So for the first of 3 Thanksgiving meals that redneckhunter is attending, he inaugurated our new 7-in-1 smoker by smoking a big old turkey. I rubbed the sucker down with olive oil, salt, pepper, herbes de provence, and just a touch of paprika, cayenne pepper, and brown sugar. Would have put more spice but he was worried about the waspy folks eating it. He doctored a Fosters oil can mixing in bay leaves, rosemary, thyme and bourbon in with the beer. Shoved the can up the bird's butt and stuck him in the smoker for a good 4 hours. Herewith before and after pics.
For our second of three Thanksgiving dinners, redneckhunter and I decided to deep fry a turkey. I did the prep again -- man, I loved injecting the mesquite marinade and watching that flesh plump up, and I have some weird fetish for rubbing under the skin... Redneckhunter took care of the frying - 35 pounds of peanut oil and 40 minutes later and we had one tasty tasty bird.
