Smoked Turkey
Last Post 02 Feb 2013 07:07 PM by slaymaker. 9 Replies.
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07 May 2012 11:27 PM

Well I finally got my turkey this last Saturday. 

Cleaned him and prepped the meat that same day and got it in the smoker on Sunday.  I soaked the breast meat in a maple brine overnight.  I cut up all the leg, thigh, and wing meat and mixed up a batch of Onion Turkey Sausage, a recipe I found in the North American Hunter magazine several years ago.  Here is the recipe:

Onion Turkey Sausage

3 lbs wild turkey meat from legs and thighs
2 lbs pork butt
3 T salt
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1 T sugar
1 T cracked black peppercorns
1 tsp marjoram
1 T onion powder
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/4 C chopped onion
1/4 C white wine

Chop onions. Saute, and let cool. Chill utensils and grinder attachments. Combine dry ingredients. Cube turkey meat and pork, and sprinkle with dry ingredients. Add chilled onions and wine, toss. Grind mixture through coarse grinder plate, then grind again through medium or fine plate, depending on your preference.

This is good made into patties and fried or grilled. It is also good stuffed into medium hog casings to make rings or links, then smoked with apple wood chips.

Here is a before photo of the breast and sausage before smoking:




 


And here is a photo of the finished breast after smoking 3 1/2 hrs with apple wood, then roasting in the oven for an hour at 300 degrees and basting with maple syrup every 15 minutes.  It turned out AWESOME!! 

 

 

I smoked the sausage another 5 hours after taking the breast out of the smoker.  It turned out a little dryer than I hoped, but it still tasted real good.  I tried using curing salt on this batch... I think I should have stuck with regular salt like I usually do for this recipe, as it usually turns out great.  Learned my lesson.


 

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08 May 2012 03:11 PM
looks fuggin' awesome...
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08 May 2012 03:13 PM
I'm with TT, mmm, looks great.
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09 May 2012 07:06 AM
Congratulations!  What temp did you have your smoker running?  I have a charcoal/wood fired WSM and usually run it around 250dF tops.  I cook/smoke by temp vs time.  For a turkey breast, I'd probably just leave it on the WSM until the internal temp registered about 160-162dF, pull it, tent it with aluminum foil for 10 minutes to let the temperature finish and juices redistribute nicely before trying.  If it was try, the temp got too high and/or it didn't "rest" long enough.

If you don't have a wireless remote thermometer I'd recommend one, they're great. At a minimum, I'd recommend getting a Thermapen instant read thermometer. Not cheap but great tools

But glad you enjoyed.  


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11 May 2012 09:06 PM
I set my MasterBuilt electric smoker at 160 degrees for this. I smoked it for 3 1/2 hours at this temp. Then I transferred it to the oven at 300 degrees until I got the color I wanted, which was just over an hour.

I don't have a wireless remote thermometer, but I might just have to check one of those out.
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12 May 2012 06:47 AM
Now you've got me jonesin' to fire up the WSM for some ribs and smoked foul of some kind....
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12 May 2012 11:04 PM
when can I come for dinner?
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13 May 2012 07:31 AM
when's good for you melissa? ;-)
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02 Feb 2013 07:07 PM

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02 Feb 2013 07:07 PM
By the way, I got a wireless remote thermostat from my wife for Christmas. So far, all I have had a chance to use it on is a batch of pork ribs... which turned out AWESOME, by the way. This one has a dual reading, of the meat temp and the smoker chamber temp... and it has a remote display that will register up to 100 feet away from the smoker. I am looking forward to using it on a big turkey breast this spring!
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