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Brining

JEM

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As a "Thanksgiving Warm Up", I'm brining turkey breast overnight. Tomorrow I'll smoke it for about 3 hours at 220 and then finish it by slow cooking in the oven. Now the last time I had brined turkey was Christmas 2 years ago (which I did not cook) and I got violently ill. Hoping for a better result this time!!

I'm done with deep frying turkey. Last time it was windy so I wrapped the burner in foil to contain the heat. Well it worked so well it heated up the legs of the burner (cheap stamped metal made in China) so much it caused them to buckle and dumped the whole works over. Fortunately no one was hurt but that was enough for me to say "no more".

Dogs enjoyed licking the cement porch for days afterward. :lol:
 

Kayak Jack

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Matt, sounds very good. Brined, smoked, turkey is JARVIS good eatin!

I've never experienced illness associated with brining meat. Sorry to hear about that. Salt pretty much incapacitates bacteria in meat, and cooking finishes it off.