I haven't been on the forum for a while so I figured I would post my most recent smoke.
For the third year now I smoked up some turkeys for a few guys at work and also for my family. Things have been so busy around here that I cut way back and didn't tell as many people this year. Normally I would do 6-8 birds but this year I only did 4. And I actually got really lazy and didn't brine their birds for them I just did my own and theirs never actually got brined. I smoked them at around 275 degrees until they reached 265-270 and pulled them. They will be reheated on Thanksgiving day and that way I don't have to mess with trying to cook the bird from scratch that day. Normally this time of year it's cold out and I can just leave the birds in my garage and they actually freeze but yesterday it was 50 degrees so I had to get them to a safe place. My bird went in the freezer as that's the only place I could find room.
My bird getting ready to sit in the brine over night.
Bag of ice going on the top to hold the bird under the brine and also keep things cold. It was around 35 degrees out Saturday night so I just put the bucket outside on my patio as the fridge in our new house won't hold a 5 gallon bucket. I need to get a used fridge in my garage for my smoking projects.
Here is a shot of the 4 birds hanging in the smoker at about the 4 hour mark.
A close up shot of my bird before I foiled it up.
All 4 of the birds getting foiled up for transport.
The real bummer was that my buddy that usually helps me out was diagnosed with cancer back in April and he was really looking forward to coming and helping me out again this year but he felt really sick on Sunday and wasn't able to come and help me. He sounded really bummed out about it. His wife came and picked up the bird last night and she said that he was really upset that he wasn't able to make it. Hopefully he can help me out next year. Or I might have to get him over to my house when we make sausage coming up. Thanks for looking and have a great Turkey Day everyone!
For the third year now I smoked up some turkeys for a few guys at work and also for my family. Things have been so busy around here that I cut way back and didn't tell as many people this year. Normally I would do 6-8 birds but this year I only did 4. And I actually got really lazy and didn't brine their birds for them I just did my own and theirs never actually got brined. I smoked them at around 275 degrees until they reached 265-270 and pulled them. They will be reheated on Thanksgiving day and that way I don't have to mess with trying to cook the bird from scratch that day. Normally this time of year it's cold out and I can just leave the birds in my garage and they actually freeze but yesterday it was 50 degrees so I had to get them to a safe place. My bird went in the freezer as that's the only place I could find room.
My bird getting ready to sit in the brine over night.
Bag of ice going on the top to hold the bird under the brine and also keep things cold. It was around 35 degrees out Saturday night so I just put the bucket outside on my patio as the fridge in our new house won't hold a 5 gallon bucket. I need to get a used fridge in my garage for my smoking projects.
Here is a shot of the 4 birds hanging in the smoker at about the 4 hour mark.
A close up shot of my bird before I foiled it up.
All 4 of the birds getting foiled up for transport.
The real bummer was that my buddy that usually helps me out was diagnosed with cancer back in April and he was really looking forward to coming and helping me out again this year but he felt really sick on Sunday and wasn't able to come and help me. He sounded really bummed out about it. His wife came and picked up the bird last night and she said that he was really upset that he wasn't able to make it. Hopefully he can help me out next year. Or I might have to get him over to my house when we make sausage coming up. Thanks for looking and have a great Turkey Day everyone!
