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Smoking turkey - No deflector

Steakmehometonight
Steakmehometonight Posts: 6
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Last year when I was smoking a turkey for Christmas (last minute decided to smoking it), I didn't have a deflector plate. I ended up making an apparatus out of foil, which fell apart towards the end. I was having a perfectly good time drinking beer on the porch but Christmas dinner deadline was approaching. So I loaded the baby up with quite a bit of lump and got her smoking. Turkey came out great. 

I am smoking a turkey again this year, but the ceramic plate I bought broke a couple days ago when we were redoing the deck, so I'm in the same quandary. Any suggestions on smoking a turkey without any form of deflector insert? She's about 14 lbs.
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  • dmourati
    dmourati Posts: 1,300
    How about a foil pan in place of a proper deflector? Put a bit of chicken or turkey stock in it and use it and the drippings for gravy.
    Plymouth, MN
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  • PigBeanUs
    PigBeanUs Posts: 932
    Should fit:

    fire ring+Grid+pizza pan+spacers/airspace+roasting pan+wire rack in pan+turkey
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  • Steakmehometonight
    Steakmehometonight Posts: 6
    Thank you. Suggestions on where/how to place it? I mean should I just try and wrap it around the top of the ceramic, under the rack? I say that because last time I just placed it over the lump at the bottom and ended up killing the fire after the second time I basted the turkey with the drippings.

    That was why I ended up just piling lump in and getting the fire going. Not exactly sure how I can situate the foil with everything else.

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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    You can spatchcock it or cut it in half and cook direct without a shield.  Preferably raised up (there are tricks to doing this if you have no accessories)
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