Live-blogging the Thanksgiving cooking, part II

 4:55am&nbsp Alarm goes off
 5:15am  Rise
 5:25am  Smoker is assembled and heating up
 5:30am  Pat turkey dry, coat with olive oil
 5:35am  Put turkey into smoker

I’ll check the turkey about every half hour to make sure it’s on track.

 10:00am  Make the pie crust.
 10:30am  Make Parker House rolls; cover and let ’em rise.
 12:30pm  Punch down the rolls.
  1:00pm  Peel the chestnuts.
  2:00pm  Roll out the pie crust; pre-bake 5 minutes
  2:30pm  Put the pie filling into the shell; bake.
  3:30pm  Remove pie from oven.
  3:45pm  Form rolls in muffin tin. Final rising.
  4:00pm  Clean and trim the Brussels sprouts; put sprouts and chestnuts in oven to braise
  4:15pm  Prepare dressing
  4:45pm  Dressing in oven
  5:00pm  Time for an Old Fashioned
  5:30pm  Turkey out of smoker; it’s perfect!

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