Yet Another Turkey Thread w/ qview

[solaryellow]

We have been brining and smoking our turkeys for the last 4 or 5 years as it really helps my wife out by freeing up the oven for her awesome side dishes not to mention it always turns out great. This year I decided to give Tip's brine and spritz a try. All I can say is that it was incredible. We got a 12lbs natural bird from Whole Foods and it cooked a lot faster than I expected. Here is the qview.

Just about time to take it off. I threw a couple of sausages on just because I could.

After resting for about 30 minutes.

Cornbread sausage stuffing.

Traditional stuffing.

Candied yams.

Bean salad and cranberry sauce.

I want to do it all over again.

 

[mr mac]

Nice looking spread!

 

[the dude abides]

Solar, that is one of the best looking birds I've seen yet. Make sure you toss a picture of that into the throwdown.


It seems to be a common comment around here the last couple of days that many were saying their birds were coming up to temp much faster than expected.

 

[solaryellow]

It rose surprisingly fast. I had to dial down the temp for the last two hours to try and stretch it out to hit dinner time. I have never had a bird cook this fast before.

 

[beer-b-q]

Great Looking Bird...

 

[fire it up]

That bird looks great, lots of times you can hardly make out the smoke ring, especially after taking a picture but that one was a nice deep pink.
Great job!

 

[mballi3011]

I'm with the Dude on this one that hast to be one of the best looking turkeys of this years that I have also seen. You really did outdo yoursef with that spread too. I'm sure that you all enjoyed that dinner too.

THROWDOWN winner there.

 

[solaryellow]

There isn't much in the way of leftovers left, that is for sure. I am tempted to redo this for Christmas but I am already committed to making my first smoked prime rib.

 

[toxie]

Awesome Job and great looking bird!!

 

[silverwolf636]

Sweet looking bird...