first time for a 13 lb. turkey; anything special in time; temp ; rubs or woods. welcome all suggestions and ideas

Hi S F Ed,

Go to Smokin's "Brining 101"and Turkey 101 courses. Lots of good stuff there. The CS foks have a lot of turkey recipes and suggestions in their "recipe"section. Just search for "turkey."

Here's a post from AndyHardy last month:

"My last turkey came out perfectly. 12.6 lbs. SmokinOkie's Brine for 24 hrs. 225 to a internal of 180. Took 8.5 hours. The best I've ever done. No one died or ill." Sounds like he really scored.

Try this link too:

http://www.bbq-porch.org/turkey00.asp

Thanks Hook.

SF,
I could sent you to Tukey 101, but it's one of the broken links that needs to be fixed.

To find Brining 101, go to the link at the top of this page titled: Smokin' Okie Barbecue Guide, click on it and click on the brining 101.

When I get the other links fixed, I'll let you know.

Russ

Ed, welcome to the forum.. you aren't too far from where I live.. Healdsburg.. 101 north.

You might want to try a forum search on "turkey".. we've had a lot of good discussion on it many times in the recent and distant past..

Bill