Thanksgiving Turkey

For this thanksgiving I wasn’t just going to go the usual, I wanted to try something different. Me and my mom both decided that this year we would smoke the turkey for thanksgiving. I looked up some different ways to smoke a turkey, not a recipe but just an idea. Some were dry rubbed and some were marinated and some were brined. Brining is when you take a choice of meat and u let it sit in a liquid for hours, some people use cider, citrus and some will even use honey brine’s. I’m choosing to use a cider brine, what I am planning on doing is taking apple cider, brown sugar , salt , pepper , and some fresh herbs and letting it sit completely submerged overnight. This will make our turkey moist and juicy. Usually you cook your average turkey in the oven at 325°-350°, when you smoke you use a temperature that is lower so you can cook it low and slow. I will probably be trying to maintain a temp of 285°-295° for the whole cooking period. Since I have an electric smoker it will be easier to maintain the temperature. After cooking all day we will sit down to a new way of enjoying turkey! Michael B