daninpd Posted October 21, 2017 Share Posted October 21, 2017 1 hour ago, JOC said: Planning for Thanksgiving and am thinking about using turkey as excuse for buying a Kamado. How large a turkey can you cook on Akorn? Thanks!! I can't imagine a turkey that wouldn't fit but I also can't imagine wrestling a 23 lb monster off it and back in the kitchen. A online guide says a 25 lb bird will fit in a 16 x 13 pan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOC Posted October 21, 2017 Share Posted October 21, 2017 Thanks Dan! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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modenacart Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 11 hours ago, JOC said: Planning for Thanksgiving and am thinking about using turkey as excuse for buying a Kamado. How large a turkey can you cook on Akorn? Thanks!! I have an akorn I bought in may for sale for $200 if you are near eastern NC. It comes with a smoking stone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mironccr345 Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 A lot of good tips in this thread. Here's mine from last Thanksgiving. I brushed it with butter every 30 minutes after the first hour. Easy on the smoke, I added too many chunks of wood (2-3) the first time I smoked a turkey and it turned out too smokey. Well, the wife thought so. Every year since then, she always reminds me about it. TKOBBQ and daninpd 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fbov Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 On 10/21/2017 at 10:00 AM, JOC said: Planning for Thanksgiving and am thinking about using turkey as excuse for buying a Kamado. How large a turkey can you cook on Akorn? Thanks!! That depends on your resourcefulness! I can see a really big bird sitting on a "beer can" stand in a half-sheet pan on on the heat deflector. 8 hours ago, Mironccr345 said: ... Easy on the smoke, I added too many chunks of wood (2-3) the first time I smoked a turkey and it turned out too smokey. Well, the wife thought so. Every year since then, she always reminds me about it. "Too smokey" is usually associated with immature fires and flame. Mature cooking fires, sans wood, have a slight bluish smoke. Young fires have quite dense smoke and not suitable for cooking. I've killed meat by letting the wood catch fire. You can only add wood to a mature fire. I like to embed the wood, so it burns along the way. The key is keeping air flow under control when the wood burns, as flame needs oxygen. A low air flow environment can only smoulder, and produces very tasty food. I've done same day comparisons of oven-roasted and smoked turkey. They tasted the same, as long as both were well brined beforehand. Brine is the secret for poultry, and a lot of other meats. And there are some things wives never forget, like anything you cook that's not quite perfect. Have fun, Frank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daninpd Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 On 10/21/2017 at 7:00 AM, JOC said: Planning for Thanksgiving and am thinking about using turkey as excuse for buying a Kamado. How large a turkey can you cook on Akorn? Thanks!! Last time I checked, a 25 lb bird will easily fit in an Akorn. The largest I ever smoked in the Akorn was 13 lbs because there were only 4 of us last year, and there was room to spare. Make sure you plan to put some smoke on it if you do buy a Kamado Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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