I am planning on smoking and then deep frying.
Can I smoke the bird today and refrigerate it tonight and deep fry it tomorrow ? Do I need to use heat at all when I smoke ? the Bradley recipe says 100 degrees - is that necessary or can I just smoke it for 4 hours without the heat?
CG,
I've never done the fridge overnight after applying smoke, might be a bit worried about the nasties getting it. I hit with 2 hours smoke and straight to the fryer, or big easy in my case! Someone will have a more definitive answer than I!
C
Well, the smoker will be busy tomorrow so my only shot would be to presmoke it today for the deep fry tomorrow.
That's why I do not want to use any heat on it like the Bradley recipe calls for (100 degrees). I am going to go for it in a little bit - smoke it for 4 hours (apple wood) and wrap it up real good and into the refrigerator for tomorrow. I will put in in the garage frige - nothing but beer in there....
Crimson...
Why not smoke and deep fry today,, and reheat tomarrow?
I deep fry 2 turkeys every year - it gets the men out of the house for a couple hours, we smoke stogies and drink some scotch. It's sort of a tradition at this point :-)
If I can smoke with no heat I don't see any problem with it, I wouldn;t want to apply any heat to the bird and then refrigerate it.
I have done smoke first then deep frying. The only problem is the frying takes some of the smoke out.
nepas
OK, I am going to post in my other thread - the one that says "me again"