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Traveling Turkey

Discussion in 'Poultry' started by viking, Dec 22, 2010.

  1. Dec 22, 2010 #1
    viking

    viking Newbie

    I am gonna smoke a turkey.  then I have to take it out of town.  Will it stay good if wrap it in foil and a towl and put it in a cooler?  Who long do I have hours wise?
     
  3. Dec 22, 2010 #2
    raptor700

    raptor700 Master of the Pit OTBS Member

    Crestview, Florida
    I have kept them for 4hrs in a cooler and it was still hot!
     
  4. Dec 23, 2010 #3
    SmokinAl

    SmokinAl SMF Hall of Fame Pitmaster Staff Member Moderator OTBS Member ★ Lifetime Premier ★

    Central Florida (Sebring)
    I've kept pork butts in a cooler for 7 hours & they were still above 160 degrees. I think they will drop about 5 degrees per hour if they are wrapped well in foil & towels & in a good cooler. As soon as you take it out of the smoker get it wrapped & in the cooler. For the first couple of hours it may go up in temp., then slowly start to cool.
     
  5. Dec 23, 2010 #4
    travcoman45

    travcoman45 Master of the Pit OTBS Member

    A Holler in North Iowa
    Don't know how far yall gotta go, but, take 3 er 4 dry clean bricks, wrap in foil an put in yer oven an warm em up.  Put a piece a cardboard with a towel over it on the bottom a yer cooler, put the bricks in.  Bird goes on top a that.  Buys ya some extra time.
     
    Last edited: Dec 23, 2010
  6. Dec 23, 2010 #5
    mballi3011

    mballi3011 Epic Pitmaster OTBS Member SMF Premier Member

    Atlantic Beach, RatTown, FL
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    Now I would say that the bird should be alright for 4-5 hours. Then Tip ( Travcoman) has a great idea and I'm gonna used that one nexttime too.
     
  7. Dec 25, 2010 #6
    sprky

    sprky Master of the Pit OTBS Member

    Hutchinson Kansas
    What I have done in the past is pre warmed the 5 day cooler with VERY hot water, close to boiling. I then added a couple layers of towels on bottom added 4 red bricks warmed in 200 deg oven wrapped in foil, and covered them with norther towel. Wrapped the turkey in 2 layers of HD foil placed in throw away roaster put in cooler and packed cooler with more towels. We went 6 hours from home and when we took turkey out is was still above 140. Hope that answers your Question.