re: How do you do your turkey

i love fried turkey but i prefer it baked. just a little salt and pepper stuffed w/ some veggies. no brine or anything. all the sides.

Saw a show where the newbie thought it was stuffing and cooked the damned bird with it inside.

Set mine to brine this morning. Made a brine of cranberry juice, orange juice, salt, peppercorns, garlic, fresh rosemary, fresh thyme, and bay leaves. Hits the Green Egg around 5am tomorrow!!!

Could I suggest the addition of a bottle of Beaujolais Nouveau(or some of it)?

Smoke 'em.

When I say it tastes like ham, I mean that it is overly salty and the meat is somewhat mushy; like bad ham. Plus, the gravy from a wet brined bird is too salty by half.

The dry brine is infinitely superior in application and flavor to a wet brine. I was once a wet brined fanatic as well; consider it the zeal of the converted.

How much salt did you put in your wet brine, brah? Dry brine instructions that I've seen use the same amount of salt as my wet brine.

Our family always cuts up the meat in strips, then batters and deep fries them. Turkey Fingers, I call 'em.