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Im gonna throw a turky on the smoker with some hikory.This will be my first year smoking/grilling a whole one so well see what happens.

My wife is going to make cookies,carrot cake and citrus cake(like carrot cake but with citrus zest).Shes the ---- a bakeing and makes all the ---- from scrach.
No Betty Crocker mix in my house ;).

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my turkey is marinating.....
its injected with beer, some tony's, garlic, salt, worsersire sauce, and lime juice.
then on the outside its rubbed with kosher salt, and some more tonys. this ---- is going to be good.

if you look where its discolored around the leg and near the wing, that discoloration is the injection
http://www.pix8.net/pro/pic/2375Jb6j6/206824.jpg


D16forlife:
i have smoked about 10 turkeys already this summer and stuff....do a mixture of charcole, and hickory. soak the hickory in water for about an hour and make sure the charcole is white before you put it in the smoker.(start the charcole in a "chimney"
ohh yeah, and make sure you have a water pan to. that turkey will be absoutly mouthwatering. one more tip, cook it till the breast temp is 160 degrees then when you take it off the smoker, wrap it in foil and let it sit for about 20min. mmm....
read up. im on this board alot also...
http://www.texasbbqrub.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=1542


dam, im gettin excited about tommrow.

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eat dinner early than be at home all by myself :'(

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Thanks frank!But Im no n00b @ smoking ;)
Back in Cali I would smoke meats year round(oak,hickory,apple wood,cherry wood,walnuts,mesquite)yum,yum :P.

Ive just never done a whole turky.Last year I dismemberd it.I just hope this thing cooks all the way through in time.Its going to take a while so I think Im gonna start it up early in the morning.

I usually start my coals with a propane torch.I hate lighter fluid.

But Ill take that last tip.Thanks! ;D

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I would plan for about 1.5 hours per pound.
i have gotten up at weee hours to start cookin. then once it starts...go back to bed.

but check out that link, lots and lots of really really good tips/recipes. if your gonna do it, you may as well do it right. ;)

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good website Frank.
http://img123.exs.cx/img123/6105/turkey2.jpg
^^that turkey looks good too!

I think In going to try the beer can method though.
In this case Im thinking Ill shove a big can of Fosters with the marinae up its ass and see what happens :-\.

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I have done many many "beer can chickens" the chicken is good.

beer can turkey, its not so good. :P

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Having Turkeyday at my brothers this year. My parents went on vacation haha. Driving to Seattle tonight so I can have a solid day of stuffing my cake hole and playing GTA. Yee haaa!

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Has anyone here tried Turducken?
I just heard about it and it looks kinda creepy. It is a hen inside of a duck which is inside of a turkey and layered with stuffing.
http://www.sirlunchalot.com/Turducken-thumb.jpg

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:-X...but you never know till you try it i guess
this year we had chicken and ribs. Lastyear we BBQed a turkey and had a $65 chunk of prime rib and a nice ham