Greetings all!
So I've been a little light on the smoker use through the late summer and fall, due to some health issues my wife has been having. However, we aren't traveling to see the in-laws in Connecticut this year, so we decided to hose a Thanksgiving gathering of our own this year. We decided on a 14lb fresh turkey from the meat market she works at, and we're pretty excited. I did a test run on the smoker to make sure I could hit the required heat levels, and you can see the results of that test run here at http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/t/152990/cold-weather-test-run-turkey-parts. So, we're ready to rock 'n' roll!
Here's the plan:
More to come!!!!
So I've been a little light on the smoker use through the late summer and fall, due to some health issues my wife has been having. However, we aren't traveling to see the in-laws in Connecticut this year, so we decided to hose a Thanksgiving gathering of our own this year. We decided on a 14lb fresh turkey from the meat market she works at, and we're pretty excited. I did a test run on the smoker to make sure I could hit the required heat levels, and you can see the results of that test run here at http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/t/152990/cold-weather-test-run-turkey-parts. So, we're ready to rock 'n' roll!
Here's the plan:
Tuesday 11/26 | |
Prepare turkey brine | 7:45 AM |
Chill brine | 8:15 AM |
Pickup donuts (cook fuel) | 8:30 AM |
Pickup charcoal (smoker fuel) | 8:45 AM |
Pickup turkey | 9:00 AM |
Rinse turkey | 9:30 AM |
Add turkey to turkey brine | 9:45 AM |
Pickup legs and thighs | 11:30 AM |
Wednesday 11/27 | |
Prepare parts brine | 7:00 AM |
Chill parts brine | 7:30 AM |
Remove turkey and rinse | 7:45 AM |
Towel dry turkey | 7:50 AM |
Turkey to fridge for air dry | 7:55 AM |
Rinse parts | 9:00 AM |
Add parts to parts brine | 9:10 AM |
Remove parts and rinse | 9:05 PM |
Towel dry parts | 9:10 PM |
Parts to fridge for air dry | 9:15 PM |
Thursday 11/28 | |
Start chimney lighter | 7:00 AM |
Load fuel to smoke box | 7:10 AM |
Coffee, coffee, coffee | 7:15 AM |
Dump chimney into fire box | 7:20 AM |
Remove turkey | 7:30 AM |
Towel dry turkey again | 7:35 AM |
Oil and rub turkey | 7:40 AM |
Turkey to smoker | 7:45 AM |
Remove parts | 11:00 AM |
Towel dry parts again | 11:05 AM |
Oil and rub parts | 11:10 AM |
Parts to smoker | 11:15 AM |
Remove turkey to tray | 12:30 PM |
Foil tent turkey and rest | 12:35 PM |
Dampen smoker air flow | 12:40 PM |
Remove parts to tray | 12:45 PM |
Foil tent parts and rest | 12:50 PM |
Carve turkey | 1:00 PM |
Serve turkey and parts | 1:15 PM |
Add wood chips for cheese | 2:00 PM |
Remove cheese to trays | 2:05 PM |
Cheese to smoker | 2:10 PM |
Remove cheese | 4:10 PM |
Vacuum seal cheese | 4:25 PM |
Blast chill cheese | 4:30 PM |
Distribute cheese to guests | 4:45 PM |
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