Recent content by derek roorda

breast up works better, there's no real benefit to breast down (trickle down effect of greases is why people do it, but the chemistry/physics behind that doesn't support it)

How long would u suggest going at 325? I'm assuming about 3 hours for the IT to hit 165?

How long should I have the bird on at 325?

Need some help with thanksgiving for my 12lb bird that needs to be done by 12-1pm.  (bird has already been brining for 24 hours by that point) My current plan is to get up at 6, fire up the smoker and get it to 200 and put the bird in at 7am for 1 hour.  The next hour i'd bump it to 250 for an...

So I'm conflicted for tomorrow. My current plan is to get up at 6, get the bird on the smoker by 7 @ 200 for an hour, raise it to 250 for an hour, then finish at 325 to crisp up the skin. Reason being is mostly that my green mountain pellet grill doesn't smoke the greatest over 300 degrees...

I think I'm going to start it at 8am @150 for an hour to get a good smoke, then 225 for an hour, then finish at 325. Should put me right around 12-1ish and well within the 4hr danger zone. Going to run a timer when I hit 40 degrees to make sure I don't risk it.

Makes complete sense. Thank you for the insight! I'm in iowa, not sure what the temp is going to be

Your pellet grill can stay below 40, or are you using another way to smoke for that time period? About how long could I expect the bird to need to stay on at 325 for a 12.5 lb bird? Guessing 3 hrs?

My apologies, under 40°.

I don't believe my smoker will go under 30° and that puts it in the danger zone for too long. I feel like that would over smoke the turkey as well

For an oven crisp I've heard 325 for the duration of the smoke which would be about 3 hrs to a 160-165 IT. Plan right now is to do a 200 beginning smoke for an hour, bump to 250 for another hour, then finish at 325. Problem with pellet smokers is over 300 degrees you don't get a lot of smoke...

Any idea what time frame you're looking at for hrs? Trying to determine when to start my bird for a 12pm lunch

Good evening! I recently got a green mountain grill pellet smoker and have had some great success doing everything from ribs to whole chicken.  As my wife and I are hosting thanksgiving this year, I'm looking to do the turkey on it. I've got the bird already dry brining as we speak in the...