Turkey anyone? Happy Thanksgiving!

Thumper · 11-22-2023, 05:51 PM

Are you having a turkey dinner tomorrow?

I considered spatchcocking and smoking. I've never done this, but it looks delicious! You remove the spine and flatten it in the smoker. It gets more even smoke this way. Salted/peppered is recommened, but you can get more creative. We decided to try this sometime later this year. Maybe even for Christmas

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We decided to go for traditional oven roasting, with stuffing and giblet gravy. There are mashed potatoes in the fridge, but we'll make roasted small potatoes, green beans and butternut squash.

RoastedTurkey.jpg

Maybe you are deep frying? This also looks tasty. Some people never go back once they try it. I have a propane burner (part of my beer brewing equipment), but would need a big pot!

DeepFriedTurkey.jpg

Magician16 · 11-22-2023, 07:16 PM

We go the traditional method. I usually cook a turkey, make a lot of dressing and mashed potatoes and gravy, and a couple of pies.

**cheesy** · 11-22-2023, 08:35 PM

I prefer ham to turkey, so it seems that I am in the minority of this family. Therefore, I must suffer the slings and arrows of insults such as ‘WTF is wrong with grandpa”, “whadayameanyadonliketurkey?”, “hippie commie bastard”, etc. That said, our SIL has been brining the bird for the last 36 hours and that makes it at least tolerable to me.

Pass the mashed taters and the homemade butter, please.

**JerryHawk250** · 11-22-2023, 09:31 PM

I'm not much of a turkey person either. Honey baked ham, deer roast and wild duck are my favorite. Happy Thanksgiving everyone.

buzz · 11-23-2023, 03:16 PM

Happy Thanksgiving, had one yesterday now another today. Thanks so much,and enjoy this day.Moso of all Thank God.

bigdano711 · 11-23-2023, 08:07 PM

The wife and I did a 12 pounder with corn and scalloped potatoes. Pumpkin pie for desert. Baked the turkey in the bag smothered in margarine with a sliced onion thrown in for good measure. Came out pretty good.

In other news, I have uploaded a video. I have specs on my PE28FL setup. Would appreciate any input. I think it's pretty good, but still bogs when I crack the throttle to half. I'm beginning to thing that's normal? I don't know...

Thumper · 11-23-2023, 09:05 PM

We will have ham for Christmas if I don't do the smoked turkey. I like ham too. But the roasted turkey and roasted potatoes and gravy turned out exceptional today. Once a year!

**cheesy** · 11-24-2023, 07:33 AM

Still not a fan of ground buzzards but how my SIL did his up was tolerable. Actually, it was pretty good, so I did do seconds.

2LZ · 11-24-2023, 12:22 PM

We cheated this year for the first time. Got one of those "traditional" meals from Raley's. It turned out great! Fed eight people, with leftovers to disperse to the family. (we did add a favorite side and Hawaiin rolls, of course). All the included food turned out perfect. Even the green bean almondine turned out good. Beans were firm, not overcooked. Best part? No prepping for three days, $89.95. Done.

Magician16 · 11-25-2023, 09:15 AM

I actually prefer ham, but my wife won't eat pork. That's why I cook a turkey. This year Thanksgiving dinner was cheap, considering how high the price of groceries have gotten. The turkey was $.99/lb. and the potatoes were $.66 for a 5 pound bag. With a dressing, gravy, and a couple of pies total cost was about $21, and we've still got a lot of turkey and potatoes left. My wife is going to make some kind of casserole today with the rest of the turkey. The two pies cost almost as much as the rest.

