Charity Cook for 300 - Questions

[DaveAlvarado]

I saw saw some strange looking frozen Butterball turkey roast thingees with "both white and dark meat" and "gravy packet inside". Oddly shaped - I'm gonna stay away from those. :hand:

I've smoked one of those before. It's a turkey breast "tenderloin" and a big hunk of some kind of dark meat (thigh?) together in a net. They cook up good and are handy if you're, say, smoking a Thanksgiving dinner for two. But stay away for catering. The net alone will kill you in the time it takes to remove.

I'm personally a fan of the Butterball bone-in breasts. They smoke up great right out of the package, and they have one of those little pop-out doneness indicators that is actually really good at smoking temps--I've done them between 225F and 300F and at all temps if you pull the breast when the popper pops out and give it a rest, you'll have incredibly moist and juicy turkey.

Not sure what you can get those for from your supplier, but I found I can get them by the case at my local grocery store. They come in cases of 8.

As for kids food, I've had a few kids not want to mess with pulled pork. I've never had a kid not want to eat smoked turkey as long as it's not dry.