Thanksgiving smoked turkey

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Smoked turkey sounds mighty nice! Haven't done one in few years now, since it's a real chore in my wood smoker and takes 18-24 hours, depending on the size of the bird (s). Once cooked a full load of a dozen 16-pounders for a church function and that session lasted 23 hours.... that was a whole lot of work, to keep the temperature up and the birds cooking evenly (rotate the birds, drink a beer, rotate the four grills, drink a beer, feed the fire, drink a beer, rotate the pit on its axle (to keep the wind direction just right for firebox ventilation), drink a beer....... It takes a lot of beer to smoke a load of turkeys!

We had Thanksgiving in Houston with family this year, with D preparing most of it here before we left and me providing the red and white burgs from Francois Labet. Very, very nice!