Can you smoke a stuffed turkey?

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I just purchased a big green egg. I am planning to use it to smoke a turkey for Thanksgiving. I was wondering of it is possible to fill the turkey cavity with stuffing and then smoke it in the BGE. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

The Other Dave

Charles Gillan, STUFFING IS EVIL!! Sorry, Alton Brown fans will understand. Go ahead and smoke the turkey at about 250 degrees to get the red color and smoke flavor, but after about 20 minutes, crank the egg to a minimum of 350, else the turkey will be dry. Cook until thickest part of breast is at 160, if I remember right.

bbqbeth

Charles Gillan,[p]Only if you want to make you and your family ill..the stuffing goes in the oven...
and the turkey will be SUPER!

Car Wash Mike

Charles Gillan,
Like BBQ Beth said, lets keep the family well and fed good food.
Short story when I was in the grocery business, we opened on Thanksgiving day for about 5 hours, a lady comes in buys a frozen turkey the fixins and coffee.
She calls me at home madder than all get out. The turkey was burnt on the outside and raw on the inside. She tried to cook a frozen turkey.
She bought a coffee bean that needed to be ground at the store, well she for got about the grinding part and was mad that the coffee was bad also.
I cooked her turkey for her next year and steered her towards Folgers.
I guess the moral is, if it isn't broke don't fix it. Cook the stuffing inside.[p]CWM

The Naked Whiz

The Other Dave,
Yes, stuffing is evil! Unless you use just a little bit to stuff a pork chop. (See his episode Chops Ahoy.) :-)
TNW

The Naked Whiz

Charles Gillan,
A lot of folks these days feel that stuffing shouldn't be cooked in the bird for health reasons. It is a bacteria Club Med in there and it can take a long time for the stuffing to reach the temperature where it is safe. If you cook your turkey in the egg just like you do in the oven, then if you have never had a problem cooking a stuffed bird, you won't in the egg. My suggestion for your first bird is cook it like you do in the oven. You can get plenty of smoke into the bird at 325 degrees. Whatever you choose, good luck![p]TNW

Wise One

Charles Gillan, I watched three shows today on cooking turkeys (FoodTV and at my MIL's hopuse with nothing else to do) and they all stressed "Do not stuff the cavity with dressing." If the dressing is done, the turkey is overdone and if the turkey is cooked properly, the dressing is not done - just a breeding ground for bacteria. What they suggested instead was to stuff the cavity with a mixture of quartered onions and apples along with herbs (rosemary and sage leading the list). Alton even went so far to microwave the onion and apples for a short while before putting them in the cavity - "enhances the flavors".