Smoked Cajun Christmas Turkey

Dufferman · 2020-12-15T03:29:27+00:00

Do yourself and your family a favor and follow the advise of this fat man. Best turkey ever!! I've turned turkey haters into turkey LOVERS!

JoeHatesSnow

johnnydoom
Thanks, I think I'll check those out. Are they quite a bit lighter than the ceramic ones? If it works about as well but doesn't last as long, hell, you can go thru a few of 'em before you hit the cost of the Egg or Kamado Joe.

johnnydoom

JoeHatesSnow Are they quite a bit lighter than the ceramic ones?

I would think it has to be, but it is not light. If I remember right (I bought it about a year ago) it weighs around or a little over 100 lbs. I was able to assemble it inside and move it outside, including lifting it over the door step by myself, so it can't be much more than 100 as awkward as it was to bear hug it out the door.

bigshank

johnnydoom That is definitely not a bad plan. My kamado is a Louisiana Grills brand. Definitely not a lift on your own deal. 316 lbs I believe. So that sumbitch isn’t going anywhere. I did some Boston butts last Saturday about 9 hours. I did add a bit around the 7 hour mark so your steel kamado sounds pretty good to me price point and fuel efficiency.

johnnydoom

bigshank Yes, it is efficient. I don't think I've used it in very cold weather yet though, so the amount of time before you need to add fuel is probably a bit reduced in the winter time. I've cooked beef brisket flats and pork butts in it this year and so far the longest cook I've had is about 8 hours and never had to add any fuel. But after I took the pork butt out I checked and there was still enough unburned coal to go quite a little while longer - once it's up to temp. it doesn't take much to keep it there. By the same token, you don't want to overshoot the temp by too much because it takes quite a while to cool it back down. I did that early on while I was still learning and got it over 100 degrees too hot and had to take the turkey breast out and wrap it, then I was pouring water down the interior surface to cool the body down. It was more than a half-hour before I could unwrap the turkey breast and put it back on to finish.

CallMeAl

I know these are out of season, but Costco usually carries these.

bigshank

CallMeAl That’s the one I got except mine is black it was a gift from my son in law.

Weirfan

Did a turkey in my Bradley Smoker a couple Thanksgivings ago, turned out nice but the best part was the gravy using the juices from the turkey and sweet aromatics in the cavity ( apples, sage, onion, cinnamon ) .....best turkey gravy I have ever had.

might do a spatchcocked turkey either on the grill or smoker over the holidays. Prefer the temps to be above freezing to better control the heat which messes with outdoor cooking in winter. Was too lazy to build an insulated box for the smoker 🙁

Dufferman

Whelp, Cajun turkey came out great! I tell you this is the only way in my opinion to eat turkey. Tender and juicy beyond any I've ever had before with flavor in every bite. Matter of fact I'm keeping an eye out for when the Christmas turkeys go on clearance at the grocery store and buying another or two.......

bigshank

Dufferman I smoked a Cajun myself today on the Weber. It turned out great except I didn’t stuff mine with apple and onions. The drippings ruined my gravy though. Pecan smoked gravy was not good at all. It didn’t even enter my mind that the drippings would be smoky. Maybe the apples and onions would have offset the smoke juices.

JoeHatesSnow

bigshank
I did use apples and onions in the cavity when I did mine in the Weber on Thanksgiving. I have no idea if it would have helped with a gravy though, as I didn't use the drippings.

Dufferman

bigshank I never use the smoker drippings as I normally put a tray of water under the meat while it smokes. My smoker is a vertical smoker so the water helps maintain temps.

Dufferman

Swung by the grocery store today and they had fresh turkey for $.50 a pound! Bought one and it will go on the smoker tomorrow! This will be my 4th smoked turkey this holiday season. I may have a problem.

Dufferman

Made the mistake of sending this pic to my mom. Now I have to smoke a fifth turkey!!!!!

JoeHatesSnow

Dufferman
That looks perfect. You must have a lot of clearance over the top of the turkey in your smoker to get that even color.

Dufferman

JoeHatesSnow I have a pretty big vertical smoker. Plus I used the cooking spray like the guy in the video. It seems to help brown the skin up nicely.

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