smoking a turkey

[WALLEYE_HUNTER]

does anyone have any good recipes for smoking a turkey.. i got one out of a book you inject honey into it and brush it over the top of the bird..does anyone have another recipe??? does anyone have a good brine mixture to use??? i use a electric smoker one of the easiest to use just add your water pan and wood

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"If it doesn't have teeth and a white spot on it's tail, I don't want it in my boat"

[huckfin]

Walleye_Hunter Here is a turkey brine I have used many times over the years. Always has excellent flavor.
Fill a 5 gallon bucket 1/2 full of water
2 cups table salt
2 cups brown sugar
2 medium onions (cut up fine)
1 tbls garlic salt
Put turkey in bucket and cover for 24 hours
Keep it in a cool location (I put it on the bottom shelf of the beer fridge so I can keep an eye on it!!!)
remove from brine, rinse bird and pat dry.
Bring on the smoker

[red bricks]

The best success I have ever had was smoking a turkey. I buy a turkey breast with the breast plate and skin. I then remove the breast plate but leave the skin attached. I will marinade this in the fridge for 3 days. Never marinade in stainless steel!! Always use glass or plastic. It takes a little longer for the marinade to penetrate the skin side. My marinade it very loosely put together. The quantities vary widely but it always seem to come out perfect. I use aprox 1/2 soy sauce and 1/2 citrus. Apple juice works great. Pineapple and oj work good too or any combo of the three. I add a ton of fresh ginger root. I full pound is not too much. Ginger imparts a wonderful flavor to smoked meat. I usually slice it at an angle to expose more surface area. Gotta use fresh, the powder does not work. I will hot smoke (180-200degrees) it for about 4-5 hours with apple wood on charcoal. Depending on how strong you want the smoke flavor, alter the amount of wood on the heat. Ex:smoke for 2 hrs heat with charcoal the rest. This makes an amazing product. It is gret served warm right after its done or the next day when cool (If it not already gone!!) Give it a shot you will be happy. The recipe works great on salmon minus the ginger and add some brown sugar.