Smoked Turkey Tips 
            





       
            SMOKED TURKEY IS A HOLIDAY FAVORITE
            And you can smoke great turkey every time in your Cookshack smoker 
            by following these simple directions.  TURKEY SMOKING TIPS 
            MethodsTips
            OLD-FASHIONED SMOKED TURKEY 
              Salt turkeys inside and out before cooking. 
              Season with Cookshack RibRub and/or Cookshack Spicy Chicken Rub. 
              Rub with mayonnaise, vegetable oil, butter or margarine. 
              Load smoker's wood box with hickory wood, apple wood, or a 
              combination of both woods. (Consult your smoker's Operator's 
              Manual for correct amount of wood.) 
              Set birds in foil roasting pans, and place on smoker's grills; or 
              set turkeys directly on smoker grills. 
              Smoke-cook to internal temperature of 180°. Takes about 10 hours 
              for a 12 lb.turkey, at 180 - 200°. 
              Remove from smoker and serve, or cool down and refrigerate or 
              freeze. 
            SMOKED TURKEY BREAST 
              Rub with mayonnaise and season with Cookshack RibRub or Cookshack 
              Spicy Chicken Rub. 
              Smoke-cook bone-in turkey breasts at 200°, one hour per pound. 
              Turkey breasts are dense, and an additional 30 - 60 minutes 
              cooking time may be required, for both boneless and bone-in 
              breasts. 
              For higher humidity, use a Cookshack Water Magazine (optional 
              accessory).
              Recommended wood: apple and hickory 
            SMOKED TURKEY WINGS 
            Season with Cookshack Spicy Chicken Rub. Smoke 2 to 2 1/2 hours at 
            200°. Serve with Cookshack Spicy Barbecue Sauce. SOME HELPFUL TIPS 
              It takes 10 - 12 hours at 180 - 200° to smoke a load of 12 lb. 
              turkeys. 
              Always use good quality (Grade A) birds. 
              It takes about twice as long to slow-smoke a load of turkeys in a 
              Cookshack smoker at 200º as it does to cook turkeys in a 
              conventional oven. 
              Rub inside and out with butter, vegetable oil, liquid margarine, 
              or mayonnaise before seasoning to help reduce dryness of skin. 
              Salt turkeys inside and out before cooking. Sprinkle with 
              Cookshack RibRub or Spicy Chicken Rub. 
              Smoke turkeys in foil pans to preserve the drippings or for 
              freezing. 
              Sweet, mild woods, such as hickory and apple are best with turkey. 

            BASTED VS. UNBASTED BIRDS 
            Turkeys which have been injected with a basting solution tend to 
            cook more slowly than turkeys which have nothing injected. For 
            example, it takes about 10 - 12 hours to cook a 10 lb. basted 
            turkey, and 9 hours for the same size unbasted bird. 
            TO FREEZE 
            Set turkeys in foil roasting pans. Smoke-cook as usual. Remove from 
            smoker, and wrap immediately in heavy duty aluminum foil. Cool to 
            room temperature. Freeze in pans with drippings. To reheat, set pan 
            containing frozen turkey in 200° oven and heat for 8 hours. 
            SMOKING WOODS 
              What kind and how much wood you use for flavoring is a matter of 
              personal taste. Hickory is a traditional favorite for turkey. In 
              the last few years, mesquite has gained in popularity as a turkey 
              smoking wood. 
              General Guidelines for Wood Usage are found in your Cookshack 
              smoker's Operator's Manual. Try the suggestions, then adjust 
              quantity up or down as your taste dictates. 
              Your Cookshack smoker's Operator's Manual will tell you the 
              maximum amount of wood that your smoker can safely use. Do not 
              exceed this amount. 






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