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Christmas dinner takes over the kitchen for most of the day, and the turkey is the part that causes the pressure. Smoke BBQ has taken that job on. Our smoked Christmas turkey Belfast families can pre order is brined, rubbed and smoked in our Carryduff smokehouse, then blast chilled and frozen so all that is left at home is a straightforward reheat. Minimum weight is 2.5kg, which feeds approximately six to eight people.
Order Your TurkeyTurkey has a reputation for coming out dry because the breast is lean and loses moisture fast in a hot oven. A long brine deals with that before cooking begins. Ours sits in brine for a full 48 hours, seasoning the meat the whole way through rather than just the surface, then takes a coat of the house rub we use across our barbecue menu.
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The turkey is cooked the same way as our brisket and pulled pork, low and slow over smoke. That gives you something a domestic oven cannot produce, a gentle smokiness running right through the bird and meat that stays juicy instead of tightening up. Once it comes off, the turkey is blast chilled and frozen ready for Christmas, so you can collect well ahead of the day without losing fridge space.
Order Your TurkeyEvery turkey is supplied with our own reheating instructions. There is no carving clock to watch, no testing whether the juices run clear, and no bird sitting in the oven for hours while the roast potatoes wait their turn. Allow time to defrost fully before reheating and plan that into Christmas Eve. The oven is then free for the sides, which is where most of the real work sits anyway.
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Collection is from Smoke BBQ, 1 Mealough Road, Carryduff, Belfast, BT8 8GB, roughly 15 minutes from Belfast city centre on the A24 Saintfield Road with parking on site. We are an easy run for customers in Carryduff, Newtownbreda, Cairnshill, Belvoir, Castlereagh, Dundonald, Saintfield, Ballynahinch and Lisburn, and worth the short drive from across greater Belfast and County Down. Bring a cool bag if you have a longer journey home.