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anybody else smoking a 'tumbled turkey'?

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Cindysue
Cindysue Posts: 22
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 What is a tumbled turkey, you ask?

It's from our local old timey butcher shop: Los Gatos Meats

It's a pre-injected vacuum-packed marinated turkey. Here's a description from an article: The juicy, tender result of marinating a bird inside a tumbler from which all the air has been removed (which causes the turkey itself to expand a bit and accept more marinade). 
Los Gatos, Ca (Bay Area, Northern California)
Lg. BGE
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  • Focker
    Focker Posts: 8,364
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    Yes, live shot.



    Happy Thanksgiving
    Looking forward to pics of your version.  :)
    Brandon
    Quad Cities
    "If yer gonna denigrate, familiarity with the subject is helpful."

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  • Foghorn
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    Looks horrible.  I'll have to see if I can find one...

    XXL BGE, Karebecue, Klose BYC, Chargiller Akorn Kamado, Weber Smokey Mountain, Grand Turbo gasser, Weber Smoky Joe, and the wheelbarrow that my grandfather used to cook steaks from his cattle

    San Antonio, TX

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  • Focker
    Focker Posts: 8,364
    edited November 2015
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    Done deal
    Brandon
    Quad Cities
    "If yer gonna denigrate, familiarity with the subject is helpful."

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  • blasting
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    @Cindysue   welcome to the forum, and that turkey looks spectacular.  yours as well @Focker
    Phoenix 
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  • Cindysue
    Cindysue Posts: 22
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    My turkey went in at 10am. Pics to come. Thanks for the welcome!
    Los Gatos, Ca (Bay Area, Northern California)
    Lg. BGE
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  • Cindysue
    Cindysue Posts: 22
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    Brandon - that bird looks delish!
    Los Gatos, Ca (Bay Area, Northern California)
    Lg. BGE
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  • piney
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    Welcome @Cindysue, looking forward to the pics. I have not heard of a 'Tumbled Turkey"
    Lenoir, N.C.
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  • Cindysue
    Cindysue Posts: 22
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    Los Gatos, Ca (Bay Area, Northern California)
    Lg. BGE
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  • SGH
    SGH Posts: 28,791
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    @Cindysue Great looking grub sister.

    Location- Just "this side" of Biloxi, Ms.

    Status- Standing by.

    The greatest barrier against all wisdom, the stronghold against knowledge itself, is the single thought, in ones mind, that they already have it all figured out. 

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  • pgprescott
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    Focker said:
    Yes, live shot.



    Happy Thanksgiving
    Looking forward to pics of your version.  :)
    Love it. Old school. You are a true master of the outdoor cook. I always enjoy seeing the variety you bring. 
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  • Foghorn
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    Spectacular. 

    XXL BGE, Karebecue, Klose BYC, Chargiller Akorn Kamado, Weber Smokey Mountain, Grand Turbo gasser, Weber Smoky Joe, and the wheelbarrow that my grandfather used to cook steaks from his cattle

    San Antonio, TX

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  • North_Is_Up
    North_Is_Up Posts: 137
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    @Cindysue  Delicious, I bet, but it looks like your turkey got into a c0ckfight, or whatever turkeys do in their spare time. 
    Small (hatched 6/13/2015)
    XL (hatched 4/21/2012)
    CyberQ Wifi, KCBS CTC CBJ
    Northern CA
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  • gearslut
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    yummmmmmmm Los Gatos Meats.......Yummmmmmmmm......
    Eggon neighbor!!!
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  • Cindysue
    Cindysue Posts: 22
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    North_Is_Up said:
    @Cindysue  Delicious, I bet, but it looks like your turkey got into a c0ckfight, or whatever turkeys do in their spare time. 
    LOL. Well thats the tumble in tumbled turkey.
    Los Gatos, Ca (Bay Area, Northern California)
    Lg. BGE
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  • Darby_Crenshaw
    Darby_Crenshaw Posts: 2,657
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    Marinades work, but vacuum tumblers don't

    meat (flesh) does not have air holes. It is not a sponge. 

    Even if it did, remove the vacuum and the same atmospheric pressure that (hypothetically) allowed the marinade in would squeeze it back out

    can't buck science
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  • Cindysue
    Cindysue Posts: 22
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    =) Darby_Crenshaw said:
    Marinades work, but vacuum tumblers don't

    meat (flesh) does not have air holes. It is not a sponge. 

    Even if it did, remove the vacuum and the same atmospheric pressure that (hypothetically) allowed the marinade in would squeeze it back out

    can't buck science
    Ok. Good to know.
    In the end, All that matters is it tastes good  =)
    Los Gatos, Ca (Bay Area, Northern California)
    Lg. BGE
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  • Darby_Crenshaw
    Darby_Crenshaw Posts: 2,657
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    Exactly

    i just get mental when they push pseudo science stuff

    marinade works. But fleah is simply not going to expand under vacuum. A marshmallow expands under vacuum because there's air entrained in it

    remove the vacuum though and they return to size. 

    Meat has no entrained air. And the cells are't separate. It's wishful thinking on their part. Approaching fraud actually


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  • Cindysue
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    Yellow journalism  :s
    Los Gatos, Ca (Bay Area, Northern California)
    Lg. BGE
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  • Darby_Crenshaw
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    Nah

    just grumpy

    haha

    i'm sure on some level it works. just sounds a little "as sold on tv" :)
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  • Little Steven
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    Darby_Crenshaw said:
    Nah

    just grumpy

    haha

    i'm sure on some level it works. just sounds a little "as sold on tv" :)

    You mean Wolfgang Puck's pressure oven doesn't work either? Nuther 500 bucks shot

    Steve 

    Caledon, ON

     

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  • HeavyG
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    Darby_Crenshaw said:
    Exactly

    i just get mental when they push pseudo science stuff

    marinade works. But fleah is simply not going to expand under vacuum. A marshmallow expands under vacuum because there's air entrained in it

    remove the vacuum though and they return to size. 

    Meat has no entrained air. And the cells are't separate. It's wishful thinking on their part. Approaching fraud actually


    Actually, I believe flesh does expand somewhat under a vacuum - see ebullism - but that really does nothing in allowing marinades to really more deeply "moisturize" a turkey.

    There have been folks who have done experiments with chicken breasts and they found that marinating in a vacuum only increased marinade absorption by about 1% and in the final cooked product made essentially no difference as compared to normally prepared chicken breasts.
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