Smoked Thanksgiving Turkey

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Belly35's avatar
Belly35
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Nov 6, 2010 10:43am
Smoked Thanksgiving Turkey

As some of you know I have a very nice large smoker.

Note: The six butt roast for pulled pork for the Fouth of July …turn out GREAT
Big Thanks to Bio-Hazzzzard. Without your on line tutelage for my first time Smoker Cooking event would not have turned out so great… Thank You

My question is: Has anyone ever had a complete Smoked Thanksgiving Turkey?

Is a complete smoked turkey a scrumptious eat?

I’m thinking about doing 2 (two) large turkeys for Thanksgiving. One for my Family and one for the feed the hungry church group.

I’m a Tradition Bake Turkey guy and I do the Thanksgiving Dinner (all of it) for my family so this idea of a Smoked Turkey is a little out of my comfort zone….
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Fab4Runner
Posts: 6,196
Nov 6, 2010 10:53am
We had one several years ago...it was okay. I prefer deep fried or roasted any day. We usually have one of each but I think this year we're just frying both. One with cajun injection and one without.
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Early Cuyler
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Nov 6, 2010 11:09am
Deep Fried is where it's at.
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I Wear Pants
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Nov 6, 2010 11:17am
I love me some deep fried turkey.

If you think you want to do this then maybe get a small turkey or a turkey breast and try it before hand.
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tk421
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Nov 6, 2010 3:00pm
I'd love to try to deep fry a turkey this year, but I don't know what we're going to do this year.
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wes_mantooth
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Nov 6, 2010 3:12pm
We only do injected deep fried now....it has spoiled me...tough to eat turkey any other way.
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luckydog
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Nov 6, 2010 8:16pm
I do alot of cold smoking. I've cold smoked whole turkies and finished them in the oven, turned out wonderful.
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gerb131
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Nov 6, 2010 8:25pm
As many have stated before deep fried is where its at just don't burn your crib down.
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Curly J
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Nov 6, 2010 11:40pm
We had a smoked turkey back in 2003 along with a deep fried turkey. I liked the smoked turkey because it was something different.