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Turkey skin pulling back?

FM Former Member
Dr.Mac brought up a point in his two turkeys in a Smokette topic - "skin pulling back on the turkey." I noticed on most all frozen turkeys and some fresh ones, the shin is cut high on the end of the breast, where as on the front of the bird the skin will be 50 inches long. Long neck turkeys, I guess. Usually the same turkey will have a softball size piece of ice inside. Selling water gives more profit than turkey at turkey prices. Big Grin

Now I have sewn the skin up with toothpicks to try and keep the skin covering the end of the breast and it still pulls away and splits. In addition we have basted often, used buttered cheese cloth, sewn with string and it still shrinks and splits the skin cooking. Other than getting a turkey with all the skin intact, how can you keep the skin from spitting away? Confused

I'm more familiar with smoking fish. Big Grin

smokemullet
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FM Former Member
I haven't been fully successful in keeping the skin from splitting.. but, it sure doesn't affect the flavor.. and, in my experience, moisture. I do plan on ordering a roast rack to see if I can keep more moisture in the breast tho.. worth a try.. turn it over half way thru the cook.
FM Former Member
smokemullet,
just did a turkey sunday on the ole weber bullet. yes i know it is sacrilege but man did i have fun.
shot the thing full of ome pound of butter mixed with some bells seasoning and what not.
the skin pulling away thing i havewnt had a problem with in years. finally figured out for me to ignore the pull the skin away and rub.
truthfully if i was gonna do the skin pull away thing i would only do it from the neck end up about half way.
before i got this nifty meat pump for christmas (and yes i have been injecting everything just to watch it blow way up) i just went in from the back side so to speak.
peg would hold its rump open and i would dump my seasonings in that way and then rub. worked great for me. no skin splits or pull away and 2 weekends ago we used the same idea in her sm150 so it doesnt matter if you use a pellet muncher an sm or a weber bullet it has worked for us.
hope this helps and merry christmas

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