ATBBQ Apple Cider Brined Turkey Kit

This kit blends two traditions, apple cider Thanksgiving flavor and real backyard barbecue — into one turkey. A cider-and-chipotle brine gives it sweetness with a smoky kick, Plowboys BBQ Yardbird rub builds the bark, and Firebug BBQ sauce becomes the base for a tart pomegranate dipping sauce on the side.

You get two 16 oz. bottles of Sweetwater Spice Smoked Apple Spice Brine Concentrate, a 14 oz. bottle of Plowboys BBQ Yardbird Rub, and a 14 oz. bottle of Firebug Grilling Sauce Mild BBQ Sauce. Brine the turkey (ideally spatchcocked) in a gallon of apple cider plus both bottles of concentrate for 1 hour per pound, season under and over the skin with Yardbird rub, and smoke at 275-300°F until the thickest part of the breast reaches at least 165°F, the USDA's minimum safe temperature for poultry, and the thighs read 170°F or higher. Reduce the Firebug sauce with pomegranate juice for a tart barbecue dip to serve alongside.

Get the recipe: Cider Brined Smoked Turkey recipe. 

Includes

• 2 x Sweetwater Spice Smoked Apple Spice brine concentrate, 16oz each

  • Ingredients: apple juice (from water & apple concentrate), kosher salt, tamarind paste, brown sugar, ancho chili, chipotle chili, onion, smoked paprika, black pepper, garlic, cinnamon, cumin, celery seed.

• 1 x Plowboys BBQ Yardbird Rub, 14oz

  • Ingredients: Salt, sugar, spices including chili pepper, paprika, dehydrated garlic and onion, celery powder, mustard flour, disodium inosinate and guanylate, not more than 2% calcium stearate added to prevent caking

    MSG free, Gluten free

• 1 x Firebug Grilling Sauce Mild BBQ Sauce, 14oz.

  
  
  • Ingredients: water, tomato paste, brown sugar, sugar, molasses, apple cider vinegar, distilled vinegar, yellow mustard (water, vinegar, mustard seed, salt, turmeric), honey, raspberries, blackberries, salt, dehydrated garlic and onion, spices (including chili peppers, paprika, ground mustard), natural smoke flavor, lemon juice concentrate, potassium sorbate and sodium benzoate (preservatives)
    Gluten-Free