I brined mine for about 24 hours , put some sticks of butter in the cavity , basted with oil , and put it in the smoker at 275 about 3 hours ago . I pushed past the danger zone in a little over 2 and a half hours in and dropped the smoker down to 225 . I am optimistic that it will be at 165 internal around 11 am local time or so . This is also the first time I have smoked a turkey and I am in North Texas so . On a related note , one of my temp probes just failed so I have that going for me too . <| sep |> They are stupid . <| sep |> One way , however horrible it is , is to make them face the consequences of believing the lies . Unfortunately , this does come with the danger that they ' ll never be able to act based on this new knowledge as they sell their freedom and liberty down the river .