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As others have said put the turkey in some cold water and change it often. It would still have time to be ready for the smoker and the Thanksgiving meal. I honestly can't see the Brown Sugar adding anything to the mix unless you are smoking at high temperature.
So I got a good one for you!
I just made a sammich with the Turkey I smoked the other night, these tomatoes and some Smoked Gouda cheese between 2 nice slices of toasted Sourdough bread! Talk about a foodgasm! Thanks Jimmy!
Bird was smoked at 225 until Internal temperature at the breast reached 167. Will use the thigh as my measurement next time as this resulted in a little pink remaining at the thigh joint.
Robert
Taste report:
In cutting in to the bird I found the thighs to be a little pink still at the joint. No problem, cut them off and put them in the oven for a few to cure that. I was told by someone that there is no smoke ring with an electric smoker. I can promise there was one on the breast meat...
She just came out and is now resting comfortably! Not before a few shots straight out of the smoker though.
Turkey at 4 hours in
Turkey all done!
I'll give the taste reviews in a couple of hours when the family gets home
So far it has been reliable as heck. The electronic temp sensor are off by between 10-20 degrees as others have said. I proved this when I bought a digital remote thermometer. Once I got that taken care of all has been well. Load up the bisquettes and check your water is all you need to do.
Alrighty folks this is going to be my first big smoke project. It was buy one get one free Turkey at the grocery store so I did. Got 2 14 pound birds to make sure they would fit. Using this as my test run for next week. Bird just went in the smoker after brining for 24 hours in the...
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