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Offline squirtthecat

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Arctic Barn Buzzards
« Reply #-1 on: February 11, 2012, 12:05:01 PM »
3 mostly frozen BI turkey breasts, and the windchill is right around 1°.   :o




They are already pumped/brined with a bunch of goo, so I went with a salt free Cajun rub I got from a displaced coonass.
(d@mn good stuff BTW..)



Running at 225° right now, and I'll bump it to 250° in an hour or so.    Should take about 6+ hours to finish.
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Re: Arctic Barn Buzzards
« on: February 11, 2012, 12:37:07 PM »
Interesting squirt....

So - how about some additional info on the benefit and differences in cooking the mostly frozen meat squirt. Would make a nice tutorial if you want ot do that in a separate thread......?

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Re: Arctic Barn Buzzards
« Reply #1 on: February 11, 2012, 12:54:22 PM »

No magic behind it...   They sat in my cambro all night, and weren't thawed out in time. 

So I put them in sinks full of water for a couple hours, until I could pry the 'gravy' packets out of the cavities.   ;D
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Re: Arctic Barn Buzzards
« Reply #2 on: February 11, 2012, 12:58:37 PM »

Sorry for the ginormous pictures, I scaled them down a notch.
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Re: Arctic Barn Buzzards
« Reply #3 on: February 11, 2012, 01:58:52 PM »
The pics are great - no worries there!

What I should have said is: Squirt - tell us about your experience with cooking frozen/semi-frozen meats. Most folks out there may believe that it is necessary to completely thaw first. If not, why? Ant advantage? Dis-advantage? Remember, we have some folks that are newer to cooking than you and they are curious to learn.
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Re: Arctic Barn Buzzards
« Reply #4 on: February 11, 2012, 02:22:59 PM »
I think it would make for a longer cook and I am guessing the meat might take on more smoke flavor...........
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Re: Arctic Barn Buzzards
« Reply #5 on: February 11, 2012, 07:24:13 PM »
The wind is wreaking havoc with my drip bucket...  (the 'drips' are blowing past it into the gravel)

So I rigged up a wind block.



Which worked for exactly 3 minutes until it blew over.

So I grabbed Deb's old Traeger lid.  Wa la!




We'll check back later.   Going out for pizza now.   ;D


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5 hours later...   We get home from Church and they are done.   All are North of 165°.  :o



Yank them out quickly.




The big one is for a buddy of mine, so it is in the Cambro with a semi-frozen pork but to cool down.    One more is in the microwave, and the third is in an alternative FTC.   ::)



I'll slice the breast meat off of ours after they cool down.   The biggie will get a few yards of Saran wrap, then into a 2 gallon freezer bag.
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Re: Arctic Barn Buzzards
« Reply #6 on: February 11, 2012, 07:27:31 PM »
Looks like the kitty is trying to figure out how to lift up that towel!!  Chickens look great!! Wind can sure wreak havok on cook!!
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Re: Arctic Barn Buzzards
« Reply #7 on: February 13, 2012, 11:38:49 AM »
Quote from: smokeasaurus on February 11, 2012, 07:27:31 PM
Looks like the kitty is trying to figure out how to lift up that towel!!  Chickens look great!! Wind can sure wreak havok on cook!!
No the kitty looks like Kimmie did Sunday morning after our little trip to the bar.  ;D  she woke up 11:45 am  ;)

The turkeys look good by the way  :D   
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Re: Arctic Barn Buzzards
« Reply #8 on: February 13, 2012, 01:43:53 PM »
Tommy..did you get her smashed?  I love it..and the birds look wonderful..good job  Pam  .☆´¯`•.¸¸. ི♥ྀ.
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Re: Arctic Barn Buzzards
« Reply #9 on: February 13, 2012, 02:39:18 PM »
Quote from: Pam Gould on February 13, 2012, 01:43:53 PM
Tommy..did you get her smashed?  I love it.  and the birds look wonderful..good job  Pam  .☆´¯`•.¸¸. ི♥ྀ.
Nope! She did it herself and paid for it the next morning.... :o :o :o :o

Wish Kimmie liked turkey, but she is not a big fan of yardbird or turkey :(
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Re: Arctic Barn Buzzards
« Reply #10 on: February 13, 2012, 05:33:28 PM »
I was up in your neck of the woods this time last year working for a client.  It was 7 degrees the morning I left, with wind hanging around 20 MPH as I drove to Peoria.  I haven't been that cold since.   You should get a special medal for even going out of the house, catsquirter!

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Re: Arctic Barn Buzzards
« Reply #11 on: February 13, 2012, 10:01:30 PM »
Nice job on the birds Squirt :)
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Re: Arctic Barn Buzzards
« Reply #12 on: February 14, 2012, 11:27:05 AM »
Looks real good. I do need to try that in my MES and crisp the skin in my TBE.
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