Smoking Christmas Turkey Under My New Work Light

[rifraf]

So I found an old Weber 18.5 red head that the bottom of the kettle had rusted thru in a few places, for real cheap at a garage sale and thought it would make a great light for my cook area!! i finally got it all together and mounted in place just in time to cook the turkey and hams for Christmas.

New Light
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21 lbs. Turkey all rubbed with a herb rub after a 24 hour soak in brine
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In the smoke
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Went on at 2:45 am. Will post some updates in a few hours!!

[sliding_billy]

That's pretty cool.

[charrederhead]

Love it.

[Diesel Dave]

Dang I need one of them!!!

Way cool idea

[IndoorOutdoorCook]

That's awesome!

[Stingerhook]

Nice light.

[Phubar]

Phirst time I've seen that...love it!

[rifraf]

The light gets better, I used a bright cool white waterproof led strip that can be cut to desired length. The adhesive was good, but some of the crud that i couldn't get off after hours of scrubbing, wouldn't allow it to stick. So a little bit of hot glue showed it who was boss lol. I ended up using 9 strips of to cover the under side. Also installed a RF controller so I can turn it on and off with a remote so there is no need to unplug it all the time!!

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In all I'm very pleased with it. I was tired of holding a flash light at night will smoking at night lol. Best part it only cost about $30 for the LED's, the controller, and a piece of black that I didn't have!!

More food pron

Turkey off at 9am (Smells yummie!!)
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Hams smoking (doing the Dr. Chicken's Double Smoked Ham with the injection and glaze) YUMMMMMMMMMM
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On a side note after the rain melted all of our 5 inches of snow 2 days ago, we might have a white Christmas by the end of the day lol
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OH YEAH Santa left is toy sack at my house I hope all the kids still got there toys!!!
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[Bonewagon]

I love the light! What a fantastic idea. :thumb:

If you want snow for Christmas, come on up! You don't have to go north much further for the white stuff.

[vr6Cop]

That's a cool light and a great repurposed lid. Well done!

[rifraf]

Hams are about are about done, 6 more degrees to go!! Just finished the last of glazing. Almost time to eat!!

[swbill]

Awesome idea. Nice job