Let's Talk BBQ
FORUM SPONSORS => MAK Grills => Topic started by: Oregon Tractor Jack on December 24, 2017, 10:07:55 AM
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This will be my first big bird on my MAK. What would be the expected smoke time for a 15lb bird. I did a chicken a week ago and smoked it for an hour then kicked it up to 350 to finish it off. Came out real good. I was thinking of doing the same thing just to get it on the table at a reasonable hour with out having to get up a 4:00AM to start it. Love the family, but there are limits you know....
OTJ
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Hey, I found Smokey Pete's post for smoke times. Think I got.
Thanks,
OTJ
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Check out this link for a 14 lb turkey ... http://www.letstalkbbq.com/index.php?topic=21464.0 ... took 4.5 hours
(http://www.smokinpetebbq.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/MAKturkey3.jpg)
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Our MAK smoked turkey this year was one of the best ever. Put my bird on @ 8:30AM, and then a trip to the hospital around noon. The bird smoked with cherry pellets until 7:45PM (when we got home from said hospital) the breast temp was 155F. had the wife crank up the grill temp to 350F and pulled the bird off at a breast temp of 175F. We let it cool, wrapped it and put it in the fridge until Sunday night. The smoke flavor in the meat was incredible. Some of the smokiest ever.
The following Tuesday, my wife made turkey, vegetable, noodle soup using the turkey carcass. You could SMELL the SMOKE from the carcass in the living room!
Typically, my SMOKE temp on my 2 Star is 175F. And it was that on Thanksgiving Day. Except for a trip to the hospital, I will cook my turkey the same way in 2018.
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Try spatchcocking your bird sometime. It cuts your cooking time almost in half at the same cooking temperature.
At 350* it takes about 10 minutes per pound, so a 15lb bird would take about 2 1/2 hours or so spatchcocked.