Pre-Thanksgiving Turkey

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mneeley490

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I have to work all week except Thursday, so I pre-smoked the turkey today. 

Started out with a 12 lb. Butterball, so I didn't bother brining, just a little compound butter inside and outside the skin. Then stuffed with a quartered onion and apple, and onto the Weber with sugar maple smoke at about 325°. This got done a lot quicker than I thought it would, about 2-1/2 hours. Believe me, I poked it all over with multiple temp probes just to be sure. I will wrap and take it over to the mother-in-law's on Thanksgiving.


While that was going, I put some cheddar into the MES30 with a mailbox mod, and that is smoking right now with some apple pellets. Finished pic to come.

 
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A beautiful bird !

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The Bird looks good! At 325°F the Turkey will take around 15 minutes a pound. 12Lbs = about 3 hours. You were pretty much right on schedule. 

Nice Cheese. I like cheese mildly smokey and Apple is a good choice. Mix in some Cherry for a darker color...JJ
 
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