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We would like to add Smoked turkey legs to our mobile concession business. Is brining necessary? We have looked at SmokinOkies brining 101. If we brine should we, brine - refrigerate then smoke at our destination or is it possible to brine & smoke at home then refrigerate and reheat in a CS at our destination. With an estimated 900 to 1200 legs in 2 days, brining will be quite difficult, is there an easier way? What about purchasing pre-cooked legs & reheating in a CS? What about skinning and using a rub? What does the health dept. require? How does Disney World do it?
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Granted, I know I was cheating. The last time I needed to do smoked turkey legs for a concession event, I bought pre-smoked and just heated them up. It's an oddball cut that is most suited to special events. I took the time to heat them slowly, so they were not just a leg bone with meat falling off. They sold kind of slow at first. Then, I sent two people into the crowd doing nothing more than munching on a turkey leg. Sold the heck out of them after that! Everyone asked them where they got it and that was that!
why not precook them yourself and refrigerate? this could be done 2 days ahead of when you were going to serve them without violating florida health code as long as you keep them at your commissary.
as far as brining goes i am not a big fan of that but that is just me.
disney does large quantities of legs ahead, refrigerates and then finish cooks them (by the way this is what a lot of large bbq joints do in florida)
myself i would figure 75% of the total required and precook those. the other 25% i would do on site.
just my 2 cents
jack

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