Hello all,
I am new to this forum, and apologize for any inconvenience as I know this is not a forum for actually cooking turkeys. I am hosting a Thanksgiving turkey sale as a fundraiser for my school. I am having difficulties trying to figure out how to safely store the cooked turkeys until the patrons arrive to pick them up, which could be up to 4 hours. Also, many of the 80 turkeys we are cooking will be over 15 pounds, which I understand can be dangerous. Any help would be greatly appreciated
Not sure if I would try doing and FTC for 4 hours on a Turkey.
would I be more successful, once the turkeys are finished to immediately place them in the fridge? i understand they may be dry once re-heated, but I'd rather this be the case than to ruin someone's Thanksgiving by making them sick...again thanks for your help.
I personally would definitely refrigerate the turkeys as soon as possible after smoking to get the internal temperature down to a safe temp and if they are not to be eaten within a few hours or so I would suggest freezing them.
Hi mackjuju;
Welcome to the forum.
You should be able to find any question about your turkeys or get a direct answer from the below site; either by email or phone. I use this site a lot during this time of year:
Butterball Turkey Talk-Line (http://www.butterball.com/tips-how-tos/turkey-experts/overview)