Smoked Honey Turkey

Thanksgiving is over and all of Tom the Turkey is eaten, but this year Tom didn't come from the store rotisserie but from owr newly found talent, smoking. Smoking to cook of course.  It's actualy very simple all you need is a smoker and ingredients that almost any kitchen should have. This consits of two parts the brine and the turkey. A brine is a salt solution used to cure meats.

The ingredients for one gallon of brine are:
1-2 cups of salt
1 gallon of water
32 oz of apple juice
2 cups of brown sugar
1 tbsp whole pepper corns
3 bay leaves
16 oz of pure honey

Anything you add to brine will influence the taste of the turkey.

Step 1 Making the Brine

You need to make enough brine to cover the entire turkey. To make the brine get a pot big enough to hold entire turkey with brine, place one gallon of water in pot and add one cup of salt. Mix until salt is dissolved completely then place whole uncracked uncooked egg in solution (this is just to test and will be removed). If egg floats add salt until the egg floats. Make sure to keep up with the amount of salt added and if one gallon of brine does  not completely cover turkey then repeat until turkey is covered.

After you are sure turkey is covered remove turkey and add all oter ingredients mixing well. Replace turkey in pot and refrigerate for 12 to 24 hours (the longer the better).