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I do mine on the barbecue. I use a charcoal grill, indirect heat, and a drip pan. I cook it until it is almost done, then smoke the hell out of it the final 30 minutes or so. The gravy made from hickory smoked drippings is AMAZING!

How do you do your bird?

pre-heat oven to 500 degrees, put completely thawed turkey in aluminum pan, put turkey in oven, 3 hrs or so later when correct temp on meat thermometer remove delicious, juicy, golden brown properly baked turkey....none of that slow cook them until you could start a fire with them they are so dry junk!!!


Mike

First thing in the morning put turkey in the oven overcook until it takes a glass of milk to swallow each bite. Throw turkey out and cook prime rib.

My wife has used an oven bag for years now.
It cooks it quicker, and keeps the moisture in.

I coat it with olive oil, sprinkle it with salt, pepper and other spices then slow roast it in the oven at 325* until done. I get some deer hunting in while it's cookin'. I make gravy with the drippings. Now I'm hungry! Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!

Bob

Brined, lightly stuffed with herbs, garlic, onions, carrots and celery, then in the oven.

Home made gravy, garlic mashed potatoes, steamed carrots with white wine butter sauce, curried cranberry chutney..

Pumpkin pie for desert..

Sierra Nevada Celebration ales and lots of football.

Fry it in peanut oil.

This. Deep fried in a stainless gas heated pot. Best way I've found for juicy deliciousness (Technical term).

One of the best I've done was a diestel turkey on the weber with grape vine cuttings.. Big bird, took all day, but was amazing.

Hutterite turkeys up here are just as good, IMO..

Deep fry. Once of these years I'd like try smoking.

Wife and I are both 48 years old and never have cooked a turkey.

Generally we are deer hunting that day anyway and have sandwhiches, and now and then have to make an appearance at a family shindig, but try like hell not to have to....

Sandwiches have worked just fine over the years.

Roasted with sourdough sausage stuffing.

Usually brined then on the smoker grill. I hickory smoke for the first hour or so. Indirect heat and charcoal.
This years we have two boneless turkey breasts. No brining this year. Just smoke grill.

Ernie

how do i cook a turkey? The obvious answer, get the wife in the kitchen.

That's just plain weird.

An hour or so of smoke and then into the oven.

+1, never had a bad one!

Oil-less turkey fryer. No oil crisp brown skin and super moist

turkey cooking is women's work, while the men are out hunting. least wise thats how it works here.

Yeah, you have seasons open there... We dont.