Did our first turkey last night in preperation of turkey day. A word of advice- read ALL of turkey 101-paid more attention to the before smoking on the site than to how long to smoke. somewhere in my old mind I was thinking 1 hour approx. per # plus the little cookbook from CS says 10-12 # for 10 hours. So- into the smoker at 11:30pm went an 11.65 lb bird beautifully preped, at 225o. Thankfully I have a remote temp probe because at 3:30 AM it started to beep. Had set probe for 170o figuring half way in-between breast and leg temps. Checked it all over with a portable temp and it was perfect. Put it in heavy foil and into refridgerator- didn't dare leave it sit out- entirely to long till dinner plus my shepard was really drooling Anyone else have a turkey smoke this quickly? We have owned our smokette 008 for about 5 months and smoke something at least once a week. I know everthing smokes differently & in its own time but I sure would like to get a better grip on the time factor before Thanksgiving. BTW 20 min. a lb would have been closer to 4 hours @ 225o ( finished reading turkey 101)
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