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FORUM SPONSORS => Pit Barrel Cooker Co. => Topic started by: smokendevo on October 13, 2014, 11:35:48 AM

Title: Thanks Giving Turkey Is On
Post by: smokendevo on October 13, 2014, 11:35:48 AM
Got the bird in the PBC just after 11 AM. Want it done early and in the warming tray so I can get some other things done around here.

Turkey rubbed down with some Montreal chicken rub
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Hanging it in the PBC, I-grill probes attached. One for turkey and one for barrel temp
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Barrel temp is pretty high at the start, should settle back down soon.
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Evil Cat Lady lives two doors down from me....her big old tom cat checking things out all ready.
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Title: Re: Thanks Giving Turkey Is On
Post by: sliding_billy on October 13, 2014, 11:37:42 AM
Great way to spend the day (the cat that is).  :D
Title: Re: Thanks Giving Turkey Is On
Post by: Pam Gould on October 13, 2014, 12:12:12 PM
Heeeey..a guard cat..WTG  Pam   .☆´¯`•.¸¸. ི♥ྀ. 
Title: Re: Thanks Giving Turkey Is On
Post by: JGARCIA on October 13, 2014, 02:19:34 PM
Got the bird in the PBC just after 11 AM. Want it done early and in the warming tray so I can get some other things done around here.

You weren't kidding about having it done early.  Thanksgiving is still six weeks away. :P
Title: Re: Thanks Giving Turkey Is On
Post by: smokendevo on October 13, 2014, 02:34:30 PM
Got the bird in the PBC just after 11 AM. Want it done early and in the warming tray so I can get some other things done around here.

You weren't kidding about having it done early.  Thanksgiving is still six weeks away. :P

Not sure what country your from but here in Canada we have thanks giving on the second Monday of Oct.

Columbus Day, which falls the second Monday of every October in the United States, is America's most awkward holiday. It's the day they celebrate America's discovery by Christopher Columbus in 1492. But, as many Americans can tell you, Columbus never actually reached North America and America had been discovered thousands of years earlier by humans who migrated from northeast Asia (and around 1000 A.D. by Leif Erikson). More to the point, Columbus is increasingly known less as an explorer than as a genocidal maniac who began the centuries-long destruction of the Americas' native populations.

Celebrating genocidal maniacs is never fun, and even less so when it's on the false pretenses of a discovery that they didn't quite make. So here's a better idea: on the second Monday, celebrate Canadian Thanksgiving instead!

Instead of Columbus Day, Americas northern neighbors spend the second Monday of every October celebrating Canadian Thanksgiving or, as they call it, Thanksgiving.   :P
Title: Re: Thanks Giving Turkey Is On
Post by: RAD on October 13, 2014, 02:38:17 PM
Happy Thanksgiving our Canadian brother and sisters
Title: Re: Thanks Giving Turkey Is On
Post by: smokendevo on October 13, 2014, 02:45:24 PM
Almost done, just going to crisp up the skin @ 350°F for 5 minutes. Now to get peeling some potatoes for mashed potatoes.
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Title: Re: Thanks Giving Turkey Is On
Post by: CDN Smoker on October 13, 2014, 03:02:11 PM
Looking good Devo BUT where's the dressing  :( don't do no Turkey without dressing and were not talking stove top. :)

Everyone have a great Thanks Giving. Lots going on in the world and we have a lot to be Thank Full for.
Title: Re: Thanks Giving Turkey Is On
Post by: smokendevo on October 13, 2014, 03:17:53 PM
You got that right CDN, lots to be thankful for and sorry buddy but I don't do homemade stuffing  ;D
Just trying to make a good Thanksgiving meal for my son and teach him so he knows just how lucky we are to live in a great country like Canada.

Got the turkey warming in the turkey roaster till all the other fixings are done and dinner is served. The hardest part is done and thats what I wanted to accomplish. 4 hours from start to finish on a 12 lbs. turkey. Had to adjust the bottom damper a few times but all is good.
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Title: Re: Thanks Giving Turkey Is On
Post by: CANNON-MAN on October 13, 2014, 03:59:02 PM
Looks real good Don
Hope you had a good holiday.
kc
Title: Thanks Giving Turkey Is On
Post by: Pappymn on October 13, 2014, 04:00:33 PM
No gravy from a jar either :)
Title: Re: Thanks Giving Turkey Is On
Post by: TMB on October 13, 2014, 04:04:04 PM
Looks good...

happy Thanksgiving to our Northern families!! 
Title: Re: Thanks Giving Turkey Is On
Post by: Las Vegan Cajun on October 13, 2014, 05:18:48 PM
The bird is looking real good, nicely done. ;)

Happy Thanksgiving!!!
Title: Re: Thanks Giving Turkey Is On
Post by: smokendevo on October 13, 2014, 05:43:13 PM
Bird ready to go on the table
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Just enough food for my son and myself with left overs for a couple of days. There was stuffing but it was still in the kitchen.
Now I wanna nap
  ;)
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Title: Re: Thanks Giving Turkey Is On
Post by: TentHunteR on October 13, 2014, 05:50:11 PM
That turkey dinner is definitely looking very inviting!

Title: Re: Thanks Giving Turkey Is On
Post by: smokendevo on October 13, 2014, 06:05:27 PM
Yup it was a very moist turkey, one of the best that I have done in the PBC to date. The skin was just perfect to. Back to sleep now  ;)
Title: Re: Thanks Giving Turkey Is On
Post by: HighOnSmoke on October 13, 2014, 06:17:35 PM
Fantastic looking turkey Devo! Happy Thanksgiving!
Title: Re: Thanks Giving Turkey Is On
Post by: SmokinKat on October 13, 2014, 07:06:17 PM
Fantastic looking turkey Devo! Happy Thanksgiving!

x2     Enjoy your nap!!  :) 
Title: Re: Thanks Giving Turkey Is On
Post by: sparky on October 13, 2014, 07:08:11 PM
oh that looks real good.  I would like chocolate milk too plz.  nestles right? 
Title: Re: Thanks Giving Turkey Is On
Post by: Las Vegan Cajun on October 13, 2014, 07:38:13 PM
Great looking turkey, now you got my appetite wet for our Thanksgiving next month.  ;)
Title: Re: Thanks Giving Turkey Is On
Post by: muebe on October 13, 2014, 10:53:21 PM
Looks great! Have yet to make a PBC Turkey.
Title: Re: Thanks Giving Turkey Is On
Post by: PongGod on October 14, 2014, 12:49:45 AM
Dang, that looks great! It's making me anxious to try to cook one myself once our belated American Thanksgiving finally comes around. ;D
Title: Re: Thanks Giving Turkey Is On
Post by: Scallywag on October 14, 2014, 08:25:33 AM
Nice looking bird!
Title: Re: Thanks Giving Turkey Is On
Post by: JGARCIA on October 14, 2014, 09:03:10 AM
Turkey looks good.  I think I am going to have to remember the date next year and have some turkey in honor of our friends to the north.
Title: Re: Thanks Giving Turkey Is On
Post by: Las Vegan Cajun on October 14, 2014, 10:14:05 AM
Turkey looks good.  I think I am going to have to remember the date next year and have some turkey in honor of our friends to the north.

It's always the second Monday in October, next year it will fall on the 12th.  Canadian Thanksgiving occurs on the same day as Columbus Day here in the US.