I've been in charge of Thanksgiving for going on 30 years. I still do turkey in a Reynolds plastic turkey bags. I tried to smoke a breast once (turkey) and didn't care for it. Thanksgiving is my one big dinner a year and i never want to F it up.
Forgot to add your quote into my last post aboveYep 2 hours on the smoker then into a bag to finish, it works well. maybe doing 2 this year and may opt to do 1 full on in smoker, easy to do with a pellet smoker. If I do 2 I will only bag the baked bird
Thanks for the info!!I run it about 170-180 and I will add a tube for more smoke, I am not really trying to cook it just add some smoke flavor that wont over power the seasonings . I use the liquid from the finished turkey to add into the gravy. Thats another great thing about using a bag. birds tend to take smoke easier than beef and pork on the pellet smoker maybe because of the fatty skin. I'm a hickory type person but any flavor that you like works great, have used apple before with great results