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Did you mean without brining? If so don't you have a cooler or a couple of bucks for a new 5 gallon bucket? You can smoke it without brining but you risk a dry bird.
I use a pretty simple method, but it works good and I have never had a complaint.
Get a clean 5 gallon pail with a lid.
1 gallon apple juice
2 cups dark brown sugar
2 cups kosher salt
1 apple sliced up ( 6 or 7 pieces)
1 orange sliced (6 or 7 pieces)
10 cloves of garlic (smashed)
3 bay leaves
Disolve brown sugar and salt in hot water, put into 5 gallon pail.
Add juice and other ingredients.
Put thawed turkey in and add enough water to cover the bird.
Put the lid on and set in the fridge for a few days.
Yeah. I meant without. My kid was crying and wife screaming when I posted this. The result was totally incomprehensible.
I found a cooler I forgot I had. I'm only smoking a turkey breast, so it ought to fit in there, and I'll have to keep icing it down since there's no room in the fridge.
If you are looking for a good brine this one works really well. http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/for...20&postcount=3This from Tip he's a member that had been here awhile and it a really good brine I use it all the time.
+1 on this, This will be my first smoke of a turkey with the above mentioned brine, but I do chickens with it all the time and its great, I had planned on using a 5 gal bucket in the fridge, but I believe I am going to do the Large ziplocks now in the cooler to save fridge space.