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Offline nylic76

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Traeger Bird
« Reply #-1 on: November 03, 2014, 06:02:53 PM »
I have had my Traeger Jr. for about three months and am planning to cook the Thanksgiving bird on it.  I did a test run today with a 13 1/2 turkey.  Rinsed and patted dry, rubbed with olive oil, Mo' Rocking Chicken, salt and pepper.  Smoked it for 1 1/2 hours and then kicked it up to 300 for 3 hours.  Just took it off the grill.  It looks   and smells very good.  EDIT.  Just finished eating.  It tastes as good as it looked and smelled, and was oh, so juicy.  In addition to our kids, inlaws, and grandkids, we have many of my wife's family here for Thanksgiving.  I have fried a turkey for years. Last year I cooked one in the big easy.  This year, they are going to get a new taste sensation on their taste buds....smoked turkey.

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Re: Traeger Bird
« on: November 03, 2014, 06:28:30 PM »
Great looking bird.
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Re: Traeger Bird
« Reply #1 on: November 03, 2014, 09:16:02 PM »
That bird looks delicious!
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Re: Traeger Bird
« Reply #2 on: November 03, 2014, 09:44:18 PM »
Beautiful color on that bird!
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Re: Traeger Bird
« Reply #3 on: November 03, 2014, 09:58:58 PM »
Great looking Turkey. You are ready for the big day  :)
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Re: Traeger Bird
« Reply #4 on: November 03, 2014, 10:44:36 PM »
Great looking turkey.  ;)
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Re: Traeger Bird
« Reply #5 on: November 03, 2014, 11:14:11 PM »
Beautiful bird!

Nice even color to the skin ;)
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Re: Traeger Bird
« Reply #6 on: November 04, 2014, 07:58:03 AM »
If I am home for Thanksgiving I plan to do a turkey on a Turkey Cannon in my REC TEC..I hope it turns out as well as your did..good job
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Re: Traeger Bird
« Reply #7 on: November 04, 2014, 07:59:52 AM »
Bird looks great!
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Re: Traeger Bird
« Reply #8 on: November 04, 2014, 08:21:54 AM »
Looks really good.   I was thinking about using my Pellet SRG for the turkey this year
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Re: Traeger Bird
« Reply #9 on: November 04, 2014, 08:35:06 AM »
Thanks for showing us a beautiful example of how cooking a turkey doesn't have to be a lot of work or involve a lot of steps.  Gorgeous bird!

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Re: Traeger Bird
« Reply #10 on: November 04, 2014, 08:44:10 AM »
Great looking bird and beautiful color!
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« Reply #11 on: November 04, 2014, 08:47:07 AM »
A great looking turkey!!! Don
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