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just down Highway 71 is the LaGrange Smokehouse which does a dandy job with its smoked turkeys as well as a whole range of smoked meats. They charge $3.35 lb. for 8-10 lb. smoked turkeys, and if you don't feel like making a trip to LaGrange, they will ship the turkeys right to your door. (Although you could talk yourself into the trip if you consider that you could also visit Weikel's Store and Bakery for kolaches.) http://www.lagrangesmokehouse.com/pro...
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Nab
Nov 21, 2008 08:22 AM
Where do I find those big, juicy turkey legs one gets at the state/county fairs ? I'd like to incorporate those into my daily life a little more -- walk around town with a leg-in-hand, chipping away at it all day long. It would be like another appendage. I want to say I've seen them at Central Market and other grocery stores with the rotisserie birds, but can't remember. If they are there, are they smoked and are they any good ?
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I have a warning for you as well. Don't get the turkey at Ruby's. It didn't have any smoky flavor at all. Tasted like dry Thanksgiving turkey. It's too bad, too, because I liked the place & the people were friendly.
I've ordered smokey turkey at Po-Ke-Jo's, Rudy's, Bone Daddy's, County Line and Hill's. All of those were pretty good, tender, and not dry. Po-Ke-Jo's can have some off days, and there's not a lot to rave about aside from the turkey. Hill's used to be better, but have fallen off their game recently. County Line is probably most consistent. I'm not sure any would qualify as "best" in town, but I've enjoyed them all. Maybe I haven't had the "best" yet.
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Try Greenberg's Smoked Turkey in Tyler Texas. NPR did a piece on them a few years back that you can probably find on google.
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re: caputoOO
I assumed that the OP was looking for a restaurant that serves smoked turkey because of the Iron Works mention. If you are looking for a whole smoked turkey, however, I wholeheartedly disagree with the Greenberg's recommendation. I bought one last year for Christmas, and it was my first and last Greenberg turkey. It gets rave reviews in some quarters, but I found it to have an overpowering kerosene flavor. The in-laws were trying to be polite by claiming that it was not bad, but everyone eventually 'fessed up--not a single person in a house of 9 people would want it again.
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re: angusb
It is very heavily smoked to the extent that the skin is inedible to many. To some people this level of smoke is overpowering. I like this level of smoke in condiment quantities of meat and so like it. If you eat a lot of meat it is probably cloying . I am not a big turkey fan and anything that relieves the sheer blandness of the meat is good.
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re: angusb
Creosote. It means they were improperly smoked (or maybe people think they like them that way and did it on purpose).
Hoovers is advertising smoked and fried turkeys, but thery're not cheap ($55 14-16lbs, I think).
And believe it or not, those smoked turkeys at HEB for $1.99/lb are very good when reheated properly.
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Believe it or not, I enjoy the turkey at Poke-e-joe's. Tuesday it is the special with two sides and texas toast for around $6.99.
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re: LakeLBJ
I'll second Pok-e-jos! I usually get the family pack which is 1 & 1/2 lbs. of meat and 3 sides plus almost 1/2 loaf of bread for about $24. I almost always get these sides: baked potato casserole, green bean casserole, & jalapeno cornbread dressing. On weekends you get a 1/2 lb. of their great sausage for another $4 or so. My plan for Thanksgiving but reserve one early. And load up on sliced jalapenos for nachos!
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