Learnin Querve
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Put a 12# turkey into the brine around 1:00 pm this afternoon. Brine was very cold and had plenty of ice floating in it. Put a bag into my trusty 3 gallon Igloo beverage cooler, put the turkey in and poured the brine over to completely cover the bird. Pressed the air out, tied the bag, and put the lid on.
Went to do errands and the day just progressively went downhill. Got home 3 hours later than expected, grilled some chops for dinner, and went to check on the turkey...
Cracked open the cooler and brine temp was 55 F at 5" depth. Stuck the breast in about 4 places with my thermo and got readings of 45 degrees. I've added ice and now it's sitting outside. Temps are expected to be in the low 40's tonight. I am/was planning on putting it on the drum around 8:00 AM.
You know where this is going...Do you pitch it or cook it? I'm expecting 8 people for dinner early tomorrow evening.
Thanks,
Chris
Went to do errands and the day just progressively went downhill. Got home 3 hours later than expected, grilled some chops for dinner, and went to check on the turkey...
Cracked open the cooler and brine temp was 55 F at 5" depth. Stuck the breast in about 4 places with my thermo and got readings of 45 degrees. I've added ice and now it's sitting outside. Temps are expected to be in the low 40's tonight. I am/was planning on putting it on the drum around 8:00 AM.
You know where this is going...Do you pitch it or cook it? I'm expecting 8 people for dinner early tomorrow evening.
Thanks,
Chris