Ingredients
- 2 ducks
- 1 turkey
- 2 gallons apple juice
- 2 gallons cranberry-grape juice
- 3 cups sugar
- 2 cups salt
- 3/4 cup cayenne pepper
- 3/4 cup black pepper
- 3/4 cup Tony Chachere's spice
- 3/4 cup sage
- 3/4 cup rosemary
- 1 16 oz. jar Louisiana Fish Fry Cajun Butter Marinade with Injector
- 1 ice chest
- 20 pounds of ice
- A smoker with charcoal and wood chunks (I use hickory, cherry, and pecan).
Directions
- Thaw the birds if necessary. Wash them.
- Pour the juice in the ice chest.
- Mix the sugar, salt, and spices in with the juice.
- Put the birds into the water..
- Put the ice in the ice chest. Make sure the birds are submerged.
- Marinate for 24 hours.
- Soak the wood chips in water during the same 24 hours.
- Prepare the smoker and light the charcoal.
- Remove the birds from the ice chest. Leave some of the juice in the cavities.
- Inject the turkey with Louisiana Marinade (follow the directions on the jar).
- Pour some of the juice into water pan.
- Put the birds in the smoker.
- Smoke for six hours.
- Preheat the oven to 250°.
- Place the birds in cooking bags and put them in the oven.
- Cook the ducks for an hour or two. Cook the turkey for around 4 hours (Mine weighed 24 pounds.).
- Remove them from the oven and let them sit 20 minutes.
- Carve and serve.
Prepared by Bruce R. Magee
December 20, 2014