Cookshack Holiday Turkey Smoking and Brining Guides

Cookshack offers three turkey smoking and brining resources for the holiday season for cooks who want to learn how to improve their smoking skills.

Remember these two important guidelines for smoking holiday turkeys and you will have a fabulous turkey to put on the table to please your family and friends.

1. If you have never smoked a turkey, save yourself some headaches by doing a little reading first.

2. Smoke at least one turkey before the big day so that you will know what you are doing before you have a houseful of hungry guests.

To make your turkey smoking experience a happy one, Cookshack has provided three excellent and informative resources to give you all the information you need to smoke a turkey that will have your guests asking for seconds.

Smokin' Okie's Turkey 101

http://cookshack.com/barbeque_guide/101/Turkey_101.htm

The Smokin' Okie, Cookshack Barbecue Forum moderator and smoking expert, shows us with photos and instructions, how to brine and smoke turkeys in his Barbeque Guide, Turkey 101. Click the link above to learn about these topics.

1. Some turkey smoking history

2. Basics including photos

3. Food safety

4. Preparation including a simple rub, brining, injecting, and marinating

5. Smoking how to's

6. Serving the turkey

7. Tips and techniques

8. Issues that you could encounter

9. Answers to questions about turkey smoking

10. Recipes

11. What to do with leftovers

12. Books

13. Links to ther online resources

Cookshack Barbecue Forum

http://forum.cookshack.com/groupee

Visit the Forum Favorites Recipes turkey search at http://forum.cookshack.com/eve/forums?a=search&reqWords=turkey&use_forum_scope=on&forum_scope=2291028883, organized so that you can quickly skim through to see what interests you.

The Cookshack Barbecue Forum has over 5,900 members and is a compilation of over 5 years of smoking knowledge.

About.com's Barbecue Guide

http://bbq.about.com/cs/turkey/a/aa110103a.htm

Derrick Riches, about.com's barbecue guide has assembled and impressive body of knowledge on smoking and brining turkeys. The site is organized for quick information retrieval so that you can get what you want and then get back to the kitchen.

Cookshack Barbecue Equipment

Cookshack manufactures smoker ovens for commercial, home, and competition use under the brand names of Cookshack and Fast Eddy's by Cookshack. Cookshack has an industry-wide reputation for its high quality products and exceptional customer service. The company has been in business for over 40 years and ships its products worldwide. Cookshack is privately held and is located in Oklahoma. Commercial equipment is NSF approved and UL listed; most stainless steel models are USDA approved. Residential equipment is UL listed. Made in the USA.

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Resources

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