

| Subject: | Thanksgiving smoked turkey in a Weber directions |
| From: | Rob |
| Date: | Thu, 25 Nov 2010 14:32:29 -0800 |
I keep the charcoal & chimney in a large plastic tub, just slide it in the Vanagon for a trip to a park or camping, I brine the turkey in a plastic bucket so you can take that too in the back of the Vanagon. The Weber fits in there too but it's often a bit messy unless you clean it first. I picked up one of those racks that fits in the receiver and is a good place to carry this stuff too. A smoked turkey is good enough and easy enough that you could do this anything of the year, not just Thanksgiving Day. I did this a few years back and wrote down what I did, every year I look at this again. I brined the turkey for 12 hrs before cooking and use a brand name charcoal briquette, the briquettes are started in a chimney. An 11# turkey on my Weber 22.5" kettle. I put it on a rack, set it in the 13x9 alum drip pan, put 2 cups of broth in the pan and set that in the Weber. I used hickory chips and put about 25 coals per side for indirect cooking. Closed it up and put the thermometer in one of the vent holes. The directions said 350� but I never got it much above 300�. After an hour I covered the breast with foil, added some fresh coals (unlit) and some more chips. It took 2 1/2 hrs for my instant read thermometer to read done. Rob becida@comcast.net
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