Dry Brine Turkey?

Kai Yaker · Oct 20, 2020

We have two sets of guests coming to visit in November and I have been told I am doing two different Thanksgiving meals. With that in mind I have been watching my favorite pitmasters on utube for new ideas. Today I watched Chef Tom with All Things BBQ. He did a dry brine Cajun style turkey. I really liked the way it came out. Have any of you dry brined your birds and if so, what do you think? I always wet brine mine but this produced the kind of skin I like.

What is funny is he made a butter Cajun injection. Last year I found a Tony Chachere butter Cajun injection kit on the markdown table in my local market. It was like $1. I picked it up and used it on a turkey. It was awesome!

Yaker

JVM59 · Oct 20, 2020

I've used Harvest Brine by Naturiffic the last several years and it is fantastic.

frognot · Oct 20, 2020

JVM59 said:
I've used Harvest Brine by Naturiffic the last several years and it is fantastic.

This guy beat me to it.

Will make it easy for y'all ; https://www.naturiffic.com/gourmet/harvest-brine

jasonjax · Oct 20, 2020

+3 ... I used to be a wet brine guy, but dry brine all the way now. And I have used Naturiffic with great success also.

pokeable · Oct 20, 2020

Dry brine the last few years and won't be going back to a wet one.

tom b · Oct 20, 2020

"Harvest Brine" FTW!

Kai Yaker · Oct 20, 2020

That sounds good; just placed an order. One of the guests is gluten free so this will come in handy. Thanks for the recommendation!

JGarvey · Oct 20, 2020

I just ordered some as well. Can’t wait to try it!

Big George's BBQ · Oct 20, 2020

Only dry brine tried. Is Nature’s Harvest Brine. Really good stuff. There are some great wet brines here too

SmokeRingsMatter · Oct 20, 2020

I keep it simple with a wet injection. Simple salt/sugar. There's too many brines out there, wet/dry that use too many seasonings. Majority of them are not water soluble. Seems like a waste of money. I concentrate more on cooking the turkey perfectly, then trying to mask over cooking it and relying on tons of seasonings.

IamMadMan · Oct 20, 2020

I have used Naturiffic Harvest Brine with great results every time.

Also check out
http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/showpost.php?p=3430275&postcount=3

SmallBlockMuscle · Nov 10, 2020

Are you all rubbing or basting at all then after the dry brine?

Adiron89 · Nov 10, 2020

frognot said:
This guy beat me to it.

Will make it easy for y'all ; https://www.naturiffic.com/gourmet/harvest-brine

Do you wash off the dry brine afterwards before seasoning it with a rub?

Or is this technically the rub?

tom b · Nov 10, 2020

Adiron89 said:
Do you wash off the dry brine afterwards before seasoning it with a rub?

Or is this technically the rub?

Either or actually but I usually wipe it off and add other seasoning, I've seen Sirporkalot mention many time leave it on

SirPorkaLot · Nov 10, 2020

Adiron89 said:
Do you wash off the dry brine afterwards before seasoning it with a rub?

Or is this technically the rub?

No need to wash off.
You can add more flavors to the turkey after the dry brine, if you want as the flavors of the brine are subtle.
I don’t add anything else though.

flexstar · Nov 10, 2020

Turkey on my 24x36

I'm considering cooking the Thanksgiving turkey on my new Shirley 24x36. I plan on using a dry brine but am concerned how well the Shirley will do cooking the turkey. In the past I have used Weber kettle and BGE. Any constructive comments on do's and don't will be appreciated.

Crakaveli · Nov 11, 2020

Are you going to spatchcock the turkey?

Curt.P · Nov 11, 2020

I was going to try Oakridge Game Changer this year on a turkey breast, possibly sous vide.

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