Ok, I normally smoke two 20 lb birds on my Yoder 640 pellet pooper and have gotten pretty good at it. But the Yoder blew a circuit and I cant get parts until Tuesday and that is cutting it too close. Now I have TWO (21) pound birds. Please tell me your experience with these and tips for the KBQ. Will I need to split these birds in half? I normally spatchcock but it seems the KBQ is a bit narrow for the task. ADVICE NEEDED. I also have a Weber and an ugly drum smoker and a propane smoker (and gas grill and flat top and loads of other stuff I do not think will cook turkeys)
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Last edited by fracmeister; November 22, 2025, 11:25 AM.
In the controller. All I have to do is plug the unit in and it blows the GFCI. We did a little test and I’m basically having to replace the controller unit.
Sorry to hear that. Just a real long shot, is you GFCI not at fault. I've had a few of them fail, actually one that I plug the Yoder into. Went to use the smoker and it would trip. Used another outlet and all was fine. Son in law, electrical inspector, told me he has seen many issues with failures right out of the box. Hopefully you will vet your delivery on time.
For scale, this is a 21.8 pound STILL FROZEN (been thawing 2 days) bird on the lowest usable shelf. I am guessing that even with the innards removed i would either have to truss it or split it. I just dont know if spatchcoock could work. That leaves me to sous vide the other or hang in the UDS.
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I would sous vide them. That's actually what I am doing this year for the first time. If you want to be fancy about it, part out the legs and thighs and start them at 165° and then drop down to 155° for the breast and wings. I'm going to use the deep fryer to finish them and get the skin crispy, but any ripping hot heat source would work great for that.
You could do one whole on the KBQ, and sous vide the other one. It would make you look all fancy doing turkeys two different ways.
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