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anybody else smoking a 'tumbled turkey'?

Cindysue
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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).
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)
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Yes, live shot.
Happy Thanksgiving
Looking forward to pics of your version.BrandonQuad Cities
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Looks horrible. I'll have to see if I can find one...
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Done dealBrandonQuad Cities
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My turkey went in at 10am. Pics to come. Thanks for the welcome!Los Gatos, Ca (Bay Area, Northern California)
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Brandon - that bird looks delish!Los Gatos, Ca (Bay Area, Northern California)
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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 Great looking grub sister.
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Focker said:Yes, live shot.
Happy Thanksgiving
Looking forward to pics of your version. -
Spectacular.
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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)
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yummmmmmmm Los Gatos Meats.......Yummmmmmmmm......
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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.Los Gatos, Ca (Bay Area, Northern California)
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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
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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
In the end, All that matters is it tastes goodLos Gatos, Ca (Bay Area, Northern California)
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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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Nah
just grumpy
haha
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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 shotSteve
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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
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.“Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.” ― Philip K. Diçk
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