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FORUM SPONSORS => Cookinpellets.com => Topic started by: smoker pete on November 17, 2017, 12:57:33 PM

Title: Practice makes perfect!!
Post by: smoker pete on November 17, 2017, 12:57:33 PM
(http://www.smokinpetebbq.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/MAKturkey3.jpg)

No matter how many times you've smoked/cooked a turkey it never hurts to do a practice run. I still had a frozen gobbler from last year's holiday season when stores practically give them away to get you in the door. Every year I pick up some 14 lb turkeys to use every 2 -3 months. It's a perfect size for the two of us. For around $14 I can get many meals from that gobbler. Not to mention boiling the carcass for a scrumptious turkey vegetable noodle soup.

Smoked this beauty for 3 hours at 230ºF on my MAK 2 Star using cookinpellets.com Premium Perfect Mix. Increased the pit temp to 325ºF until the internal temp reached 170ºF at the thickest part of the breast. Total cooking time was about 4 1/2 hours but always cook to internal temps. Cooked the bird on a "V" rack inside a large foil pan to catch the drippings for gravy.
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Post by: Pam Gould on November 17, 2017, 01:17:41 PM
perfect   .☆´¯`•.¸¸. ི♥ྀ.
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Post by: smokeasaurus on November 17, 2017, 01:44:18 PM
Beautiful
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Post by: HighOnSmoke on November 17, 2017, 02:44:37 PM
Picture perfect looking bird Pete!
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Post by: tomcrete1 on November 17, 2017, 03:49:45 PM
Wow! Nice lookin Bird!  :thumbup:
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Post by: RAD on November 17, 2017, 06:43:54 PM
I hope my bird looks half as good.  :P :P :P
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Post by: smoker pete on November 17, 2017, 06:50:39 PM
Thank you everyone for those kind words
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Post by: Smokerjunky on November 17, 2017, 06:55:10 PM
That is a winner!  Nice bird.
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Post by: Pappymn on November 17, 2017, 07:19:05 PM
Hope mine looks that good next week


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Post by: Old Hickory on November 17, 2017, 11:10:07 PM
Looks really good, should make for a wonnderful Thanksgiving.