First of the Thanksgiving and Christmas turkey's hitting the smoker now. After makin a smoked turkey a number of years back I was volunteered into smoking turkey's for the family indefinitely. Will be making a few more later this week. This one is for the office, will be making that and a ham for lunch tomorrow. Should be a good one!
165 in the breast and it's done, when carving there is a beautiful pink ring around the outside of the bird. Called a smoke ring and caused by a chemical reaction from the smoke in the meat. Turkey was awesome and didn't last very long in the office.