I have been asked to smoke 2 turkeys next week for a good friend of mine. My plan is to cure them first using Pop’s wet cure method. They were supposed to be 10-12lbs, but he showed up with 2 turkeys that both right at 20 lbs each.
Oh! He did throw a 3[sup]rd[/sup] one in for my troubles, so I’m not doing this for nothing……
Here is my plan, I was going to cure them for 3 days, then smoke them at 200-250 for 8 hours. He wants 1 ready for Wednesday and the 2[sup]nd[/sup] one ready for Friday. So I was going to smoke the first one Tuesday then let him finish it in the oven Wednesday, bring it up to temperature. Then start curing the second one Monday to smoke Thursday doing it the same way…..The reasoning is because I can only handle one at a time ……I’m thinking of smoking them with Pecan wood and he’s asked me to throw in some pieces of Sugar Cane to add a sweet flavor (He does this all of the time and likes the taste)…..Any thoughts???? Thanks ShoneyBoy.......
Oh! He did throw a 3[sup]rd[/sup] one in for my troubles, so I’m not doing this for nothing……
Here is my plan, I was going to cure them for 3 days, then smoke them at 200-250 for 8 hours. He wants 1 ready for Wednesday and the 2[sup]nd[/sup] one ready for Friday. So I was going to smoke the first one Tuesday then let him finish it in the oven Wednesday, bring it up to temperature. Then start curing the second one Monday to smoke Thursday doing it the same way…..The reasoning is because I can only handle one at a time ……I’m thinking of smoking them with Pecan wood and he’s asked me to throw in some pieces of Sugar Cane to add a sweet flavor (He does this all of the time and likes the taste)…..Any thoughts???? Thanks ShoneyBoy.......
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