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FORUM SPONSORS => Pit Barrel Cooker Co. => Topic started by: scottv on July 26, 2015, 07:24:36 PM

Title: Turkey time
Post by: scottv on July 26, 2015, 07:24:36 PM

After months of having a turkey in the freezer me and my wife finally remembered to take it out. (http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/07/26/a9a1f7a3bfb69a4ba3bce3641f94c5a7.jpg) seasoned with blacks BBQ seasoning. Only get a couple hours on it I would have like at least over night but oh well. (http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/07/26/e7344fd4f8ff390c50d6cfd968af82b4.jpg)cooking nicely an hour in
(http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/07/26/b129b52637e70d3091ed263ab92a51f2.jpg)all done

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Title: Turkey time
Post by: Pappymn on July 26, 2015, 07:41:05 PM

Looks beautiful

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Post by: smokeasaurus on July 26, 2015, 07:42:52 PM

Got me thinking about Thanksgiving already......

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Post by: sliding_billy on July 27, 2015, 02:22:46 AM

Looks great.  Just a couple of months before I go my yearly turkey binge.  I think I did about a dozen last year between Halloween and New Year.

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Post by: muebe on July 27, 2015, 06:43:02 AM

Great looking Turkey!

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Post by: TentHunteR on July 27, 2015, 06:45:48 AM

Yeah man, that looks great!

What was your total cook time?

Title: Turkey time
Post by: scottv on July 27, 2015, 08:29:54 AM

That one was 12#s and I left it on 3 hours. It probably only needed 2 1/2 though. A little dry on the breast but still delicious

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Post by: jjjonz on July 27, 2015, 11:36:45 AM

That sure looks good....wonder if foiling it would help on the breast being a little dry ? Thanks for posting...been wanting to try a breast.

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Post by: drholly on July 27, 2015, 11:41:19 AM

Quote from: smokeasaurus on July 26, 2015, 07:42:52 PM

Got me thinking about Thanksgiving already......

X2!

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Post by: smokeasaurus on July 27, 2015, 11:42:14 AM

A helpful hint on the dry turkey breast: put some ice in a couple of sandwich bags and rest them over the breasts while your coals are heating up. This will help them not reach finished temp while the dark meat is lagging behind................

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Post by: TecCrash on July 27, 2015, 12:50:10 PM

Quote from: smokeasaurus on July 27, 2015, 11:42:14 AM

A helpful hint on the dry turkey breast: put some ice in a couple of sandwich bags and rest them over the breasts while your coals are heating up. This will help them not reach finished temp while the dark meat is lagging behind................

Hmmm makes sense, I'll have to try that

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Post by: Aclarke44 on July 27, 2015, 02:20:29 PM

Lookin good!   :)

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Post by: DonR9 on July 27, 2015, 03:51:03 PM

DARN! That looks terrific. All my previous attempts at turkey have been abject failures, to do, I suspect, with operator error. Looking at your effort has convinced me to try again. Plus, the idea of "chilling" the breast before hanging seems worth a try as well.

Title: Re: Turkey time
Post by: scottv on July 27, 2015, 08:06:01 PM

Quote from: jjjonz on July 27, 2015, 11:36:45 AM

That sure looks good....wonder if foiling it would help on the breast being a little dry ? Thanks for posting...been wanting to try a breast.

No, it was completely on me. Breast and legs were both 185 when I took it off. The previous 2 I cooked I took them off at 160  and the turkey was perfect. I noticed it cooks pretty uniform with the temperature

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