Shagdog
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- Jul 1, 2013
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So my wife teaches elementary school in a not so great area. A lot of the kids don't get a real thanksgiving dinner, so some of the teachers organize a potluck type dinner for all the kids and staff on the last day of school before vacation. Last year I cooked 6 turkeys in my Shirley for her and asked how they did the rest. My wife said that a bunch of volunteers take them home, cook them the night before, and bring back cold turkey the next days for the kids. Since its a poor area, they also do not usually get all their turkeys back. Anyways, once I heard these kids were getting day old oven turkeys, I knew something had to be done. I got ahold of Oifmarine and ChicagoKP and we made plans to stuff our shirleys and feed these kids some real turkey.
First lunch service was 10:45. We weren't sure how long the turkeys would take since we were loading them up so much, so we arrived nice and early, at 4:30.
As a side note, they gave us Jennie-O and butterballs to cook. After seeing a lot of both, I will tell you that butterball sells a much better product overall. Consistency, appearance, and flavor were noticeably better.
While the smokers warmed up, we prepped 16 turkeys, about 20lbs each. Did everything by flashlight in the school parking lot.
Turkeys went on at 5:15 and 5:30. We spatchcocked a few to make sure we'd have some for the first service.
Sun finally came up. Weather was pretty warm (60) but it was very windy.
Mrs Shagdog and KP waiting for turkeys to cook
Turkeys at about 7am in Oifmarine's cooker
Made some naked fatty and biscuit sammys for breakfast.
Turkeys in KPs around 9am.
First turkeys finished in under 4 hours at about 325
All hands on deck to carve up the birds. Mrs Shagdog and Mrs KP helped a ton.
More turkey pron
Just thought this was funny.
One of the pans of goodness.
I have some great pics of the kids, but my wife asked I not post them. The kids were really excited, but not as much as the staff was. Turkeys came out great, everyone was thrilled. HUGE thanks to KP, Mrs KP, and OIFMarine for taking a day off to cook and brighten those kids' day. You guys rule!
First lunch service was 10:45. We weren't sure how long the turkeys would take since we were loading them up so much, so we arrived nice and early, at 4:30.
As a side note, they gave us Jennie-O and butterballs to cook. After seeing a lot of both, I will tell you that butterball sells a much better product overall. Consistency, appearance, and flavor were noticeably better.
While the smokers warmed up, we prepped 16 turkeys, about 20lbs each. Did everything by flashlight in the school parking lot.
Turkeys went on at 5:15 and 5:30. We spatchcocked a few to make sure we'd have some for the first service.
Sun finally came up. Weather was pretty warm (60) but it was very windy.
Mrs Shagdog and KP waiting for turkeys to cook
Turkeys at about 7am in Oifmarine's cooker
Made some naked fatty and biscuit sammys for breakfast.
Turkeys in KPs around 9am.
First turkeys finished in under 4 hours at about 325
All hands on deck to carve up the birds. Mrs Shagdog and Mrs KP helped a ton.
More turkey pron
Just thought this was funny.
One of the pans of goodness.
I have some great pics of the kids, but my wife asked I not post them. The kids were really excited, but not as much as the staff was. Turkeys came out great, everyone was thrilled. HUGE thanks to KP, Mrs KP, and OIFMarine for taking a day off to cook and brighten those kids' day. You guys rule!
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