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Default Roasting a turkey - question

On Nov 2, 6:41*pm, "John Smythe" > wrote:
> Bob-tx wrote:
> > Getting ready for a big Thanksgiving day with more friends & family
> > than we can count. *Plan on roasting a couple 16 pound turkeys. Would
> > like to smoke one of them,
> > but don't have the time.

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> I don't understand. *You have time to cook the turkeys a different way, but
> you don't have time to smoke one? *What? *Are you frying all of them?
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> I can smoke a turkey (several at a time as long as I have the rack or shelf
> space) in the exact same time that I can roast one in the oven. *Plus, if
> you're smoking the teukeys, then you are freeing up oven space for the
> other baked goods. *There is NEVER enough oven space during the Holidays.
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> > My question is about injecting.

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> > 1. Whether to do it - does it enhance the meat?

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> Are you sure that you will have time to inject? *I mean, you didn't have
> time to smoke one that takes the same time as it takes to roast one.
> Injecting does take a little more time.
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> > 2. What to use to inject it with (I mean what recipe - we have an
> > injector.

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> I would use a honey/butter mixture. *But then I am not worrying about how
> much time it will take to heat the butter and mix it with the heated honey.
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> > Thanks for your opinions.

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> > Bob-tx


Damn yer sarcastic. No need for that here.