White Wine Turkey Butt!
Ok, I am not actually bbqing the butt of a turkey. White Wine Turkey Butt is actually a 5# turkey breast that I am bbqing on an upright Can Roaster that Ali and Scott got me for my birthday. I am putting White Wine in the Can and placing the turkey breast over the Can. The Can (with White Wine) is up the Butt of the turkey, thus White Wine Turkey Butt. Yeah, I know, not the most savory of images. I did not create the expression, but it is fun to say to Karen and Liz who find the expression a little disgusting.
I will bbq in my Water Smoker (Bullet Smoker), which is great for smoking and keeping the bird moist!
Turkey Preparation:
Brine the turkey as mentioned in previous blog.
Drain, and rinse the turkey breast in cool water.
Turkey Rub:
¼ cup Olive Oil
¼ cup Lemon Juice
1 tbs Thyme
1 tbs Pepper
½ tbs Ground Garlic
Mix Rub in bowl. Rub turkey breast all over and under skin. The Turkey Rub keeps the bird from burning in the Bullet Smoker.
Smoking the Bird!
Fill the Charcoal Pan of the Bullet Smoker with Kingsford Charcoal, light and about 20 minutes later you are ready to BBQ! I place a large soup can in the middle of my Charcoal Pan, to put hickory chunks in for smoking. With the Water Pan full of H2O, I put the Bullet Smoker body in place over the Charcoal Pan.
Set the Can Roaster, with turkey and white wine loaded, on to the Bullet Smoker grill. Cover smoker with lid and about 1 ½ to 2 hours later... Waa Laa, White Wine Turkey Butt!
Just a few notes about the Bullet Smoker:
There are two grills in the Bullet Smoker, lower and upper grill. Usually I bbq on the upper grill, but because of the height of the Can Roaster, I bbqed on the lower grill. However, there is little difference in heat between lower and upper grill. Using the upper grill just makes it easier to get to the meat and add water to the Water Pan.
And I usually put wine or apple juice in the Water Pan. The meat you are bbqing takes in moister from the Water Pan liquid, and it is a great way to add flavor to the meat. Since the Can Roaster was loaded with white wine, it was not necessary to put white wine in the Water Pan. But you always want to have liquid in your Water Pan to keep meat moist, hence Water Smoker (Bullet Smoker). Water Smokers are also called Bullet Smokers, because they are shaped like a Bullet.
A final note on Bullet Smoker BBQing... USE BBQ MITS WHEN WORKING WITH SMOKER GRILL! Liz gave me a great BBQ mit for my birthday, and it is a must when working with HOT Smoker Grills.
