First smoked turkey! Please vote for it on facebook

[Joe Foderaro]

Hey guys. Smoked my first turkey last weekend. It came out pretty good and was super easy to do. I used cowboy lump charcoal. It burns hotter...REAL HOT. I had a chimney going and dumped the rest of the 8lb bag into my ring. The full ring got up to 450 degrees after about 10 minutes. At that time I assembled the smoker and got the temp down to the 300-305 range for the whole cook. My goal was 325 but I guess most of the energy was wasted when I first started and didn't get the smoker assembled fast enough. Because of that the skin came out crisp but had a little chew to it. The turkey was great though. So tender and moist. I also injected the breast with butter before cooking and seasoned it with a home made poultry rub under and on top of the skin. I entered my photo of the cook into a contest on facebook and if you guys could vote for me daily I would really appreciate it. Thanks

http://www.facebook.com/iGrillPage?sk=app_451684954848385&app_data=view-vote,for-128531

 

[Mike Coffman]

Beautiful color on that turkey Joe!

 

[Joe Foderaro]

Thank you so much. I was very happy with the color. It was so easy to do I'm looking for an excuse to smoke another.

 

[Joe InJersey]

Beauty of a bird there, Other Joe in Jersey.

 

[John Solak]

beautiful bird, love the color!

 

[DaleW]

Beautiful bird! No excuse necessary--just do it!

 

[Paul Kastner]

Well done sir

 

[Jon Des.]

I can't believe you want us to disregard the sanctity of the Facebook online contest like this. OK, just kidding, I voted for you. Nice turkey! But I will warn you that I just got an iGrill and had to like their page because of this, so you may not be able to count on me in the next contest.......

 

[Michael C.]

Ya, that bird looks great!!!!!! nice job!!!!!!

 

[Tony R]

Beautiful color on the turkey... I wish I could vote for you but I I don't use Facebook or twitter or anything.

 

[Andy Beers]

Nice lookin bird