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[Greg Jones]

Hope they start showing up at my Costco soon.

Looks like reverse gear works fine!

 

[Greg Jones]

Nice! I’ve never been pheasant hunting myself. I’ve always been an upland game/quail and grouse hunter myself. Pheasants don’t do well in non-glaciated soil, so we don’t often see them in SE Ohio or Kentucky. But my dad, my gosh he, and his dad, hunted pheasants every year in South Dakota until the days they couldn’t do it anymore. I still have pheasant feathers gifted to me that make the best cat toys ever!

 

[ghuns]

Nice! I’ve never been pheasant hunting myself. I’ve always been an upland game/quail and grouse hunter myself. Pheasants don’t do well in non-glaciated soil, so we don’t often see them in SE Ohio or Kentucky. But my dad, my gosh he, and his dad, hunted pheasants every year in South Dakota until the days they couldn’t do it anymore. I still have pheasant feathers gifted to me that make the best cat toys ever!

My family hunted them when I was little kid in the 1970s. I remember seeing a few go through our old two row, tractor mounted corn picker. The late 70s/early 80s blizzards wiped them out.

I wish our DNR would put the effort into bringing them back that they put into wild turkeys. I can't throw a rock into our woods these days without hitting a damn turkey.

I have hunted several put-N-take places over the years, but wild birds are a whole different thing.

 

[Greg Jones]

My family hunted them when I was little kid in the 1970s. I remember seeing a few go through our old two row, tractor mounted corn picker. The late 70s/early 80s blizzards wiped them out.

I wish our DNR would put the effort into bringing them back that they put into wild turkeys. I can't throw a rock into our woods these days without hitting a damn turkey.

I have hunted several put-N-take places over the years, but wild birds are a whole different thing.

My gosh, the exact thing happened here (in SE Ohio)! The ice storm of ‘77 and the blizzard of ‘78 took out all the quail. After that, dad and I raised quail from eggs for years, and turned them out on our farms. The quail we raised were ‘tame’, but they would mate with the few remaining wild birds and start the natural cycle over again. Then one day dad caught a crew from out of state on our farm trapping our wild birds to take them out of state. My dad got (rightfully so) mad as could be at me over the years, but this was the most pissed I ever saw him!

i got an email notice recently that ODNR will be releasing pheasant in Ohio again soon.

 

[Jim6820]

Looks like reverse gear works fine!

Just doing some mini-burnouts to get the Ferrari warmed up for when those Wagyu briskets hit my local Costco.

 

[Gonefishin]

For the first time since Covid started our local Costco had Prime full packers today, $3.99 for prime, $3.49 for choice. 2 weeks ago the choice was $3.99.

 

[SmokeOCD]

Probably going to be too hectic last minute for pics, so here’s a before pic. Lobster bisque, rib roast, roasted cauliflower, asparagus and bread for dinner tonight.

Salt, pepper, Dijon, Worcestershire, garlic, horseradish muddled together for the slather.

Added chimichurri to the list. Tweak to the sauce included a quarter bunch of cilantro, just the leaves and half a jalapeño.

 

[Maule Guy]

Turkey thighs for Christmas dinner!

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We are smoking turkey thighs for T'day. LIke what I see in this post. What temp was the smoker and about how long did the thighs take? About how big were these guys. We have several that are about 0.90 lbs and two 1.5 lbs. Thanx Tom

 

[Lager1829]

I don't remember the weights. I replied to your dm. 325 for ~2.5 hours. You want the final IT around 180/185.

 

[Waterboy]

We had a small group for Thanksgiving, just our daughter and her fiancé. Not many turkey fans so I did a Prime Rib. Turned out good, no complaints.

 

[BigDan]

We had a small group for Thanksgiving, just our daughter and her fiancé. Not many turkey fans so I did a Prime Rib. Turned out good, no complaints.
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Damn sexy!

 

[Jim6820]

We had a small group for Thanksgiving, just our daughter and her fiancé. Not many turkey fans so I did a Prime Rib. Turned out good, no complaints.
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Weight, time and temp? I’m doing a 6-pounder later today. Thanks.

 

[Waterboy]

Weight, time and temp? I’m doing a 6-pounder later today. Thanks.

It was 6 pounds cooked all the way at 275. It took 3 1/4 hours to 128 IT. Rested it for about an hour in a foil pan covered in towels.

 

[Greg Jones]

Looks amazing!

 

[Jim6820]

It was 6 pounds cooked all the way at 275. It took 3 1/4 hours to 128 IT. Rested it for about an hour in a foil pan covered in towels.

Thanks. I’m thinking about 4 hours for mine as I will do the first hour-and-a-half at 180F for a bit of smoke and then finish it at 300F. I also plan to pull at 128F and give it an hour rest.

The protein is headed for the grill right now.

 

[Jim6820]

We’re on the grill! Using a foil pan to catch the drippings for a little gravy—we hope. Put a CPT probe in each end just for grins; one would have been sufficient, I think.

 

[RattleR]

We’re on the grill! Using a foil pan to catch the drippings for a little gravy—we hope. Put a CPT probe in each end just for grins; one would have been sufficient, I think.

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Who would know if one was sufficient? I love the plan!!

Edit: looks like some good eats
Coming. I need to do another. Seasoning SPOG or other?

 

[Beach Bum]

It was 6 pounds cooked all the way at 275. It took 3 1/4 hours to 128 IT. Rested it for about an hour in a foil pan covered in towels.

Looks fantastic. Friendsgiving at our house tomorrow. One of those is headed for our 700.

 

[Jim6820]

Who would know if one was sufficient? I love the plan!!

Edit: looks like some good eats
Coming. I need to do another. Seasoning SPOG or other?

Seasoning is my own “SPOG+;” a little Smoked Paprika added to the basic SPOG.

 

[Jim6820]

Now, I know why they call it “Prime Rib” and not “Choice Rib!” Unfortunately, today’s cook was a bust; the “Prime Rib” was tough as shoe leather. I was unable to find any USDA Prime roasts at my local Costco the other day, so settled for a USDA Choice. I won’t do that again!

Fortunately, it was just my wife and I for dinner tonite and not a big family gathering. We were looking forward to some good roast beef sandwiches tomorrow, but I don’t think that’s gonna happen.

It didn’t look too bad when I pulled it from the grill at 128F, but I was surprised that it coasted up to 141F; a 13F rise after it came off the grill. That’s about 5F more than I normally see. Here’s what it looked like; more medium than medium rare.

I should have expected the outcome as the protein didn’t have much marbling or fat cap. Oh well, even at my age there’s still time to live and learn. We’ll see what kind of chili it will make.