1st ever turkey smoke

daddycreswell

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• Nov 21, 2012

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Well I got my #12 bird out of brine, butter packed under skin and in my smoker. I have gotten the temp up to 275 and hold. Now just have to get through the danger zone.

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timberjet

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• Nov 21, 2012

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pictures!

 

sigmo

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• Nov 21, 2012

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I'm going to try one, too. It's in the brine, but will come out in an hour or so, then will sit in the fridge to dry.

I was planning on starting it in the smoker Thursday morning to be served at around 3pm.

I see a lot of folks smoking them well ahead of time, though, then refrigerating them.

Is the idea that they'll be served cold on Thursday, or that they will be reheated for service?

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daddycreswell

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• Nov 21, 2012

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I am going to put back into oven in the morning to reheat. I'm a little worried right now it's been in 2 hrs and I cant get my heat right. I am going to check the breast in an hr to see what it reads. Iys getting some colore but I stll see alot of white between the legs and the body. I hope I dont screw this up. Any suggestions? Forgot to take a picture before I started, next time I put wood in I snap one.

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sigmo

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What temperature are you getting in the smoker? To me, the important point would be to make sure you heat the turkey fast enough that it doesn't linger in the danger zone for bacterial growth any longer than necessary.

I've read a bunch of different posts quoting different smoker temps. So I'm curious about this myself.

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daddycreswell

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• Nov 21, 2012

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I finally got it up to 275, when I check IT around 4 hrs it was 145. I did make one mistake, I didn't take the giblets out before I smoked it, got the neck but totally forgot them. Here is a picture of the finished product.

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