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Originally posted by Oliver_Wendell_Ramone
So, reasonably sized family gathering planned for Thursday (9 or 10 adults, 3 kids). Over the weekend, we're giving the house the thorough cleaning that it doesn't get often enough. And we think, sure, let's use the self-cleaning cycle on the oven, which is in desparate need of a cleaning.
The oven is now clean. And no longer works. Fixable, apparently, but parts are a week or so away. So, turkey sushi for all.
Actually, there are two turkeys. Plan had been to do one in the oven and on on the grill. Now it will be one on the grill, approximating an oven as best possible, and one in a smoker. Otherwise, stove top, with crockpots for warming stuff. Pies were already assigned out. Debating using the old (and cheap to begin with) charcoal smoker or buying a cheap electric smoker. Thankfully, the weather looks good, as I'll be hangin' outside a bit.
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If you get the electric smoker, you shouldn't have to check the bird more than once or twice.
I usually stuff the turkey I'm smoking with a couple sprigs of fresh thyme and sage, some celery, carrots, and an onion, and a head of garlic, sliced in half. If you add a lemon, also cut in half, it keeps the bird a bit moister and helps the turkey draw in the aromatics.
