If you've got a smoker...

[buckshot5792]

Put your turkey in their for a while and cook it low and slow and you won't be disappointed. Making myself hungry now...

[dsm16428]

Just got a new one for christmas as a matter of fact! I've done them in the gas grill too before.

[buckshot5792]

Man they are some kind of good.

[ICDEDTURKES]

Ive done a bunch of Tameys in the stick burner but never a wild one.. Might have to try it, but man I dread Pluck, pluck, pluck, pluck,

[BigAL64]

Ive done a bunch of Tameys in the stick burner but never a wild one.. Might have to try it, but man I dread Pluck, pluck, pluck, pluck,

A friend of mine has a smoker. We just smoke the breasts.

[DocHolladay]

Smoke it for 2.5 hours, wrap in foil finish cooking. I have smoked a few breasts and the average time is about 5 hours at 180*(I would have to check my book).

[ICDEDTURKES]

Smoke it for 2.5 hours, wrap in foil finish cooking. I have smoked a few breasts and the average time is about 5 hours at 180*(I would have to check my book).

Why would you only smoke for 2.5 hours, Poultry can absorb smoke much past that? I could possibly see if you are using something such as mesquite that has a strong smoke taste, but even than I would go past that.. I tend to use home cut apple in which the event of an "oversmoke" would be rare.

180? Are you talking the internal temp of the thigh or are you talking the internal temp of your pit.. You can smoke small poultry such a quarters or wings at a lower temp of say 225, but on a large bird such as a turkey you are much better off smoking at a temp of 250.. Poultry needs to be brought up to temp a little faster as if not bacteria can form..

[DocHolladay]

The last turkey breasts I smoked, was at 180* for 5hrs(based on weight). My little cup holds enough wood to smoke for 2-2.5hrs. The breasts were cooked all the way through and the smoke flavor was just right. The times and such came out of smoking cook books that either came with the smoker or were bought . I went and double checked to make sure I wasnt wrong. One book says cook at 180-200, the other says 200-225, 1 hour for every pound. I dont think it matters how fast or how long it cooks, as long as it is completely cooked with a 160* internal temp.

[BigAL64]

I guess you mean have I tried to smoke the turkey legs in the smoker.There is something to be said for putting nouns verbs and adjectives in the right place.

No, the legs on the birds I shoot are generally so tough that I don't even mess with anything but the breast.