Smoked turkey is one of the few ways I've found to make a reliably tasting-like-something turkey for Thanksgiving. However, my father can not stand barbecue, so one surefire way to disrupt the holiday would be to follow Aaron Franklin's advice on smoking a turkey.
I am a huge fan of Aaron Franklin's video tutorials on everything brisket and found this video on turkey just as excellent. I have smoked a few turkeys in my kamado-style cooker and had no luck getting skin to look anything like his results on the offset, but the bird was delicious. I also did not wrap the turkey or add the 2lbs of "butter blend."
I will likely grab a cheap post-holiday turkey and try this when dinner isn't a family gathering. I think I can work the heat out in the Kamado right with the double indirect method.
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