1jkemp
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- Joined
- Apr 30, 2012
- Location
- Saint Louis, MO
This was my first smoke on my new to me WSM, also my first time smoking a turkey. I bought an 11 lb butterball on Tuesday, thawed it in the fridge all week, and smoked it on Sunday. Temps were in the area of 280 for most of the cook with a full gravy pan. Used two small apple chunks and local lump.
On the smoker
Finished, removed gravy pan for last twenty minutes to firm up the skin
Carved
If you are looking for an excellent roll recipe, I have had great success with this one: http://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/golden-pull-apart-butter-buns-recipe I used the potato flower but skipped the non-fat dry milk this time and did not notice the difference.
Next time I will use a smaller gravy pan that should let the temp get a little higher. I probably won't go as crazy with the rub next time either, this was based on amazingribs' recipe. I will also use more apple chunks, as this bird didn't taste very smoky.
My ET-732 was reading about 10* higher than my CDN instant read thermometer. Moved my meat probe around a few times and instant probed it all over to make sure my coolest spot hit 160. I was worried that the Maverick meat probe was conducting heat down to the tip since so much of it is exposed, making it read artificially high. I am confident in its accuracy when it's buried in a 12 lb hunk of beef, but I went with the instant read temps on this turkey. Has anyone had a similar experience?
On the smoker
Finished, removed gravy pan for last twenty minutes to firm up the skin
Carved
If you are looking for an excellent roll recipe, I have had great success with this one: http://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/golden-pull-apart-butter-buns-recipe I used the potato flower but skipped the non-fat dry milk this time and did not notice the difference.
Next time I will use a smaller gravy pan that should let the temp get a little higher. I probably won't go as crazy with the rub next time either, this was based on amazingribs' recipe. I will also use more apple chunks, as this bird didn't taste very smoky.
My ET-732 was reading about 10* higher than my CDN instant read thermometer. Moved my meat probe around a few times and instant probed it all over to make sure my coolest spot hit 160. I was worried that the Maverick meat probe was conducting heat down to the tip since so much of it is exposed, making it read artificially high. I am confident in its accuracy when it's buried in a 12 lb hunk of beef, but I went with the instant read temps on this turkey. Has anyone had a similar experience?