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Revisiting Time & Temp’s For Turkey Breast (Sous-Vide)

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(OP-2019) I love Turkey, and there's no other Holiday I can think of that preoccupies my time for an entire month, if not more. Morning, Noon, and Night "Turkey" becomes my focus and muse. From cooking the Thanksgiving meal to coming up with unique  leftover  dishes, I can never get enough Turkey. So far this year, I've processed three whole Turkeys and Two Whole Breasts. But here I go again with another Breast (Note- I have a 14 lb bird sitting in the refrigerator). Over the years, I've dialed in what I think are great Time and Temps for Turkey, but then it occurred to me why not try an alternate T &T. For the last few years, my go-to Temp & Time for White Meat has been 146f at 6 Hours, and for Dark Meat is 149f at 8-Hours. This has always produced moist, delicious Turkey, but something happened last week. I decided to Cook the Breast a little lower and a little longer to see what would happen, and to my surprise, it came out well. I was expecting somethi