Over smoked turkey

stjoeguy1122

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Feb 6, 2012

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St Joseph, Missouri

• Jun 14, 2015

• #1

Well been a long time since I fired up the smoker.
Got shoved to working ridicules hours and nights.
I prepped this yesterday and toss in the Masterbuilt gas this morning when I came home.
And fell asleep. :-(
Internal temp is 180/185.
I inject some butter into breast and drumsticks, covered with foil.
Not sure what else to do.
I guess I can grind it up.

What do you do if you over cook something?

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• stjoeguy1122
• Jun 14, 2015

 

dirtsailor2003

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Oct 4, 2012

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Bend Oregon

• Jun 14, 2015

• #2

Until you cut into it you just won't know. I kno w a lot of people that cook their turkeys to 180-185 and claim them to be the best turkey in the world. I myself am a 165-170 kinda guy.

 

stjoeguy1122

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Feb 6, 2012

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St Joseph, Missouri

• Jun 14, 2015

• #3

It was pretty good. Not as juicy as I wanted but not dried out either.

 

coolew01

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Oct 24, 2013

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Waconia, MN

• Jun 16, 2015

• #4

stjoeguy1122 said:

It was pretty good. Not as juicy as I wanted but not dried out either.

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. I tried a whole turkey once and it didn't work out. I've done tons of turkey breasts, where i brine them over night and they have been awesome. All i do is stuff the skin with butter and put salt and pepper on the outside. It is my sisters favorite thing i smoke.