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Wood for turkey
Troyd, Thanks for the cooking diary and that is a good looking bird. Did you mention how much the turkey weighed? I agree about the meat thermometer. I slightly overcooked my first Thanksgiving turkey. I think my old meat thermometer was out of cal. -
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Pat, I know you asked about apple wood but I wanted to add a source for cherry wood. My wood flooring guy has lots of leftover cherry wood. He said you can use the rustic cherry for smoking but not brazillian cherry. My family loved it when I used it on a pork butt. Regards -
How much wood to smoke a turkey?
Thanks for the great pic. I posted a reply to ECT01 with a pic of my smoker. I think it may take a while to post a pic since I am new. Thanks for both replies. -
How much wood to smoke a turkey?
Thanks for the reply. I think you are correct about the bird being on for too long and the smoke too heavy. I need to check the smoker thermometer and my meat thermometer. I kept the smoker at 240 to 260 degrees. The smoke was a bit blue in color. I will get a digital meat thermometer. I... -
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How much wood to smoke a turkey?
Yesterday (Thanksgiving), I smoked my first turkey. I used hickory and cherry wood on top of the coals. The 12 lb. bird was on the smoker for 8 hours. I kept hickory or cherry wood on the coals for most of those 8 hours. Although my family raved about the bird, I thought the smoke taste was...
