Hey guys.... read through several Turkey smoking posts and did garner some good tips, the best being don't wait until Thanksgiving day to smoke your first Turkey!
Just pulled a 12 pound bird out of my Masterbuilt digital smoker. We injected the meat this morning with a marinade then put it in the smoker at 9:30AM. So the smoker has been at 250 degrees, +/- a couple degrees since shortly after 9:30 as I had preheated it before putting the bird in. Breast up if that means anything.
By about 5 hours the top, thinner parts of the breast were hitting 160 degrees while the lower thickest part was still at 147 degrees. At 6 hours the thinner parts of the breast were registering 178 degrees while the thick part was now up to 151 degrees. But... the inner thigh in the joint was at 138 degrees.
Left it in one more hour and the thick part of the breast now read 160 degrees. However the inner thigh joint had only reached 140 degrees. We pulled it out anyway and have wrapped it in tinfoil and will let it sit for 30 minutes. I guess I'm thinking cut off the legs and thighs and "nukivate" them for a couple of minutes.
Suggestions on how to do this right Thanksgiving? Thanks!
Just pulled a 12 pound bird out of my Masterbuilt digital smoker. We injected the meat this morning with a marinade then put it in the smoker at 9:30AM. So the smoker has been at 250 degrees, +/- a couple degrees since shortly after 9:30 as I had preheated it before putting the bird in. Breast up if that means anything.
By about 5 hours the top, thinner parts of the breast were hitting 160 degrees while the lower thickest part was still at 147 degrees. At 6 hours the thinner parts of the breast were registering 178 degrees while the thick part was now up to 151 degrees. But... the inner thigh in the joint was at 138 degrees.
Left it in one more hour and the thick part of the breast now read 160 degrees. However the inner thigh joint had only reached 140 degrees. We pulled it out anyway and have wrapped it in tinfoil and will let it sit for 30 minutes. I guess I'm thinking cut off the legs and thighs and "nukivate" them for a couple of minutes.
Suggestions on how to do this right Thanksgiving? Thanks!