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Community => Butchering, Cooking, Recipes => Topic started by: grundy53 on November 22, 2015, 03:00:14 PM

Title: Practice Turkey
Post by: grundy53 on November 22, 2015, 03:00:14 PM: I cooked a practice bird on my Traeger today. I brined it overnight then rubbed it with EVOO and some Cabelas rub. Then cooked it at 300° for three hours.

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Title: Re: Practice Turkey
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on November 22, 2015, 03:07:37 PM: NICE ...All I have on my mind right now is Pumpkin pie !! hahaah Good old turkey sandwich will do too !!!
Title: Re: Practice Turkey
Post by: Todd_ID on November 22, 2015, 03:09:28 PM: Oh my! I may have to get close to the Traeger at work to try this for our Thanksgiving dinner on the boat. That looks like it could be the best tasting turkey in history.
Title: Re: Practice Turkey
Post by: grundy53 on November 22, 2015, 03:23:48 PM: I forgot to mention that I stuffed the bird with slices of oranges, lemons, limes, and apples.

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Title: Re: Practice Turkey
Post by: Boss .300 winmag on November 22, 2015, 03:25:42 PM: You need some practice eaters! :chuckle:
Title: Re: Practice Turkey
Post by: Timberstalker on November 22, 2015, 03:31:31 PM: How was the white meat? Did it turn out moist or did it dry out a bit?
Title: Re: Practice Turkey
Post by: grundy53 on November 22, 2015, 03:32:27 PM: Haven't dug into it yet. Letting it rest right now.

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Title: Re: Practice Turkey
Post by: NOCK NOCK on November 22, 2015, 07:28:42 PM: How many lbs. was the bird? Going to do my 1st one on the Traeger.......no practice run :yike: hope it works out or im gonna be in trouble from the Mrs. 18 people to feed (deep frying one too)
Title: Re: Practice Turkey
Post by: grundy53 on November 22, 2015, 08:23:54 PM: This one was a little over ten pounds. Check it early. It cooks faster than you would think. I was going to pull it at 165-170° but when I checked it after 3 hours it was already 180°. It tastes great but a bit dry wish I would have checked it sooner.

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Title: Re: Practice Turkey
Post by: Bill W on November 22, 2015, 08:35:33 PM: We watched one infomercial too many and bought the indoor turkey deep fryer. Handles up to 20 lb turkeys. We got a 15 pounder that will be be cooked on Friday. The kids can't make it over until then so we're holding T-day off by one day. In theory it takes 56 minutes to cook the turkey.