I've been smoking meat for a couple years now, and I recently decided to try my first whole turkey. This is actually a "practice" turkey, in preparation for Thanksgiving, at which time I plan to smoke one and serve it to family and friends.
I've actually already started the process, and made notes along the way. What follows is my day 1 activities. I'll make subsequent posts as I proceed:
First Turkey - Day 1 (Tuesday, October 31st, 11:00AM)
I bought a 12-lb frozen turkey from Whole Foods. It was one of those minimally processed natural birds, with no injected salt (or anything else), described on Whole Foods' web site as follows:
I brought it home and placed it in the refrigerator to thaw. As I found from reading on the internet, the expected thaw time for a frozen turkey is about 24 hours for every 5 lbs of bird weight. So I expect thawing of my 12-lb'er to take about 2.5 days.
I've actually already started the process, and made notes along the way. What follows is my day 1 activities. I'll make subsequent posts as I proceed:
First Turkey - Day 1 (Tuesday, October 31st, 11:00AM)
I bought a 12-lb frozen turkey from Whole Foods. It was one of those minimally processed natural birds, with no injected salt (or anything else), described on Whole Foods' web site as follows:
- No antibiotics — ever
- No animal byproducts in feed
- No supplemental growth hormones
- Appropriate litter provided for comfort and to satisfy natural foraging instincts
I brought it home and placed it in the refrigerator to thaw. As I found from reading on the internet, the expected thaw time for a frozen turkey is about 24 hours for every 5 lbs of bird weight. So I expect thawing of my 12-lb'er to take about 2.5 days.
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