I cook a turkey on my Traeger about every other month or so. I soak the turkey over night in apple or grape juice with peppercorns, sea salt, cumin, cardamom, and any other various spices I have on the rack. Dab of this dab of that, same way I make beer
Anyways, in the morning I take it out and rinse it. I cut up apples and oranges and stuff them inside the turkey while the Traeger is heating up to 300-350. I put the turkey on that temp for about an hour and then turn it down to 200-250 depends on the temp outside (if you own a Traeger you know what I mean, if not go buy one you will never regret it) I smoke it at that temp the rest of the day, usually ready to remove and eat by 4 or 5. These are the best turkeys ever, better than deep frying.
Last week I was going to do the same thing with a whole chicken. I soaked it in apple juice over night and then in the morning realized I did not have any fruit. I was to lazy to go to the store so I figured I would stuff the bird with red peppers and onions. Obviously a chicken will not need to cook as long so either throw it on and eat it for lunch or wait til later and have'r for dinner. I put the chicken over rice and it was absolutely awesome. I will be doing that again this weekend.
Great thread guys. Next up a beer recipes
Maybe I should start another thread for that.
Any chance we can make this a sticky brutha??
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