In-laws 21 pound turkey is done

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Great looking bird.  Sorry to hear about the hand.   Did ya write up the incident report on that yet?  

I just smoked my first turkey this afternoon.   I'm still a noob with smoking meats, but I aspire to do get good at this before I die :)

I suppose I could take the easy way out and buy one of these automated pellet feeders, but for now the craigslist special WSM will have to do.  

well, the timer just went off....its time to go slice the bird.  

 

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gary s said:

Hey, I burned the crap out of my finger on my smoker FB door, then burned the back of my finger and my wrist  on the oven.

So I can't say much

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I call them "BBQ tattoos"!

 

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bass said:

Great looking bird.  Sorry to hear about the hand.   Did ya write up the incident report on that yet?  

I just smoked my first turkey this afternoon.   I'm still a noob with smoking meats, but I aspire to do get good at this before I die :)

I suppose I could take the easy way out and buy one of these automated pellet feeders, but for now the craigslist special WSM will have to do.  

well, the timer just went off....its time to go slice the bird.  

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Time, patience, and practice... Also, keep notes! You won't remember everything.

This is the place to ask questions as well. None of us knew how to do it when we first started.

Share some bird pics too!

 

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Thanks,  I took some pics, will create a new post in the general forum so as not to sidetrack this.  

Just finished dinner, in short - it was good!  

 

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c farmer said:

That is a beautiful bird Cranky.

I gotta get a bigger electric smoker to hang big stuff

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Case said ya just need a bigger tamale pot!

 

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Foamheart said:

Case said ya just need a bigger tamale pot!

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Maybe 2 and stack them.

 

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CrankyBuzzard said:

Brined and cure this bird for 4 days, smoked it at 220 for 11.5 hours, had a HARD time trying not to sneak a bite when packing it up!

Not too many pics of the bird, but trust me, it smells GOOD! 

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Looks sweet, now where'd ya steal that bite from? I can't see it and we all know you did it!

 

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Looks sweet, now where'd ya steal that bite from? I can't see it and we all know you did it!

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I never showed the birds back...   

 

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BOY, AM I LATE TO THE PARTY......Great job on smoking that bird... Did you take any steps to keep the netting from sticking to the skin ??

 

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BOY, AM I LATE TO THE PARTY......Great job on smoking that bird... Did you take any steps to keep the netting from sticking to the skin ??

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Thanks Dave.

Thus far, I haven't had any issues with the netting sticking.  But, all of the birds are brined/cured and stay pretty moist on the exterior.  Now that I say that, the bird I make on Saturday will probably stick!  

 

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Yum! I don't even like traditional turkey but I sure would eat that looks really good.

 

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What a great looking bird, CB. Point.

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