Man I am so glad you are back on KZfaq. There has been a massive Franklin sized hole for a long time. You were the massive influence that got me into smoking in the 1st place. Absolute legend & the video is awesome !!

Who wants Smoked Turkey? The turkey I cooked in the video is roughly a 12 pound bird. 🤤🦃 Hit that 🔔to get all notifications on new videos.

First upload in fives years. Absolutely epic.

I think this is the documented version for note takers. Franklin's BBQ Turkey 1/ Season with Kosher Salt breast side and bottom and under wings 2/ Put on Pit Breast-side up near smoke stack with Legs pointing toward firebox @ 225F for 1.5 hours + spritz with ACV and rotate the Turkey 1/3 3/ Check Breast Temp @ 133-135, pull off Pit and Wrap with 2lb of room-temp Butter + Foil tightly double wrapped Breast-side down + 2x Temp Probes for Breast and Leg and put into a foil pan 4/ Back on PIT and let it rock for @ 285-300F for 1.5 hours (Thighs 175F, Breast 151-159F). Capture the melted butter into a small saucer pan to spoon over Turkey on the main plate. 5/ Let it REST for a bit. Optional: Put it back in oven LOW 350F, get the remaining butter from pan hot and pour over it before carving and serving.

It feels sooooo good to se a Franklin video again, it makes me remember why I started smoking meats.

More hyped on this than the next Marvel movie!

After watching every single video back to back and changing my life forever about 8 years ago, I never thought I'd get another one. I know what I'm thankful for this year!

Definitely have missed your videos, Aaron. Nice break from rewatching your MasterClass repeatedly. Happy Holidays!

You want to know how good Aaron Franklin is. He has over half a million subscribers and his last video was posted over 5yrs ago. This man tough me how to BBQ. Definitely going down as a Legend in the BBQ world in my opinion.

Franklin makes me think that he could be Johnny Knoxville's older brother with the way he looks and his goofy sense of humor. I love it. Good job, my man.

Always excited to see an Aaron Franklin video, informative and funny. This guy is the reason i got into BBQ 10 years ago. Got to visit Franklin BBQ in September of 2018 and had the best brisket in my life, but that’s not really surprising now is it. Props to the King of modern BBQ. 🙌🏼

The triumphant return!!! 🎉🎉🎉 Man you are a huge influence on all of us home bbq’ers. Keep it up

I love that you keep it simple yet show all the details to get it right. Visiting your restaurant is definitely a bucket list item for our family.

Awesome video so glad to see you put something out after like 9 years! You’ve been a massive inspiration to me in the UK and guess what! I’m in the process of opening my own smokehouse! Keep the videos coming please! 😊

The man the myth the legend

Love the tip about not using oil or butter while it smokes. Never knew that.

The artist at work, no one even comes close to his absolute mastery of the offset cooker. Look at the results, to perfection. He is, and will remain the man. Great vid. Thanks

This made me happy to see Aaron back showing us how it's done 😊

The man, the myth, the legend!

Missed these videos Aaron! Hope we can continue to be blessed with your smoking wisdom

Your recipe came out awesome, wrapping it was so key, it’s what kept the turkey from over cooking, thanks man!!

Aaron is back! This channel was my guide when I got into smoking! Literally just watched the previous Thanksgiving videos to plan for mine.

Back in the late 1960s almost all of the guys had sideburns like yours!! Thanks for the informational video, I have a turkey ready to go to my offset smoker!

Most people won't understand or appreciate what this king has done for cooking and food culture in this country. He helped level up basically an entire generation of aspiring bbq enthusiasts, professionals and philosophers. Wise folks will understand.

Glad to see you’re back on KZfaq! I really appreciate all the videos you’ve made. Thanks for the lessons.

Great Video, cant wait to try this out! Your Brisket Videos were on point, my family loves how they came out! Thank you for sharing with us

Glad that you're back. I started to do some short ribs and brisket just watching your videos here in Brazil, but it's been 6 years without any videos since then. Hope that you keep posting more and more now.

“Oooooooh! Sorry about that.” Cracked me up! Thanks for the awesome video.

So nice to see a video of yours again. I hope there are many more to come.

I watch Franklins PBS thanksgiving ever year. Now I’ll be watching this ever year too!

Thank you for this!! I had already planned on using your other video but saw this one pop up. So glad for the new recipe.

At 1st glance I thought this was one of his old videos. After realizing it was a new video it made my holidays. Thanks and welcome back Aaron. Have a great Thanksgiving man.

Happy to see Aaron showing us some recipes again. Amazing.

Thank you the respect I have for him and the technique I love it my Thanksgiving gone be jumping!!!

Welcome back! Glad to see an OG still hanging with it.

Watching Aaron Cook just makes me happy.

That's a nice custom grill! And always such a great lesson in meat mastery

Followed this recipe today and the family loved it. Thanks!

Dang, everybody beat me to it. Glad your back. Thank you for all the help and showing the how to. Try to say hi ever now and then. We miss you

Aaron!

Made this turkey last year and it was a showstopper! Making it again this year. Thanks Aaron!

This video makes me feel confident even I could pull it off! Thanks for the lesson.

Just cooked and ate this. It was a thing of beauty. Thank you for making this video.

I tried this method this year for Thanksgiving and it worked like a charm. It was the best Turkey I'd ever smoked on the Pit, juicy, nice but not over powering smoke flavor. Outstanding method. Thanks so very much!

