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First mad max turkey try!

blakeas
blakeas Posts: 244
in Poultry
Sunday after thanksgiving cook! I hope it turns out good.
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  • blakeas
    blakeas Posts: 244
    4 hours in
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  • SoCalWJS
    SoCalWJS Posts: 407
    Looking good! Still my favorite way to cook the Thanksgiving bird.
    South SLO County
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  • DieselkW
    DieselkW Posts: 909
    That looks great - I wish I had chilled the breast before loading mine, I'm bass ackwards on the temps right now, after 4 hours on an 18 lb-er.

    Thigh at 160, breast at 175.

    Tented the breast, dropped the temp to 225, hoping for the breast. (intentional)

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    Indianapolis, IN

    BBQ is a celebration of culture in America. It is the closest thing we have to the wines and cheeses of Europe. 

    Drive a few hundred miles in any direction, and the experience changes dramatically. 



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  • SMITTYtheSMOKER
    SMITTYtheSMOKER Posts: 2,668
    Good looking bird....nice effort. 

     

    -SMITTY     

    from SANTA CLARA, CA

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  • Little Steven
    Little Steven Posts: 28,817
    DieselkW said:
    That looks great - I wish I had chilled the breast before loading mine, I'm bass ackwards on the temps right now, after 4 hours on an 18 lb-er.

    Thigh at 160, breast at 175.

    Tented the breast, dropped the temp to 225, hoping for the breast. (intentional)

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    Too late now but orient the bird so legs are toward the back. It's hotter there

    Steve 

    Caledon, ON

     

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  • Sammi
    Sammi Posts: 598
    blakeas said:
    Sunday after thanksgiving cook! I hope it turns out good.
    It's all about the baste, the baste, the baste.    


    =))
    Sudbury, Ontario
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  • blakeas
    blakeas Posts: 244

    I started at 9:30 and hit the required temp for the breast at around 2.  too early so I took the bird off and let it sit to when we were having company over.  Looks like I made a mistake to let it sit because it was a little dry when we went to eat it at 4PM.  Flavor was great but the turkey was not moist.  I had done a test bird about 3 weeks ago where I injected butter and that turned out great.  This bird didn't have the flavor as an injected bird.  So it looks like I will start going with the injection.


    Secondly - I messed up the gravy.  I guess I have a hot cooktop because I burned the rue when I mixed up the flour.  All that work and it went right down the drain!  I was so pissed.  My granite ware roasting pan is thin so maybe using high heat was not the best thing to do when making the rue.  You live and learn!

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