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    Thanksgiving Turkey QVIEW

    UPDATE Day 4, THURSDAY -- THANKSGIVING DAY: New modified proflie. I didn't want to start it off at 225 degrees because my smoker will throw out some serious heat and I didn't want to bring it up so quickly. Not sure it matters, but I'm having fun, maybe too much: I hope the skin is dry...
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    Thanksgiving Turkey QVIEW

    Oh! And I have an update! That's why I logged in tonight! UPDATE Day 3: WEDNESDAY: I pulled the turkey from the brine, rinsed them thoroughly and put them on racks over cookie sheets in the fridge. See how the tops of the drumsticks are red? They were above the brine. I think it's...
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    Thanksgiving Turkey QVIEW

    Thanks Motown and Woodsplitter. I'm okay smoking it at a higher temp, I guess I'm trying too hard to get that smoke flavor. I've done 6 birds that way, and haven't had any "bathroom" problems; but they were all smaller, and I have too much stomach acid. As for the bucket, it's from home depot...
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    Hampshire pork belly bacon w/qview

    I haven't smoked bacon yet. I WANT TO. What temperature do you smoke it? You slice it after smoking, right? How? Your cuts appear to be consistant and thin. That'd be hard with a butcher knife.
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    smoking a 20lb turkey this thanksgiving

    Sorry Brandon, I meant for Bubba96 to research Spatchcocking. I must have lost track of who was posting and who was the originator of the thread. He said it's his first turkey. If my first turkey had been a 20LB bird, I'd have done ALOT wrong. Spatchcocking will dramatically increase his...
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    Egg Nogg brine

    Read this article on brine. It was very enlightening for me: The Food Lab: Truth about brining turkey. I love the idea of a nogg brine! Please take pictures of the whole process including the end result and sliced meat. Also please post a description of the texture and flavor of the meat in the...
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    Ok turkey breast roast and drums - need help

    Won't it be too salty if it already has been brined pre-retail? I've heard this over and over again. Is it not true? 
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    smoking a 20lb turkey this thanksgiving

    Look up Spatchcocking. Cut the backbone out and break the breastplate to flatten it out and now you have two 10lb turkeys! It looks neater than two 10 pounders too! See my first spatchcock here: (only light was flash from phone camera, sorry)
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    Thanksgiving Turkey QVIEW

    UPDATE DAY 2: TUESDAY: I swapped the meat around in the bucket after mixing the brine. Interestingly there was a distinct line on the skin along the waterline. The skin in the brine was bright white while the skin and meat above it was more pink. Makes sense since it was essentially air-dried...
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    Thanksgiving Turkey QVIEW

    I have read all over the place that while the FDA recommends 165 for safety purposes, 150 provides a juicier meat and due the nature of proper smoking it should still be safe. This was my most convincing data: I also have noticed that since I finish out my turkey smoking at a high temperature...
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    Thanksgiving Turkey QVIEW

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    Thanksgiving Turkey QVIEW

    My family asked me to smoke a turkey for Thanksgiving this year. There will be around 50 of us at dinner and mine will be one of two birds. There will likely also be ham. My test run  didn't go as well as planned so I'm back to what has worked well before integrating a few new tricks I learned...
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