So let's start with the good, Brined the turkey in Oakridge BBQ brine for 30 hours.
Brought the 22 to Pa to spin it, rubbed with SPOG and a weber rub I had up there.
I had some trouble getting good flame on the sides, it might have been the generic coals I used to start the fire so I ended up using the lid on and off.
Finally got a better fire going with the splits, cherry on the right and red oak on the left. Starting to look good.
I also fired up the electric with LJ cherry pellets for some belly burnt ends, used some Kosmos Q honey rub and finished with a Jack Daniels, butter, bbq sauce, Bee's Knees spicy honey mix.
No plated pics but here is the spread, most people said the smoked turkey was the best turkey they ever had.
That was the good, the next evening did not go so well for me. We went to the restaurant in the community where we have our house (been there many times). We order some drinks and decided to order some food. Being allergic to shellfish I preview the menu to make sure there was none on it. I also did my usual and approach the server with my " I am the problem child tonight" and was told they do not serve any fried shellfish. I took the rare opportunity and ordered fish and chips. I ate my dinner and was picking off my wife's plate (she ordered same).
I start feeling my whole mouth tingling, then my eyes started itching like I pet my cat and rubbed my eyes. I go into the bathroom to wash my eyes, hoping that would help. I get back to the table and my son says my eyes are puffy, then I feel it in the back of my throat and I knew it was an anaphylactic reaction coming on. I tell my wife to grab the EpiPen and call 911. Another family heard me (they have a daughter with the same condition) and they happened to have Benadryl on them. My wife shoots me up in the thigh and I take 2 Benadryl pills.
They are talking to me and trying to keep things calm, I am trying to talk and I can't even form a word, sounded like I was totally drunk. Throat is closing a bit, but luckily the shot and pills start reversing things. It is a good thing the wife brought the pen and someone had the pills. Being in East BumF___PA the ambulance took 40 minutes to get there and the nearest hospital was another 45 minutes away. Not sure I would have made it without those.
So something to be thankful for, and need to always be more prepared, more EpiPen's with Benadryl attached to them...oh and no more of any fried foods or fish from a restaurant. After speaking with management and the cooks the next day, the only conclusion we can come up with is the fish must have been pre- contaminated at the fish processing facility.
Brought the 22 to Pa to spin it, rubbed with SPOG and a weber rub I had up there.
I had some trouble getting good flame on the sides, it might have been the generic coals I used to start the fire so I ended up using the lid on and off.
Finally got a better fire going with the splits, cherry on the right and red oak on the left. Starting to look good.
I also fired up the electric with LJ cherry pellets for some belly burnt ends, used some Kosmos Q honey rub and finished with a Jack Daniels, butter, bbq sauce, Bee's Knees spicy honey mix.
No plated pics but here is the spread, most people said the smoked turkey was the best turkey they ever had.
That was the good, the next evening did not go so well for me. We went to the restaurant in the community where we have our house (been there many times). We order some drinks and decided to order some food. Being allergic to shellfish I preview the menu to make sure there was none on it. I also did my usual and approach the server with my " I am the problem child tonight" and was told they do not serve any fried shellfish. I took the rare opportunity and ordered fish and chips. I ate my dinner and was picking off my wife's plate (she ordered same).
I start feeling my whole mouth tingling, then my eyes started itching like I pet my cat and rubbed my eyes. I go into the bathroom to wash my eyes, hoping that would help. I get back to the table and my son says my eyes are puffy, then I feel it in the back of my throat and I knew it was an anaphylactic reaction coming on. I tell my wife to grab the EpiPen and call 911. Another family heard me (they have a daughter with the same condition) and they happened to have Benadryl on them. My wife shoots me up in the thigh and I take 2 Benadryl pills.
They are talking to me and trying to keep things calm, I am trying to talk and I can't even form a word, sounded like I was totally drunk. Throat is closing a bit, but luckily the shot and pills start reversing things. It is a good thing the wife brought the pen and someone had the pills. Being in East BumF___PA the ambulance took 40 minutes to get there and the nearest hospital was another 45 minutes away. Not sure I would have made it without those.
So something to be thankful for, and need to always be more prepared, more EpiPen's with Benadryl attached to them...oh and no more of any fried foods or fish from a restaurant. After speaking with management and the cooks the next day, the only conclusion we can come up with is the fish must have been pre- contaminated at the fish processing facility.
