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about smoking turkeys....
A coupla years ago I wanted to smoke a turkey an the grill...like my dad used to do when I was a kid. I had forgotten pretty much everything he'd done for prep so I went looking on line.
What surprised me was being told to keep the bird under 8lbs or so. It seems that a larger bird stays in the "danger zone" 120*-140* for too long to be deemed safe. Well...I didn't like that, especially since I had already bought a 16lb bird. The fix for this was to "half" the bird.
It worked great. Thing is though...cooking time was also reduced by half. Both halves were done before noon. Since everyone showed up early we all sat down...15 minutes later we lost power. Didn't bother anyone...everything was finished cooking.
The meal...even without power in the house..was a success. Since we couldn't watch the game...we broke out the shotguns and busted clays in the back yard.
Nope the neighbors didn't say boo.
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