Hello everyone, I cooked my first turkey (12 lb.) on a new WSM yesterday afternoon. This is the 4th time I have fired it up. Two times to season it and once to cook chicken. I used the Ultimate Turkey recipe to the T. I started the fire with a 3/4 full ring of Kingsford Blue Bag and hollowed out the middle using those coals to start my chimney fire. The water pan was foiled and dry. I put the gravy pan on the grate that is on top of the water pan and the Turkey on the top grate. I only put two small chunks of apple wood for smoke. I have installed a Tel-Tru bimetal thermometer in place of the Weber on the lid. I also used a remote Maverick 733. I left all vents wide open from the start until the end and the temp. never did get over 266. However, I removed the Turkey after 3 hours when the breast reached 160 and the dark meat was about 175. The skin and color of the Turkey were really pretty. Nice and a dark golden. Crisp delicious skin . The taste of the Turkey was pretty good but I wished I had used more smoke. That is just my taste. The breast meat right up against the breast bone was a little dry but everything else was fine. Not really what I was expecting as The Ultimate Turkey. I was not expecting much for the first smoke anyway and will continue using this recipe.
I have given you all of this info just in case it is needed to advice me about the gravy. After straining it into a glass bowl it looked the color it was supposed to be and was thin like it was supposed to be. However, when my wife and I tasted it it only taste like oil. We did a finger tip taste a couple of times about 30 minutes apart and the main taste is still oil. I am not sure what to do here. I know this gravy is just for the Turkey and I did not try it on the Turkey yet. It may be that on the turkey I will get the taste I am supposed to have. Hope to hear from a lot of you, maybe even Meathead. LOL
I have given you all of this info just in case it is needed to advice me about the gravy. After straining it into a glass bowl it looked the color it was supposed to be and was thin like it was supposed to be. However, when my wife and I tasted it it only taste like oil. We did a finger tip taste a couple of times about 30 minutes apart and the main taste is still oil. I am not sure what to do here. I know this gravy is just for the Turkey and I did not try it on the Turkey yet. It may be that on the turkey I will get the taste I am supposed to have. Hope to hear from a lot of you, maybe even Meathead. LOL
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