Smoking a turkey in a bucket

tikkalover · Dec 4, 2015

In a clean 5 gallon bucket, fill half full of cold water, add 1 cup tender quick, 1/2 cup canning salt, and 1 bottle liquid smoke. Stir until salt is dissolved. Clean turkey, and pierce\poke holes all over turkey with a meat fork. Put turkey in bucket, and add more water to cover turkey. Let soak for 24 to 48 hours, sloshing turkey around every once in a while to keep brine stirred up. Bake turkey in over like you normally do. This is a really simple way to smoke a turkey especially if you don't have access to a smoker. :;:cheers

svnmag · Dec 4, 2015

I have used the technique this with Alton Brown's brine recipe then deep fried in the Butterball. Toothsome.

DJE · Dec 5, 2015

I've been doing this for many years and is a crowd pleaser. Great taste and meat is always moist. Can't stand a dried out bird.

wby257 · Dec 5, 2015

That liquid smoke is some nasty stuff. A whole bottle would be over kill.

Crankn · Dec 6, 2015

Most turkeys I look at in the store are already injected with brine. Do I need to find an unbrined turkey or doesn't it mater?

guywhofishes · Dec 6, 2015

I would not brine... But would let the rub work its way in for 24hr.

I've double-brined before and if course it was too salty.

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Ha ha. Never mind my foolish post - I now see it is some wacky smoke without a smoker trick. A whole bottle of liquid smoke seems insane but who knows - maybe very little penetrates and most is wasted?

Crankn · Dec 6, 2015

Thanks Guy that's what I thought also. What do you use for a rub?

guywhofishes · Dec 6, 2015

Google "jans rub"

we make our own from scratch following that recipe.

johnr · Dec 6, 2015

I took a steamer in a 5 gallon bucket before, in the fish house..haha it was smoking

svnmag · Dec 7, 2015

Good stuff:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKr1rByVVCI&list=PLSL8Njz6ML7D5avhu-ZifpIxDhRLOVE7A

tikkalover · Dec 7, 2015

Ate my smoked turkey in a bucket last night for supper MMM MMM good!! :;:rockit johnr remind me not to borrow a bucket from you. ;:;badidea

svnmag · Dec 7, 2015

Glad you had a good supper. Watch Alton anyways, I think you'll likey.

DirtyMike · Dec 7, 2015

Still trying to rid my tiny freezer of a 20 lb bird. Might give this a shot. Unless someone comes to steal my turkey.

svnmag · Dec 7, 2015

I forgot to include I only used Alton's recipe once. Too much flavorly things for us. Found more simple recipe on the 'net but still used the technique.

remm · Dec 7, 2015

I've done this quite a bit with wild turkey's, keeps it very moist and tastes awesome. We just use tender quick, water and liquid smoke, not the canning salt. We usually cook it on the grill rather than the oven, but gets the same results. I've got 2 in the freezer that will be coming out next week to be ready for Christmas.

svnmag · Dec 7, 2015

That was about our final recipe Remm. The Butterball deep fryer is a good friend BTW. (If you were talking to me)

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