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Smoking Duck

I smoke duck quite often. I've never bothered to brine duck because it's so fat, it won't dry out. However, I have injected in the past with a concoction of Cajun Injector Creole Butter with orange juice and Grand Marnier. It was good that way, but it's just as good without the injection too. I've found that it's easier to cook duck halves or quarters. It gives the fat an easy way out and the duck cooks more evenly. Also, take a sharp implement and stab little holes all over the skin before you season it. Again, to help get rid of fat. Duck fat is very good for cooking after it's left the duck. I cook my duck on a rack in a pan, so I can save that fat for stir-frys and other uses. Plus, cooking on a pan makes clean up a breeze. Clean, rendered duck fat lasts a long time sealed up in the frig.

Taking the duck to the table, since I've cooked in halves or quarters, I take the meat off the carcass (except for legs). Put the duck meat in an oven safe pan, arranging the "pulled" on the bottom, sliced breast and legs on the top. Mix up some orange juice, orange marmalade and Grand Marnier and pour some over the plated duck. Keep in a warm oven until ready to serve. Make sure you have some extra sauce on hand for the duck eaters.

Oh, and use orange pellets for the smoke...

I forgot...my favorite duck seasoning is HomeBBQ's Habanero Orange used very liberally.

Perfect timing for the duck thread... For Thanksgiving, I cooked a duck along with a turkey. I used your BBQr's Delight Savory Herb Pellets, along with a mix of the Orange Pellets and they were wonderful flavor on the duck... Might even have to try another one.

I've gotten lazy! I've been cooking boned duck breasts and you cook them medium rare. Good eats for sure. I still serve the orange sauce though.

Hi Candy..thanks for your help. One thing though..what are orange pellets???How do you use them??Where do you buy them.Can you buy them from CS..Rob

Candy's company makes/sells them.

She might be able to give yoy a retail source near you,but not likely.
Orange pellets

Rob, Canadian Tire sells sugar maple, hickory and Jack Daniel's pellets in the 1# bag. These are 100% flavorwood pellets and are really wasted in the hopper of a FEC. Use them for flavor only in any kind of cooker (even a FEC!). Send me a private e-mail with your name and address and I'll send you some single use packets of Orange gratis.