"JD" > wrote in message
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> "frohe" > wrote in message
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> > Davis wrote:
> >> I've been basting with margarine with each new addition of coals
> >> (about every 1.5 hours) while smoking a 12 pound turkey, but the skin
> >> is still coming out very dark and leathery. Any suggestions? Thanks
> >> in advance for your input.
> >
> > Best thing to do with smoked turkey skin is feed it to the dogs. It
> > don't crisp up like chicken does when you boost the cook temp at the
> > end of the cookin time.
>
> I've been pondering this very question. I've seen how you can brown a
> merigue with a small kitchen torch. I'm sorely tempted to take the leaf
> burner that I fire up the pit with and turn it on the smoked chickens and
> turkeys to see if it doesn't crisp things up a bit.
>
> JD
>
>
I did that years ago with a heat gun with modest success. It raises
blisters on the skin and crisps it somewhat, but it doesn't brown much at
all.
Jack Curry