Kitchen

[Sooner]

Where I live it is almost impossible to find turkeys NOT frozen unless you order them ahead.

[BlingQueen022]

On 11/28/2014 chrystaltree said:

Who would cook a frozen turkey? Browning wouldn't the problem, getting the thing to cook all the way through would be the problem. I usually buy fresh turkeys, this year I bought a frozen bird. No problems. But it's not like I waited till the day before to start defrosting.......

I always purchase fresh turkeys. You don't have to order them in advance either. They're found in abundance in all the meat cases at least where I live at. I won't even start with a frozen bird because it just takes too long for it to thaw out. I find fresh birds even taste better. It's well worth the extra money spent.

[debic]

On 11/28/2014 Sooner said:

Where I live it is almost impossible to find turkeys NOT frozen unless you order them ahead.

Same here. I bought mine on Tues and put them down in the cold room. Deep fried one and smoked the other. We like both so I buy small ones.

[Sooner]

Debc--those look wonderful! Looks like a Big Green Egg smoker? How long did that one take?

[debic]

On 11/29/2014 Sooner said:

Debc--those look wonderful! Looks like a Big Green Egg smoker? How long did that one take?

Thanks, it was good. I cooked it slower than if I was just cooking it without smoke. Regularly it's 7 minutes a pound at 350 degrees. At 250 I smoked it for 5 hours.

*eta* Yes it's a big green egg.

[Sooner]

On 11/29/2014 debc said:

On 11/29/2014 Sooner said:

Debc--those look wonderful! Looks like a Big Green Egg smoker? How long did that one take?

Thanks, it was good. I cooked it slower than if I was just cooking it without smoke. Regularly it's 7 minutes a pound at 350 degrees. At 250 I smoked it for 5 hours.

*eta* Yes it's a big green egg.

THANKS! We've never smoked a turkey but we LOVE our egg!