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Yeah, it's got to be completely defrosted. You got to get the giblets out of it, right? And then yes, you can use a food grade plastic bucket. I have used just a Lowe's bucket in the past. You know, I don't think it's as big a deal as some people may get out to be. But you know what? You do you, I say. And yeah, your Brian is going to consist of one gallon of water.

and one cup of salt and one cup of sugar per gallon of water. Okay, you're probably going to need more than a gallon. If you're doing like a 20 pound turkey, you're going to need a couple. But here's where you doctor it up a little bit. You can throw in a couple of bottles of full sugar, Sprite or seven up. That gets the lemon lime sensation in there. It gets the sugar in there. You don't have to add the sugar. You still have to add the salt. I like to throw some palletaries marinate in. I like to throw some pickle juice in. I got a lot of pickle juice in my outdoor refrigerator just sitting there.

Wait for me to smoke something else. I pour that in there. So an apple cider vinegar. Anyway, I brine this thing for 12 hours. I do. I will brine that turkey for 12 hours, then pull it out, pat it dry, get up underneath the skin. I take a wooden spoon and use the handle and separate the skin from the bird. Why am I doing that? Don't take it all the way off. Just kind of get it, you know, so it's up and loose from the bird. And then I mix up a combination of herbs,

in butter. What kind of herbs are we talking about? A lot of Italian seasoning. You're going to put oregano in there. You're going to put rosemary in there, rosemary and turkey go together very well. You're going to put basil in there, another thing that goes extremely well in there. And yeah, garlic, absolutely. Garlic, onion powder, things of that nature. Get that into a nice softened stick of butter and then get up underneath that skin and put that all over the bird. You can put some on top of the skin too.

in order to really get it into the bird you know that i also like to stuff that bird cavity not with stuffing

but with oranges, onions, lemons, and garlic cloves, okay? Yum. I can smell that in the oven now. You can use apples too if you want to, but yeah, citrus and poultry go together very, very well. I put it on the smoker at 225. You got an electric smoker, that's fine. You got a charcoal smoker, that's fine. You got a pellet smoker that doesn't matter. 225, 30 to 40 minutes per pound.

So think about this. You've got a 20 pound turkey. It's going to take you a long time to get that thing done. If you brined it properly, you don't have to keep mopping it and putting stuff on it. If you want to, that's fine. You can. I'm not going to stop you. A mister is sometimes helpful just to have a spray bottle that you can pop that thing open. Give it a quick. That's what it sounds like.

Give it a quick shot. I like to do that with apple cider vinegar and apple juice in there. So another thing you'd add to your brine, by the way, good old-fashioned apple juice. But yeah, give it the occasional spritz while it's on there and keep an eye on the temperature. You want to get the dark meat to 185, the dark meat.

being, for instance, the thighs. You got to get that to 185. The white meat gets to 165. That would be the breast. But if you don't get the dark meat to 185, it's going to be inedible and it's going to make people sick. So you got to leave it on there for all that time. The thing about it is once you get it off and you let it sit, let it sit for almost an hour, really, 45 minutes. Keep it tended. You want it to stay warm. And once you cut into this, it is going to be the most tender

juicy, flavorful turkey you have ever had. You will throw away your device for frying a turkey. You'll never have another fried turkey again once you have had a smoked turkey. You say, what kind of wood am I using to smoke with? Well, I like to use apple wood, obviously. But you can use mesquite. Cherry is another option. Cherry has never really worked well for me. I've never been a fan of it. But that apple wood or that mesquite or a combination of the two, pecan is a great smoking wood.

can't go wrong with any of those. Okay? There's your Mr. P's butcher shop, but daily, final grilling tip for the year. Grab ahold of one of their monthly meat specials. So very good. And they've got them of all different sizes and kinds and shapes. And don't forget when it comes to Christmas.

They have got these gift boxes that have all the military seasonings, the main ones, and a bottle of pilitaries marinade, or a bottle of pilitaries. Barbecue sauce, I've given these as gifts over the years to people, and they always rave about them. It's always a success. Such a great way to say, hey, thinking of you with the holiday season, not breaking the bank, though. It's nice. Mr. P's butcher shop and Delhi 813 Shades Crest Road in beautiful Bluff Park.

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