I am going to cook the turkey out on the Stump's. Karyn is making a lot of the sides today, so we can have a relaxing time. My in Law's might be coming out, but it depends on the weather. They were going to fly in to Deer Valley today, but the weather from the Bay Area to here sucks, so they are going to try to fly on Turkey day.
I am going to try hard not to repeat Sunday's test turkey cook.
ON Sunday evening I had the Fire Dept stop
Over the prior two days I cooked 14 butts for three different events in the neighborhood. I scraped the 222 out, but did not really clean it well. I use drip pans on the lower shelves, so I did not think I had a big build up.
Sunday night, I decide to try a turkey run. I mean at 5 bucks for a 12 lb turkey, you have to cook them right.
I put the stoker to 325 and away we go. I am happily working around the house putting up Christmas lights, when the wife says "the smoke does not look right". Sure enough, I peak and there is a nice fire inside the smoker. When I cracked the door, flames shot out the top, it was pretty cool.
I pull the probes from the stoker, grab the Turkey and finish off in the oven. I managed to snuff the fire, but will have to re-season prior to the next cook. My bad, it was never a real danger but it did produce some smoke. The FD guys were cool and kinda got a kick out of it.
I will be cleaning it out good prior to Turkey day.
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