Thanksgiving is upon us.

I was up all night last night checking the chamber temperature of the UDS every thirty minutes, and cleaning up the house waiting for Baby Davy to come home.  This morning at 10, went to go pick up the wife and baby and brought them home.  Come to find out, the couple who were coming over for dinner may not be coming after all.  Oh well, more turkey sammiches for me!

At about 830 I took the turkey out of the smoker and put it in a roasting pan and covered it with foil added a cup of water and threw 2T of butter over the top.  Threw it in the oven at 250 so I didn't have to watch it while I went to the hospital.
When we got home I temped it and it was at a perfect 165 so I took it out, removed the shish-kabob skewers that were holding the skin together and wrapped it in foil and a towel.  Heated up the faux-cambro and dropped that bird right in.
Still waiting on the wife to tell me what to go to the store to get in addition to the turkey so.... I will tell you the results of this turkey cooking tale when I have them!

What to be thankful for!

Early Tuesday morning my wife went into labour.  However awesome it was, which it was, this meant that the bird had to be brined for a few extra hours.  It also meant that the dog had to stay locked up for a good 12 hours, but he seemed to have survived without too much mental distress.  Back to the Turkey, got home late Tuesday and didn't feel like de-brining the turkey and rubbing it down, which meant that I had to do it Wednesday.

After rinsing and rubbing the turkey down, I started up the UDS.  Got some good smoke going and a good temp and threw the bird on.  I weaved some bacon threw it on top of the turkey so it will be extra delicious.  I've heard not to mix meats while you're cooking, but I figure, as long as I get the Pork up to the temp that the Poultry needs to get to to be safe, then everything will be hunky dory.  Only about 9 more hours of smoking to go!!

Turkey Smoking Part 1

I want to smoke a Turkey for Thanksgiving.  First thing being first, I wanted to test everything out before I actually ruined Thanksgiving with a subpar smoked turkey.

After visiting smoker-cooking.com I found what I believed to be a good recipe for a brining soulution.  One change I did make was I used 2T of cayenne because, my wife, trying to hurry up the labor wants things Spicy.  With the turkey sitting in the brine and me thurougly disgusted from peeling skin from breast I wait.  Not wanting to mix up a new rub, I plan on using the rub from all of my previous rib smokes which I found at amazingribs.com.  I thought that I was going to be smoking up the Pre-Turkey today, but I ended up having watch today until 1530.  Hopefully I have tomorrow off so I can get this Turkey party started!