Uds turkey, 3 hours? how?

I was doing a turkey in the UDS and I have had the temp at 240 before putting the turkey on the grill and it then went down to 180 when I put the turkey onto the grill with a tin foil container with a little bit water and and to catch the drippings.

3 hours later my Uds temp just below the turkey is setting at 247 and I went to check the temp of the bird for the first time and I am sitting at 176 in the breast.

Why so fast with a temp below 300?

I checked the temp probes last weekend and they were only a few degrees off in boiling water.

Or is is just right for a 14 pound turkey, not stuffed except for a onion and apple

Ron_L said:

Seems a little fast, but not unbelievable. at 250 I would say 20 - 25 per pound unstuffed, so that would be around 4 hours. Did you brine it? Brines meats tend to cook faster.

Also, check it in a few spots just in case.

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I did not brine it but i did inject it with a chicken broth, butter, lemon marinade for about 8 hours before smoking it. It was definately done, and fairly good, not to juicy though.