How to cook turkey unattended?

Canugghead

Have a dilemma ... committed to cooking a turkey and taking to a friend's place in the afternoon on Saturday; just got an invitation for lunch at a restaurant @ 12:30pm ... put the turkey on at noon and hope for the best ???  :-/  :-/  :-/

btw, I have a Stoker but wifi access point setting got messed up since we changed the router, guess I can try to fix it now.

Little Steven

Well I might say something overly simple like set the egg for 325 and stabilise, or does the stoker not work as a pitminder without wifi?

Canugghead

Stoker still works but without wifi I won't be able to watch/control the temp remotely, guess I should just relax and let it rip!

ShadowNick

yeah, unless you are going to be gone more than 15 minutes per pound, I wouldn't worry about it

lousubcap

The above options sound good but a few more details could help...how big is the turkey-time you depart turkey cooking location for restaurant-what time do you have to leave for friend's house...as mentioned-if you run at around 325-350*F on the calibrated dome plan on around 12 mins/lb since you are not gonna be around for most of the cook.  FWIW-

Mickey

good luck, they never take as long as i think…..

Mattman3969

I would have to abort restaurant plans and take care of the turkey that you committed to your friend. Not being a smartarse just stating what I would do

Mattman3969

I would have to abort restaurant plans and take care of the turkey that you committed to your friend. Not being a smartarse just stating what I would do

yzzi

Do you have a webcam and a remote thermometer of some sort? I could send you this handy program I wrote to take a picture of my webcam and text it to me every 15 minutes. I point my webcam at my maverick and get the temps sent to me when I'm not home.

http://eggheadforum.com/discussion/1147245/my-homemade-cyberq-wifi

Mickey

yzzi said:

Do you have a webcam and a remote thermometer of some sort? I could send you this handy program I wrote to take a picture of my webcam and text it to me every 15 minutes. I point my webcam at my maverick and get the temps sent to me when I'm not home.

http://eggheadforum.com/discussion/1147245/my-homemade-cyberq-wifi

You are the man. That is cool

Canugghead

It's only a 12 pounder.  Restaurant about 20-minute away, will be gone approx from 12:15 and 2:15. Plan to leave for friend's house (an hour away) around 3:00.

I may omit the brine step to 'prolong' the cook.  Going to try fixing Stoker wifi for remote temp monitoring.

Aborting restaurant plan is also an option ;(

td66snrf

Lower the cook temp to 225 - 250 and you should be OK.

MaskedMarvel

Maybe I'm old school but I set it and forget it - trust your Egg.  Don't need an electrical device to cook my food for me...

Canugghead

put turkey on at 250 and left, no Stoker ... came home two hours later and cranked temp to 325 ... it's now 3pm ET, breast at 126, legs at 141, all looks good, thanks for everyone's help!

Little Steven

Are you coming by?