Being empty-nesters, we finally ran out of left-overs from our family gathering last month and decided to try a warm weather smoke on a small turk about 8#s. My mind is slipping cause I couldn't find my brining bucket so I went for a smoke straight out of the plastic vac package, what the heck it was a Butterball.
Since momma doesn't get off work until 1830 hrs it was going to be a quick any easy supper. Thawed, rinsed and patted dry, I sprayed it with butter and dusted it with Tony's while my 820 warmed up. Being a small bird I ran it on "smoke" for an hour and then went to 250*. This bird cooked up way faster than my Winter birds did. 3 hours later my Maverick went off so I rapped the bird in a couple of towels and waited for my better-half to come home. She whipped up some zasty curly fries and whipped up some gravy. Since only one of us can work in the kitchen at a time I took our new dog and new puppy out for a romp. After 40+ years she's learned a few things in the kitchen. When the dinner bell ran she had boned and carved the bird and had the plates ready. Can't get much easier than that.
Since momma doesn't get off work until 1830 hrs it was going to be a quick any easy supper. Thawed, rinsed and patted dry, I sprayed it with butter and dusted it with Tony's while my 820 warmed up. Being a small bird I ran it on "smoke" for an hour and then went to 250*. This bird cooked up way faster than my Winter birds did. 3 hours later my Maverick went off so I rapped the bird in a couple of towels and waited for my better-half to come home. She whipped up some zasty curly fries and whipped up some gravy. Since only one of us can work in the kitchen at a time I took our new dog and new puppy out for a romp. After 40+ years she's learned a few things in the kitchen. When the dinner bell ran she had boned and carved the bird and had the plates ready. Can't get much easier than that.
