Smoking a pair of turkeys for Christmas Dinner

[pineywoods]

Looks like it's going to be a feast

 

[MileHighSmokerGirl]

Crank the temp up as high as you can.. JIC.. (just in case) ... gonna be an awesome dinner ...

stupid smoker wont go above 230°. Got all 3 bottom vents and the top vent open. Wtf?

 

[MileHighSmokerGirl]

Ok, so apparently two 16 lb turkeys cut in half (one bird on each rack) on an 18.5” wsm is too much meat and cut off airflow inside the smoker keeping put temps down. As soon as I took the birds off and put them in the oven to finish at 350°, the temp on the smoker shot up to 300°. Lesson learned. Save that tidbit for next time.

 

[pineywoods]

You can get some smoke in them then go to the oven if you have to

 

[JckDanls 07]

too much meat and cut off airflow

Exactly... I did the same thing with my big stick burner... 10 slabs of untrimmed spares... 5 slabs of baby backs.. and 3 boston butts... it was stuffed ... smoker couldn't breath ...

 

[MileHighSmokerGirl]

Oven salvaged the turkey and dinner was fantastic!!! We’re playing pool and darts downstairs now.

 

[Brokenhandle]

Looks like you had a heck of a feast! And a good time!

Ryan

 

[912smoker]

You made it happen and looks like everyone enjoyed themselves !
Great job

 

[pineywoods]

Looks like a great feast nice job