I Shoved A Turkey In The Mini

WeberWho

I found a few good sales this week at the local grocery store. I picked up 10 pork shoulders for .99/pound, 6 whole chickens for $3/piece, and two turkey breast for .99/pound. Hard to go wrong at those price points. I kept a turkey breast out before the rest of the goods hit the deep freeze.

I picked the mini to smoke with more less to see if it was possible to get a partial turkey in it. Was it the right decision? Probably not. It took a good 30-45 minutes to get the mini up around 300 degrees with it being stuffed inside with very little room. The turkey also should have had a drip pan between the grid and platesetter. This all would have fit perfectly in my small egg but what fun is that? I also had to remove the thermometer as the turkey was surrounded by the dome. I had to best guess the temp with the lower vent. I double checked with the dome thermometer after the turkey came off to see where I was at during the cook. I ended up being 10 degrees off my target temp. I'll take it!

Here's a few shots of the mini and the turkey. I threw in some pecan chips for smoke.



Was it the best turkey ever? Nah. Was is fun messing around with the mini? Absolutely! Pretty simple meal and turkey turned out much better than I imagined. I didn't know how moist the turkey would be being pressed up against the dome. I'd say it was on par with the bigger large when doing turkeys. I'll call it a win for under $7 with leftovers. Thanks for looking! 

JNDATHP

I'll take some of your leftovers, if you have any. Looks great!

Mickey

That looks good man. Here are some turkey wings on the Mini (direct). 

StillH2OEgger

I am familiar with the two-day meat sale you have taken advantage of. Nice work on the bird.

cookingdude555

Impressive

Focker

Great grocery work, you got that mini at full capacity.  Nice cook.

YukonRon

Very impressive work withe Mini!!!!

thetrim

Nice job!  I'm surprised it fit.

Flatfoot

Lookin' good to me!

northGAcock

That is a fine looking bird right there.

Jeremiah

Dude. Just gotta say, your posts never dissapoint. 

WeberWho

JNDATHP said:

I'll take some of your leftovers, if you have any. Looks great!

Thanks much JNDATHP!

WeberWho

Mickey said:

That looks good man. Here are some turkey wings on the Mini (direct). 

Thanks Mickey! I think you found the rest of my turkey! Looks great!

WeberWho

StillH2OEgger said:

I am familiar with the two-day meat sale you have taken advantage of. Nice work on the bird.

Thanks StillH20Egger! Cub ran the .99 pork butts earlier this year and I didn't take advantage of it. No messing around this go around. 

WeberWho

cookingdude555 said:

Impressive

Thanks cookingdude555!

WeberWho

Focker said:

Great grocery work, you got that mini at full capacity.  Nice cook.

Thanks Focker! I'm maxing out the deep freeze with the other stuff in it. I need to start clearing house pretty quick. I'm not too good at remembering to thaw out food before I need it. Something I need to get better at

WeberWho

YukonRon said:

Very impressive work withe Mini!!!!

Thanks YukonRon! My mini should be used more often than it does. It was a nice night out last night. I didn't mind babysitting and checking up on it.

WeberWho

thetrim said:

Nice job!  I'm surprised it fit.

Thanks thetrim! I honestly didn't think it was going to happen. The temp finally climbed past 300 degress after about 45 minutes. I even tried rotating the turkey around the grid to see if that would help with the air flow for temp. I'll admit that I even made a movement towards my small egg as I was ready to throw in the towel. With me being stubborn I decided against using the small and walked away. The temp eventually found it's way to my target temp but not without fight. If I was restricted to a certain time for dinner I would have gone with the small egg. I had some time and a nice night so I figured why not with the mini.

WeberWho

Flatfoot said:

Lookin' good to me!

Hey thanks Flatoot!

WeberWho

northGAcock said:

That is a fine looking bird right there.

Thanks northGAcock! I didn't know what to expect. A fun little cook nontheless 

WeberWho

Jeremiah said:

Dude. Just gotta say, your posts never dissapoint. 

You're too nice Jeremiah! 

NPHuskerFL

Great cook man!!! We use our MM quite frequently. Did a whole Turkey for Christmas In July. And just smoked and seared 8 chicken quarters simultaneously last weekend.  

WeberWho

NPHuskerFL said:

Great cook man!!! We use our MM quite frequently. Did a whole Turkey for Christmas In July. And just smoked and seared 8 chicken quarters simultaneously last weekend.  

Thanks NPHuskerFL! Those quarters look spot on! It has to be fun making meals with those dueling MM you and your son have

Mattman3969

@weberwho - you may have just made hero status.    Nice job maxin out the mini 

bgebrent

Your crazy basterd!  Great cook brother, pushing the envelope.

BikerBob

Weber Who

Those are super prices. Last breast was about $20.00 for an eight pounder. I am waiting expectantly to see the 10 shoulder on the Mini. Turkey looks great.

WeberWho

Mattman3969 said:

@weberwho - you may have just made hero status.    Nice job maxin out the mini 

Haha! Thanks Mattman3969! I tend to make easy things difficult 

WeberWho

bgebrent said:

Your crazy basterd!  Great cook brother, pushing the envelope.

Haha bgebrent! Thanks!

WeberWho

BikerBob said:

Weber Who

Those are super prices. Last breast was about $20.00 for an eight pounder. I am waiting expectantly to see the 10 shoulder on the Mini. Turkey looks great.

Hey thanks BikerBob! Ouch on the $20 turkey breasts. I'm not sure if any of the butts I picked up will fit on the mini. I know others here have done them on the mini in the past. My best guess would be turbo on the butts. I don't think you will get an overnighter with lump consumption with the mini. I like the way you think though!

nolaegghead

Didn't Richard Gere do something like this?  

I kid!

Looks great!

WeberWho

nolaegghead said:

Didn't Richard Gere do something like this?  

I kid!

Looks great!

Thanks Nolaegghead!