How do you prefer to cook your Thanksgiving Turkey???

[PewPewChris]

Via the internet...Honey Baked Ham has a fine site with all the fixin's

 

[WoodiE]

Spatchcocked and smoked on my recteq grill. The best.

 

[gragner66]

One of my hobbies (outside of RC) is Grilling/smoking any kind of animal flesh. My go to is a Kamado (a rebranded Green Egg) but I was recently introduced to this piece of kit: https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/p...1dAUwv9hwvsJ9YJX1EJq5kcW2PWh5boxoCz2cQAvD_BwE

Bottom line, this thing is freakin' amazing. I have always wanted to deep fry a turkey but was turned off by the prospect of burning down my house. I have to admit that I had low expectations when I first used this but it is an amazing alternative.
I already cooked a whole chicken and a 15lb turkey in it and damn...

Anyway, what is your "go to" method for your Thanksgiving turkey? Responses such as, "letting my wife throw it in the oven" are not acceptable!

What’s the cook time with that?

 

[gragner66]

I’m smoking turkey on pellet grill this year

 

[MB401]

Spatchcocked and smoked on my recteq grill. The best.

The tried and true spatchcock method. Strange name but I do the same when I smoke chicken in my Kamodo.

 

[MB401]

What’s the cook time with that?

Fairly quick. The 15lb bird I cooked took just under three hours and came out perfect. Outside was crispy and the meat was moist as heck.
I like to take the turkey out at around 150 degrees then wrap it and let it set for about an hour. It will still keep cooking and draw all the moisture back into the flesh.

 

[Xraycer]

Fairly quick. The 15lb bird I cooked took just under three hours and came out perfect. Outside was crispy and the meat was moist as heck.
I like to take the turkey out at around 150 degrees then wrap it and let it set for about an hour. It will still keep cooking and draw all the moisture back into the flesh.

Do you brine?

 

[WoodiE]

Do you brine?

I have never brined a turkey, but I do inject them using cajun creole butter.

 

[Greywolf74]

I prefer them cooked by my wife...

 

[Lostinthewoods86]

I have never brined a turkey, but I do inject them using cajun creole butter.

 

[Tunedfrog]

Cheeseburger and homemade Joe-Joes for breakfast tomorrow.
I'm not breaking this diet for nothing.
The traditional Thanksgiving dinner, I regret for weeks.

 

[Chubaka]

Cheeseburger and homemade Joe-Joes for breakfast tomorrow.
I'm not breaking this diet for nothing.
The traditional Thanksgiving dinner, I regret for weeks.

I'm looking at sloppy Joe recipes. Just me and the 3 girls.

 

[Tunedfrog]

There is a bad Flu going around our area and it put my oldest daughter in the hospital for a couple days.
We are definitely staying home and away from everybody.

 

[MB401]

Do you brine?

Over the years I have experimented with just about every brining technique, and I highly prefer to "dry brine" the bird over liquid brines. I also have gotten away from any type of injection methods - just personal pref.
Once the bird has sat in the dry brine for long enough (at least six hours but longer if I remember to do it the night before) I rub fresh garlic and butter between the skin and the meat. Outside of that I don't really do much else - I have experimented with stuffing the turkey with citrus fruit for more moisture, but the new fryer doesn't require it.

 

[Chubaka]

Happy turkey trott day.

 

[Xraycer]

Happy Thanksgiving!!!!

 

[Lostinthewoods86]

mmmm

 

[Doom!]

I prefer my possum fresh, none of that canned stuff, i just head up to the main road and scrape me a fresh one.

 

[Xraycer]

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I prefer my possum fresh, none of that canned stuff, i just head up to the main road and scrape me a fresh one.

I like mine made into sushi!

 

[gragner66]

Happy Thanksgiving!!!!

Shake it!