First Turkey Smoke/Juice in Cavity ??

[ktot]

Good morning gents,

After stalking turkey threads for the past 7 days I was ready to give it a shot. I brined and prepped my turkey this week. (Along with some smoked jalapeno and cream cheese filled meatballs, but thats a different story)

I have had the bird on for a few hours now, and there is quite a bit of juices/and or moisture built up in the cavity. My concern is that this could potentially be contaminated and not heated properly to kill all bacteria, is this something I should be worried about? Does it need to be drained mid cook? (I have attached a picture below)

Any help would be much appreciated!

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• ktot
• Oct 2, 2016

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• ktot
• Oct 2, 2016

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• ktot
• Oct 2, 2016

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• ktot
• Oct 2, 2016

 

[dirtsailor2003]

Never had that issue. What temp are you running your smoker?

 

[ktot]

it ended up evaporating, but thank you! 

I was running late and ran it at 300 for the whole smoke

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• ktot
• Oct 2, 2016

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• ktot
• Oct 2, 2016

 

[SmokinAl]

No worries at 300 degrees that juice is totally safe.

Al