turkey on a rotissioure...........

[bob1961]

 hey everyone long time no been here, sorry....new PC and still loading all the web pages i had piled up over the years

 plus i have a new son who turns 3 in august

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well on to my question, i have a 13.55 pound young turkey i want to do on my rotissioure in my smoker that is a SFB char-broil 16" dia x 36" long....i did a oven roaster chicken on the rotiss 2 years ago with fire in SFB and it took 4/5 hours as temp wasn't over 275 at best i could keep it going....reading up on doing poultry on a rottiss in a BBQ i need higher heat with indirect heat IN the main cooking chamber....my question here is what temp should i try to maintain and what temp should i pull the turkey out at....reading bout different meat temps i should be looking for 175 for birds, thx all and glad to be back

 ...........bob

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[pops6927]

Are you curing the bird?  If not, you want to get it from 40° - 140° within 4 hours at min. 225° which shouldn't be a problem at all and roast to 165°/Breast 175° for Thigh.  You can use coals under the bird directly plus indirect also in the firebox, esp. for crispy skin.

 

[bob1961]

not gonna cure it, just a simple defrost some herbs and spices on an olive oil bath and roll it over heat on the rotiss....i thought bout using some kind of channel under the bird like the size of  a house gutter bout 20" long to keep heat out from under for a 5" wide width....so keep an eye out for the done temp then, gotch ya

 and thx

 .........bob

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