Always appreciate new content. Thank you.

You are a Legend, but you know that. Happy to see a fresh video right on time for the T-day. Your instructional videos have been what got me into smoking 3-4 years ago.

You have been missed Franklin ! Glad to see you back . Great video by the way .

Aaron’s back!!! Great video and so happy you’re back to sharing with us. Happy TG!🍗

Hey Aaron, just moved from Canada to Austin and we're neighbours. Walked by lines for weeks not but last Tuesday it was 10am and like 9 people in line. Was on my way for street tacos and thought the opportunity was to good to pass up. Had a bit of everything. Gotta say that turkey was delicious! That brisket however made me want to commit felonies to get more. Will be bringing my mom by in February when she visits. Looking forward to it.

OUTSTANDING ❗️ ❗️ THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND EFFORT !!! THIS IS JUST GREAT VIDEO TO WATCH AND LEARN. THANK YOU SIR. !!!

Welcome back my dude! It’s been way too long. I appreciate you taking the time out your hectic schedule to get all of us some long awaited videos. Already looking forward to the next one.

Been using your PBS videos for the last 3 years for my Thanksgiving turkeys. Thank you! I still need to visit the restaurant one day :)

Super happy to see a new video from you. You are such an inspiration. I laugh at the corky humor you put in. Keep it up.

MORE PLEASE, these videos are so well done.

Awesome! More videos please! Can’t get enough.

Glad to see you back! Thanks for the video.

This video just makes me what to trade my old country for a franklin pit.

First time I see this guy. Good for you! A good example of perhaps being in the right place at the right time!

YEAH! He is back, and I even learned something new about oil based products on the skin!

Looks so....mauvelus! I love smoking turkeys. The carcass makes excellent stock for bean soup on those cold days.

glad you are back, cant't wait for more fantastic videos

I'm glad you're back on youtube. Hope you keep making videos. I've been using the video that you made for Thanksgiving for years now. Happy turkey day!

The fam loved this. We used to inject the cajun blend before cooking the bird. I added lowreys and did just like you showed. The fam said no more injections. Doing it this way for Xmas and from now on. Thanks a million!

Your KZfaq videos just hit different! Missed them. Thnx for this video hope more to come.

Imagine my delighted yet shocked response when I got a notification that BBQ with Franklin had posted a new video after 6 years 😂

My son and I got to meet Aaron in Houston while visiting. Guy is a class act! Great job!

Man glad to see you back Aaron! Keep ‘em coming!

i love the summary at the end. Thanks.

I missed you Aaron, please stay. KZfaq isn’t the same without you. 😂

Welcome back! Also love the presentation of your videos. Kudos to the behind the camera folks.

Well thats interesting , i just had a seminar and on my way back home on the train i was reading your book a manifest on smoking meat and now I'm watching your new video, great book by the way, really detailed and gave me a lot to think about my own barbecuing

Thumbs up even before watching Welcome back big hoss and thanks for comin back!🥳👍🏼

Welcome back, we need you with some fresh bbq wisdom after all those years. Hope it’s not just a one off 🎉

Thank you for sharing ! Have a wonderful Thanksgiving.

Glad your back to do some cooking on the pit.👍👍👍

Hey Franklin, glad to see you're making videos again. Took you long enough lol.. looking forward to see more of your videos.

Was out in Austin over the summer and in so glad I went to Franklin's. It was the main reason I bought a smoker. Just made my first brisket last week and it was no where as good as Franklin's but it was really good none the less. Can't wait to try this t turkey

I’m in absolute love with your pits, man. 🥰🥰🥰🥰🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻

Happy Thanksgiving 🦃 Glad to see new content. Cheers! 🥂

wow fantastic surprise! great to see you back!

Holy smokes!!!! So stoked to see new content.

Glad to see new videos posting 👍thank you.

Mr. Franklin, I happen to be smoking a big bird for Thanksgiving, I already have my game plan but when I saw this video as I was scrolling I knew I had to watch you sir, knowing that I may change my said “game plan”. Glad you gave us just the basics leaving us room to adjust.

Aaron the King is back! Love the commentary on all your techniques. Hope to see frequent posts in the future!

Planning on doing the same . Thanks for the confidence booster.

So yes, as much as the brisket obviously blew us all away, the turkey we had at his place was incredible, and I'm so glad to see how it's done. (They really do dip it in the melted butter right before serving, and it really is glorious).

That is one good looking Bird AF! Your awesome and well appreciated Pit Master for sure!

Great video. Love the Mauviel sauce pan. Huge balls putting it in the firebox

I'm so glad your back! keep making videos!

That was very informative. Thank you Aaron

Great video and glad to see you again on KZfaq, Aaron!

Great video - this will be my first Thanksgiving with my Franklin Pit (#347). So excited to get cooking this week.

The people need more Franklin BBQ videos!

Canadian who just started smoking. Been a lot of fun. Can wait to do your brisket techniques .

I made this today. Very simple but it was a hit. Thanks man

Someone needs to award this man the Presidential Medal of Freedom

Complete transparency. Coming to you joint for lunch is #3 in my bucket list 😅

I have missed your videos. So have my family members who try my meats after I watch your videos.

So good...looking forward to visiting next year .

At 11:12, I remember seeing that dog in a Turkey video you made around 9 years ago! Good to see it’s still around!