I like the meat dept at our local BJ's wholesale club. They are always messing up tags and marking stuff down. So I give the meat section a good going over whenever we go there. This time we find they can't tell the difference between whole turkey and turkey breast :). The turkeys were tagged breast and the breasts were tagged turkeys :). So bought me a bunch of fresh Purdue whole trimmed (no wings attached) turkey breasts for $1.19 lb.


Here's a few of the breasts getting ready for the smoker. Trying to stay away from salt, so no brining. Just little evoo rub, some garlic and basil.

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Here they are after 2hrs in some cherry smoke @ 290°. The smaller one in the back is ready to come out, pulling these at 165°. The other two finished up 20 minutes later.

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All together and resting.

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Some sliced and plated pics. Along with some asparagus and grilled red potatoes. Pulling them early enough still keeps them pretty moist without the brining. We liked them. :banana_smiley:.

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Plenty of leftover turkey, sandwich meat for my lunches :bounce: .

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Thanks for looking!

Purty lookin' turkey there... nice of the store to take care of ya like that too ;{)

Oh man, that is some good looking turkey...Nice

fine,fine,real fine!!! outstanding looking breasts!!! and great plate as well, asparagus-love that stuff too!!!poi-nts

Nice looking bird ya got there Dave. Congrats on the score...

Sure does look juicy, wish I had meat store like that.

Great looking turkey. Thanks for the pics.

Nice :drooling: Its hard to beat a smoked turkey, unless its smoked chicken, or pork or beef or fish. Everything is great out of a smoker. :banana_smiley:

Just really nice!

Juicy lookin birds. And that cherry really adds a nice color.

MMMmmmm , That looks great !!! Taters look great too !! Nice job :banana_smiley:

Great looking breasts. Nice and juicy with a pink smoke ring!

nice lookin breasts you got there....turkey breasts that is....love smoked turkey it is so good...and yea the cherry put a nice color on them...poi-nts

Looks great man. Nice color!

Beautiful color on those turkeys!! :thumb::thumb:

Thanks everyone! We sure do like smoked turkey :). Got 4 more of the turkey breast in the freezer :banana_smiley:.

The red potatoes are real easy. Microwave them whole until tender, slice in half, brush both sides with evoo, sprinkle with seasoning and toss on a hot grill until they brown. Only takes a few minutes on the grill. :thumb:

WOW!.... Nice and Juicy, Great Work!

Wow, how did I miss this one. Nice looking turkey Dave. You got that spot on and just love the color bud. All the best...:thumb: