You can make stuffing without it being stuffed into the bird, yeah. Even my aunt, who did everything pretty traditionally and taught me more how to cook than my mom, wouldn’t stuff the bird because it just makes it harder to cook the turkey.
So, depending on the postmaster you talk to, it should be cooked for about 30-60 minutes per pound at 225-250f.
I built my smoker with a raspberry pi to control it, though, and do some creative things with the temperature- as it comes up to 165 inside the bird, the smoker comes down to 165 itself and stays there for a few hours.
Eventually? It does dry out, but I’ve had it so tender that when I’m trying to carve it and the drumstick thief comes along, all they get is a bone.
As for stuffing… you technically don’t even need the bird for it. Though, it’ll miss out on absorbing some of the drippings, unless you collect them and add them.
That said… I’m not even a stuffing guy and I find that blasphemous… so…it should be noted that though the cavity for a splatchcocked turkey is smaller, it’s still there and you can spread the rest around the turkey just fine.
How big is your bird?
We cook it on low temp for 4/5 hours and frequently baste and that seems to work.
I’ve never tried spatchcocking, can you still make stuffing that way?
You can make stuffing without it being stuffed into the bird, yeah. Even my aunt, who did everything pretty traditionally and taught me more how to cook than my mom, wouldn’t stuff the bird because it just makes it harder to cook the turkey.
So, depending on the postmaster you talk to, it should be cooked for about 30-60 minutes per pound at 225-250f.
I built my smoker with a raspberry pi to control it, though, and do some creative things with the temperature- as it comes up to 165 inside the bird, the smoker comes down to 165 itself and stays there for a few hours.
Eventually? It does dry out, but I’ve had it so tender that when I’m trying to carve it and the drumstick thief comes along, all they get is a bone.
As for stuffing… you technically don’t even need the bird for it. Though, it’ll miss out on absorbing some of the drippings, unless you collect them and add them.
That said… I’m not even a stuffing guy and I find that blasphemous… so…it should be noted that though the cavity for a splatchcocked turkey is smaller, it’s still there and you can spread the rest around the turkey just fine.