I'm a Memphis girl, and barbecue is one of my favorite foods. Where I come from, pork is king, and we don't "do" beef barbecue. That just goes against what Memphis barbecue stands for. (No offense, Texas friends.)

While I've never made my own barbecue before because it was readily available for me to pick up when we lived in Tennessee, I'm getting close to the point of needing to give it a shot. But despite the fact that I've never made my own, I have a mini barbecue spice and sauce arsenal at our home. My husband can attest to the fact that we have a variety of different barbecue sauces – all from Memphis barbecue joints, mind you – and a variety of different Memphis-style barbecue rubs. The one thing they have in common? They are all delicious and remind me of home.

So, with this in mind and experiencing a mini-barbecue craving, I whipped up this recipe. Although this breaks the whole Memphis 'pork is king' mindset, the turkey held up well to the taste and satisfied my barbecue craving.

(No, I don't have preparation shots because, let's be honest, who wants to see lots of raw meat? Not this girl.)

You start off with a pound of lean ground turkey in a clean glass bowl. Throw in bread crumbs, finely minced onion, barbecue sauce and spices. Mix these together with your hands (or with a spoon, I suppose) until all the ingredients are incorporated into the meat.

Form the meat into four burgers, and cook these on the grill until they are cooked completely through.

Serve on a bun with fresh spinach and honey mustard sauce. I know, it sounds so strange, but it is SO DELICIOUS. Trust, friends.