Smoking Turkey Breast

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I have smoked three turkey breast in the last week. All Honeysuckle from Wal Mart. They run 8-9lbs each. I am cooking them at 250 degrees in a Smokette. They were each thawed, and injected. I cooked the first and second both to 161 degrees internal temp. Using a Polder thermometer here. The cook time was about 5 hours on both.

When carving them I noticed some pink colored meat. Is this a normal look or is it under cooked?

The third breast went into a hot cooker and the internal temp was 173 degrees. This was also about 5 hours. (I assume the hot cooker made the cook time shorter) I still had some pink looking meat. But I do not believe it was as much as the other breast.

Any ideas. wisdom or suggestions.

1/18/0410:59 PM

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Have I got an answer for you.

Yes it's safe. Pink, in BBQ is good.

Check out the Food Safety and Information Service article:

Is Pink Turkey Meat safe?

1/19/048:30 AM

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Pink turkey meat on the outside edges of smoked turkey is safe. Be more concerned about pink inside meat. For that, be sure you use a thermometer and that section is 160 or higher.

1/19/041:24 PM

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