Advanced turkey questions Yoder, Searzall, cambro. Need help.

[fracmeister]

OK, I am smoking two 16 pounders. I had planned to do them both on my Yoder 640 but it looks like (spathcocked) that would be pretty crowded.

So plan B is a UDS with C being the weber.

Q1: Crowded on the Yoder or one of the others??

I may need to hold the birds up to an hour. My guess is the faux cambro will make a soggy mess of the skin which I can get pretty crispy on the Yoder.

Q2: Any way to not have soggy skin and keep the bird warm?

Q3: I have a searzall. ANy chance that is a good idea to crisp up turkey skin either before or after cambro?

[fracmeister]

Note: just took the frozen birds out. I am thinking if I do both birds I will have about an inch or two at each side and an inch between the birds. I normally like to have the legs much further from the heat source but I can fit two without them overlapping at least

[mountainsmoker]

Your fine with that amount of distance. As far as skin as soon as you mention Cambro, there goes the crisp. It is edible but not crisp.

[ofelles]

I think as long as you have some clearance you will be okay. On the Yoder I presume. Can't help you on the skin though. Really, no much help at all, truth be told.

[smokin fool]

The few I have smoked the skin has been Ok but nothing to write home about.
It will take a knife when cutting and looks Ok for presentation, but we're not skin lovers anyway.
My wife puts baking powder and salt on Chicken to crisp up the skin would it not do the same on turkey.
Kinda late now to experiment but something to think about.

[Texas Larry]

I’m planning to do two spatchcocked on my YS640: but they're 11 & 14. My plan is to put them on racks over sheet pans, one on the upper and the other on the lower rack, then swap midway if needed. One of the racks will have a bed of root vegetables under the bird. I’ll try to cook at 325. Before cooking I will dry brine overnight to help with the skin crisping, then lube with cooking spray. Will not need to hold as you will. We shall see how this works out!