Chandra Ram led the digital food strategy for Food & Wine. She has more than 15 years of experience writing and editing food content and developing recipes. A former restaurant cook and server, she ...

Apple Cider Vinegar Brine For Turkey makes for a fantastic smoked turkey! This brine made for an excellent and moist smo ...

Let this be the year you “volunteer” to take the cooking outside. This smoked turkey recipe promises a perfectly burnished bird, encrusted with the smoky-sweet flavor of a BBQ-inspired brown sugar rub ...

I enjoy smoking wild turkey breast from time to time, although it’s not my go-to technique. The meat from a wild turkey is so lean and—especially if it’s an older tom—dense, it doesn’t lend itself to ...

This barbecued turkey is simple to prepare: brine in a mixture of cider vinegar, bourbon, maple syrup and herbs, then smoke over apple or hickory chips in the Weber outdoors. It takes 2 to 3 hours to ...

I eat turkey legs about as often as I eat corny dogs, and they both happen at my annual visit to the State Fair of Texas. Sure, I might take a nibble from the Thanksgiving turkey leg, but my ...

Pitmaster Rodney Scott's succulent smoked turkey owes its incredible flavor to his custom-blended dry rub and a generous amount of tangy-hot mop sauce. Vinegar-cayenne mop sauce adds heat and tang ...

Although evidence of slowly cooking meat in an earth oven over hot coal (aka smoking) can be traced back to central Europe about 30,000 years ago, imparting a smoky aroma on meat is credited to Native ...