika ((hot or mild, whichever you prefer))
2 teaspoons garlic powder
2 teaspoons onion powder
1 teaspoon ground mustard
½ teaspoon cayenne pepper
Title: Re: Happy Belated Turkey Day!
Post by: OldeSmoker on November 27, 2021, 12:09:55 AM
 Nice color, your bird looks great!
Title: Re: Happy Belated Turkey Day!
Post by: barelfly on November 27, 2021, 09:26:48 AM
Nice bird! Looks great and thanks for sharing your rub recipe!