PBC Party Turkey 🥳

[FishTalesNC]

My wife is a nurse on the BMTU at UNC Hospital, and they are just now getting around to their work holiday party (!!!) So she asked me a few weeks ago when the sign up sheet was posted if I’d smoke a turkey for the event - of course! She found a 10.5 pounder, which I spatchcocked Thursday evening. I used the Williams Sonoma Classic Turkey Dry Brine, which we LOVE, getting it under and on the skin.



I used a 15/10/10 lighting process on the PBC. Meanwhile got hooks under the arms and thru the ribs and stuck a probe in the bird, and onto the PBC it went at 2:30pm.



As you can see I went with a single rebar. Temps were 360F to 320F for the first 75 min, then I cracked the lid and she ran 335F for the last 15 min. 90 min total for the breast to reach 165F.



All in all a good looking bird, going to carve it upon arrival, hope it gets picked clean!

[RonB]

Great job.

[FishTalesNC]

Thankya, sir!

[HawkerXP]

Looks marvelous! PBC, PBC, pbc, pbc, pb……………..

[FishTalesNC]

I’m a believer!!

[HawkerXP]

You're a Barrelhead!

[jecucolo]

Looks awesome. I recommend going to Lowe’s and picking up some 3/8” rebar dowels. I’m pretty sure they come 24”. It is amazing how that little bit of addEd air picks up the temp. I use them just for poultry.

[FishTalesNC]

That’s in the plans... going to have to pickup more KBB while I’m there, I’m going thru it like water with my beloved PBC!

[Alabama Smoke]

Interesting idea. Wondering now what the diameter is of the stock PBC rebars are.......and if I could get a couple slightly larger to easily reduce the heat for slower cooks.....Anyone know??

[jecucolo]

I believe the rebar is 5/8” diameter.

[Mr. Bones]

Looks delicious, hope yall enjoyed!

[FishTalesNC]

I didn’t get to try it out, had to stay behind since we had contractors working on the house. Heard plenty of over the top compliments tho, so must’ve done something right!

[fzxdoc]

Looks really delicious, FishTalesNC . Whenever I do a single bird I put the skinny stainless steel rod on the diagonal so the bird is more centered in the barrel. I can also fit more on the diagonal rod, like a few sausage hangers since I love smoking sausage along with poultry in the PBC. That dripping sausage fat makes for good flavor in a poultry cook. I usually poke the lowest sausage in the hanger to sacrifice for its fat, although it eats pretty good as well.

Kathryn

[SmokinAZ]

Is there a particular brand of sausage that you like to use?

[fzxdoc]

I usually use hot Italian Sausages or fresh Andouille sausages from Fresh Market, or Johnsonville Italian sausages, SmokinAZ .

K.

[SmokinAZ]

Great, thanks! I'm doing a couple of trial yard birds today in preparation for turkey next month. I'll be sure to include a little Andouille...

[fzxdoc]

FishTalesNC , I modified some Char Broil sausage hangers long before the PBC folks came out with theirs. My hangers hold 6 sausages, and PBC's holds 5, so I just stuck with mine. I bought the skewer pack as well. I haven't used the basket, since I often use my great grate (modified 18" grate also made well before the PBC folks came out with their version) for veggies while hanging meat through the hole in the grate.

Here is a link to my topic on the "great grate" modification. My grate has a larger opening for hanging the meat than the PBC version. That has usually been an advantage for me in hanging all the meat I need, but may not be the case in cooks where more grate space is desired.

https://pitmaster.amazingribs.com/forum/grills-and-smokers/charcoal/pit-barrel-cooker/13004-pbc-modifications-the-great-grate

Here's a link that describes my sausage hanger and how I cook the sausages on my PBC:

https://pitmaster.amazingribs.com/forum/grills-and-smokers/charcoal/pit-barrel-cooker/121278-smoking-sausage-on-pbc?p=121350#post121350

Here's a photo of my PBC loaded with 3 chickens (6 halves) and two sausage hangers (12 sausages):



Kathryn

[FishTalesNC]

Thank you so much @fzcdoc ! That right there is a thing of beauty. I’m almost embarrassed to admit I’ve picked thru all 20 pages of posts in the PBC sub-forum (twice). I remember your great grate post - very cool. I did buy the PBC hinged grate but see what you mean, it’s a little more crowded on the sides of the open area. Managed to hang 3 racks easily tho while beans cooked on the grate side. Anyway, can’t thank you enough for all your PBC efforts here, it’s made things so much easier!

[BrandonWatson]

TAfter just seeing the pictures I got really hungry and it also reminded me of a party that I had with friends recently. I have a friend that does really good Turkey. I bought a really big one and it was really great. The only thing that was hard to find was some sounding system. My speakers were not working and sound hire in surrey saved our party. Those guys come, set everything up in like 5 minutes and their sound equipment is really good. We had a nice party and I miss those kind of things in 2020, but this will soon pass I hope.hose look really awesome!

[HawkerXP]

PBC is really, really good at cookin poultry, ribs, brisket...........

[Dadof3Illinois]

Unless I’m cooking a large amount of protein I try and put the rebar in diagonally then cover the other open holes with some magnets.
You just reminded me that I need to cook a turkey. Yours looks awesome..,nice job.

[Soonerpop]

Looks Great! Thanks for the info.
I’ll try one when it gets fallish out. Supposed to be 105° here today. Don’t even want to think about starting a fire. Next week, back to the low-mid 90’s.

[Duanessmokedmeats]

Weather never stopped me...