11-22-2023, 05:51 PM	#1
Thumper Join Date: Feb 2021 Location: Kansas City Posts: 2,294	Turkey anyone? Happy Thanksgiving! Are you having a turkey dinner tomorrow? I considered spatchcocking and smoking. I've never done this, but it looks delicious! You remove the spine and flatten it in the smoker. It gets more even smoke this way. Salted/peppered is recommened, but you can get more creative. We decided to try this sometime later this year. Maybe even for Christmas SpatchcockedSmoked.jpg We decided to go for traditional oven roasting, with stuffing and giblet gravy. There are mashed potatoes in the fridge, but we'll make roasted small potatoes, green beans and butternut squash. RoastedTurkey.jpg Maybe you are deep frying? This also looks tasty. Some people never go back once they try it. I have a propane burner (part of my beer brewing equipment), but would need a big pot! DeepFriedTurkey.jpg __________________ -2022 5 speed Templar X Orange, OEM 51T rear sprocket, 14T front sprocket -NOS 2020 KTM 250SX (2-stroke motocross), less than 10 hours on it
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11-22-2023, 07:16 PM	#2
Magician16 Join Date: Aug 2019 Posts: 468	We go the traditional method. I usually cook a turkey, make a lot of dressing and mashed potatoes and gravy, and a couple of pies. __________________ 2018 Bashan Storm(sold) 2016 Magician 250
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11-22-2023, 08:35 PM	#3
cheesy Moderator Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Elburn, IL Posts: 5,801	I prefer ham to turkey, so it seems that I am in the minority of this family. Therefore, I must suffer the slings and arrows of insults such as ‘WTF is wrong with grandpa”, “whadayameanyadonliketurkey?”, “hippie commie bastard”, etc. That said, our SIL has been brining the bird for the last 36 hours and that makes it at least tolerable to me. Pass the mashed taters and the homemade butter, please. __________________ Cheesy ______________________________________ 07 Hi Bird Enduro-Flown the Coop 07 Ural Gear Up 79 Honda CX500 77 VeloSolex 4600 V3 73 VeloSolex 3800 I'm making this up as I go.-Indiana Jones Telling me something 'is for my own good', is a fast way to a fat lip.-Me I don't even care about my own problems, why should I care about yours?-Quote on one of my favorite t-shirts
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11-22-2023, 09:31 PM	#4
JerryHawk250 Moderator Join Date: Oct 2016 Location: Houma, La. Posts: 11,555	I'm not much of a turkey person either. Honey baked ham, deer roast and wild duck are my favorite. Happy Thanksgiving everyone. __________________ 2023 Lifan Lycan 250 Chopper 2023 Venom Evader 2022 Lifan KPX250 2020 Kawasaki Vulcan S 2004 Honda ST 1300 2016 Black Hawk 250 (sold) Keihin PE30 carb,125 main,38 slow.Pod filter,ported & decked head 10:1 CR,Direct Ignition Coil,15/40Sprockets,NGK DPR8EIX-9,De-Cat,Dual Oil Cooler,Digital Cluster 2016 Cazador180 XL 2014 Coolster150 JerryHawk250.com My YouTube Channel
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11-23-2023, 08:07 PM	#6
bigdano711 Join Date: Jun 2023 Location: Big Piney, WY Posts: 421	The wife and I did a 12 pounder with corn and scalloped potatoes. Pumpkin pie for desert. Baked the turkey in the bag smothered in margarine with a sliced onion thrown in for good measure. Came out pretty good. In other news, I have uploaded a video. I have specs on my PE28FL setup. Would appreciate any input. I think it's pretty good, but still bogs when I crack the throttle to half. I'm beginning to thing that's normal? I don't know... __________________ 2023 Hawk 250 from XPRO off of Amazon MOUNTAIN MAN RC + MOTO on YouTube "If there were more bloody noses, there would be less wars." - Hagbard Celine "Someday, after mastering the waves, the winds, the tides and gravity, we shall harness for God the energies of love and then, for the second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire." - Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
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11-23-2023, 03:16 PM	#5
buzz Join Date: Dec 2020 Location: Dayton Pa. Posts: 862	Happy Thanksgiving, had one yesterday now another today. Thanks so much,and enjoy this day.Moso of all Thank God.
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11-23-2023, 09:05 PM	#7
Thumper Join Date: Feb 2021 Location: Kansas City Posts: 2,294	We will have ham for Christmas if I don't do the smoked turkey. I like ham too. But the roasted turkey and roasted potatoes and gravy turned out exceptional today. Once a year! __________________ -2022 5 speed Templar X Orange, OEM 51T rear sprocket, 14T front sprocket -NOS 2020 KTM 250SX (2-stroke motocross), less than 10 hours on it Last edited by Thumper; 11-24-2023 at 09:00 AM.
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11-24-2023, 07:33 AM	#8
cheesy Moderator Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Elburn, IL Posts: 5,801	Still not a fan of ground buzzards but how my SIL did his up was tolerable. Actually, it was pretty good, so I did do seconds. __________________ Cheesy ______________________________________ 07 Hi Bird Enduro-Flown the Coop 07 Ural Gear Up 79 Honda CX500 77 VeloSolex 4600 V3 73 VeloSolex 3800 I'm making this up as I go.-Indiana Jones Telling me something 'is for my own good', is a fast way to a fat lip.-Me I don't even care about my own problems, why should I care about yours?-Quote on one of my favorite t-shirts
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11-24-2023, 12:22 PM	#9
2LZ Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Volcano, Ca Posts: 7,085	We cheated this year for the first time. Got one of those "traditional" meals from Raley's. It turned out great! Fed eight people, with leftovers to disperse to the family. (we did add a favorite side and Hawaiin rolls, of course). All the included food turned out perfect. Even the green bean almondine turned out good. Beans were firm, not overcooked. Best part? No prepping for three days, $89.95. Done. __________________ "Light a fire for a man, and you heat him for a day. Light a man on fire, and you heat him for the rest of his life." 2007 Suzuki DRZ400S (SM convert) 2009 Q Link XP 200 1967 BSA B25 250cc Starfire 2022 Royal Enfield Interceptor 650 2023 Royal Enfield Scram 411 1948 Royal Enfield Model G 350
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11-25-2023, 09:15 AM	#10
Magician16 Join Date: Aug 2019 Posts: 468	I actually prefer ham, but my wife won't eat pork. That's why I cook a turkey. This year Thanksgiving dinner was cheap, considering how high the price of groceries have gotten. The turkey was $.99/lb. and the potatoes were $.66 for a 5 pound bag. With a dressing, gravy, and a couple of pies total cost was about $21, and we've still got a lot of turkey and potatoes left. My wife is going to make some kind of casserole today with the rest of the turkey. The two pies cost almost as much as the rest. __________________ 2018 Bashan Storm(sold) 2016 Magician 250
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