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Originally Posted by UncleWede
A few years back we did our back-yard birds, one was 50lbs dressed!!!
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Holy balls...you sure that wasn't an ostrich?
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Originally Posted by UncleWede
Somehow an extra bird showed up on my doorstep this year, 13lbs IIRC. Black Friday I bought a new electric smoker, set it to 240, and left that in there with a mix of apple/pecan chips, and the bowl full of Cabernet. The breast strips immediately under the skin were a little stringy for about 2mm, but then it was tender and juicy all thru. The only other thing I did after washing it was to put some sage in the 2 cavities.
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Sounds yummy. How was the color? Birds I've done at that temp or lower were a not-so-appealing pale grayish beige.