I Shoved A Turkey In The Mini

I found a few good sales this week at the local grocery store. I picked up 10 pork shoulders for .99/pound, 6 whole chickens for $3/piece, and two turkey breast for .99/pound. Hard to go wrong at those price points. I kept a turkey breast out before the rest of the goods hit the deep freeze.

I picked the mini to smoke with more less to see if it was possible to get a partial turkey in it. Was it the right decision? Probably not. It took a good 30-45 minutes to get the mini up around 300 degrees with it being stuffed inside with very little room. The turkey also should have had a drip pan between the grid and platesetter. This all would have fit perfectly in my small egg but what fun is that? I also had to remove the thermometer as the turkey was surrounded by the dome. I had to best guess the temp with the lower vent. I double checked with the dome thermometer after the turkey came off to see where I was at during the cook. I ended up being 10 degrees off my target temp. I'll take it!

Here's a few shots of the mini and the turkey. I threw in some pecan chips for smoke.



Was it the best turkey ever? Nah. Was is fun messing around with the mini? Absolutely! Pretty simple meal and turkey turned out much better than I imagined. I didn't know how moist the turkey would be being pressed up against the dome. I'd say it was on par with the bigger large when doing turkeys. I'll call it a win for under $7 with leftovers. Thanks for looking!