This Jack Daniels Turkey Brine Recipe paired with a butter injection is amazing! The turkey is perfect for Thanksgiving dinner, holiday dinner, or weekend meal! (I have included affiliate links to products I love. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. )
I love smoking holiday meats! I made this on my Pit Boss Pro 1100. NowI picked mine up Lowes, but Walmart and Amazon carry other Pit Boss options or Pit Boss website themselves.
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Jack Daniels Turkey Brine Ingredients:
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- 1/2 Cup Brown Sugar
- 4 Tbsp Minced Garlic
- 4 Tbsp Salt
- Ice
- Jack Daniels
- Water
Jack Daniels Turkey Injection Recipe Ingredients:
- 1 Cup Jack Daniels
- Metal Injector
Turkey Butter Injection Ingredients:
- 1 Stick Of Butter
- Minced Garlic
- Metal Injector
How To Make Jack Daniels Injection Turkey:
Safely thaw your turkey and remove the innards.
If you chose to rinse off your turkey pat dry before injecting.
Your smoking tools are just as crucial as a good smoker, I have gone thru several plastic injectors over the years! Now when we made the Beef Brisket With A Whiskey Injection we broke another! This time around the old lady had enough and order a Metal Injector off Amazon!
I loved the different sizes of the attachments, the finer point is going to be amazing on some smoked cornish game hens!! The extra gaskets are going to make the injector last even longer since upkeep will be easier. This time I used the big tip for the metal injector, I knew the turkey skin would be tougher. Plus larger areas of meat to inject as well.
Now I measured out a cup of Jack Daniels into a glass to pull from, you can also pour yourself a shot too! But this way I wasn’t dipping the injector back in my bottle of Jack Daniels.
Place your turkey in a cooler or container and start to inject.
Fill your cooler with the rest of the brine ingredients and submerge your turkey.
Make sure while your turkey is brining to store it in the fridge or in ice water. You don’t want the temperature to rise and grow bacteria.
The day you are ready to smoke your turkey remove your turkey from the brine, I set mine in a pan to allow it to dry off a bit while I prepare the rest.
How To Make Butter injection for Jack Daniels Turkey:
In a bowl melt 1 stick of butter and your minced garlic together for the butter injection.
I used the large injector as well again, the minced garlic did clog some but it was workable through the injector into the turkey.
How To Smoke A Jack Daniels Turkey:
After you are done injecting the butter sprinkle your turkey with seasoning. For this, I used a bit of Montreal Steak Seasoning, Johnny’s Original Seasoning Salt, and Lawrys Garlic Salt.
Next, I placed a stick of butter in the turkey cavity, this will help to keep the inside moist and flavor the turkey more as well.
Start your smoker up, I used Mesquite Pellets with Pitboss Fruit Blend Pellets in my hopper. Walmart is one of my favorite places to pick up Pitboss pellets, plus ordering online they ship to home for free with $35 orders!
Set your smoker at 255 and allow the turkey to slowly cook. I cooked mine at 225 for about 5 hours and then turned it up to 250 for another hour.
Remove and serve!
What To Serve With Smoked Jack Daniels Turkey:
The Best Leftover Turkey Recipes:
Leftover Turkey makes the best meals, leftover smoked turkey recipes make for even better meals!!
- Dutch Oven Smoked Turkey Chili Recipe
- Smoked Turkey Noodle Soup
- Homemade Smoked Turkey Pot Pie
- Crockpot Turkey Taco Soup
Other Whiskeys To Use For Whiskey Injected Turkey:
- Makers Mark
- Jack Daniels Honey
- Bird Dog Peach Whiskey
- Old Camp Peach Pecan Whiskey
- Crown Royal Apple
Jack Daniels Turkey Brine Recipe
Ingredients
- 1/2 Cup Brown Sugar
- 4 Tbsp Minced Garlic
- 4 Tbsp Salt
- Ice
- Jack Daniels
- Water
Jack Daniels Injection
- 1 Cup Jack Daniels
- Metal Injector
Turkey Butter Injection
- 1 Stick Of Butter
- Minced Garlic
- Metal Injector
Instructions
- Safely thaw your turkey and remove the innards.
- If you chose to rinse off your turkey pat dry before injecting.
- Your smoking tools are just as crucial as a good smoker, use a metal injector with a large opening and needle point.
- Measured out a cup of Jack Daniels into a glass to pull from. This way I wasn't dipping the injector back in the bottle of Jack Daniels.
- Place your turkey in a cooler or container and start to inject.
- Fill your cooler with the rest of the brine ingredients and submerge your turkey.
- Make sure while your turkey is brining to store it in the fridge or in ice water. You don't want the temperature to rise and grow bacteria.
- The day you are ready to smoke your turkey remove your turkey from the brine, I set mine in a pan to allow it to dry off a bit while I prepare the rest.
HOW TO MAKE BUTTER INJECTION FOR DANIELS TURKEY
- In a bowl melt 1 stick of butter and your minced garlic together for the butter injection.
- I used the large injector as well again, the minced garlic did clog some but it was workable through the injector into the turkey.
HOW TO SMOKE A JACK DANIELS BRINE TURKEY:
- After you are done injecting the butter sprinkle your turkey with seasoning. For this I used a bit of Montreal Steak Seasoning, Johnny's Original Seasoning Salt, and Lawrys Garlic Salt.
- Next, I placed a stick of butter in the turkey cavity, this will help to keep the inside moist and flavor the turkey more as well.
- Start your smoker up, I used Mesquite Pellets with Pitboss Fruit Blend Pellets in my hopper.
- Set your smoker at 255 and allow the turkey to slowly cook. I cooked mine at 225 for about 5 hours and then turned it up to 250 for another hour.
- Remove and serve!
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