"Dry" run for Thanksgiving...

DeltaNu1142

I've had my BGE for... nine days. So far I've done chicken thighs, ribeyes, and just last night I semi-smoked a chicken on the Turkey Cannon just to give it a test drive for a turkey in a little over a month.

Details...

• 8-lb chicken
  
• Turkey Cannon loaded with Rogue Dead Guy, sage & oregano
  
• onion stuffed in the neck hole
  
• mesquite chips, at 275 indirect until the thermometer popped
  

Here's the result:

I'm only posting because I was picked apart for not posting photos of my first few attempts! Tonight, some more, thicker ribeyes, reverse-seared... more to come!

tcampbell

Big bird looks good

johnkitchens

Looking good! I want to cook a turkey soon. 

hapster

Looks good... not too comfortable for the bird though. what is the turkey cannon?

DeltaNu1142

hapster said:

Looks good... not too comfortable for the bird though. what is the turkey cannon?

A quick Google search reveals...  I paid too much. I bought at a local BBQ place knowing Amazon has it cheaper:

LINK

I suspect a turkey will fit better. It turned out well, very moist, and muy mesquite-ey.

Dobie

Looks good but I would not waste the Rouge Dead Guy!

minniemoh

I'm with Dobie! Put cheap beer in your turkey cannon and drink the Dead Guy for sure!

DeltaNu1142

Probably good advice. I finally found the issue with my kegerator's CO2 leak, so I ordered a keg a couple of days ago. I'll have Lagunitas IPA on tap by the weekend.

jtcBoynton

Don't trust those pop up thermometers. Meat is usually overlooked by the time they pop.

JethroVA

Hope it tasted as good as it looked. For some mesquite is a bit strong for poultry. Did you brine?

mcmac

Good looking cook! However, I have to agree with the others... save all that good NW beer for drinking! I love Rogue Dead Guy.

DeltaNu1142

JethroVA said:

Hope it tasted as good as it looked. For some mesquite is a bit strong for poultry. Did you brine?

No brine this time, but for Turkey Day I likely will. I did last year. The mesquite was quite strong, but I enjoyed it. The tough part is getting the smell out of my clothes.

Eggcelsior

DeltaNu1142 said:

JethroVA said:

Hope it tasted as good as it looked. For some mesquite is a bit strong for poultry. Did you brine?

No brine this time, but for Turkey Day I likely will. I did last year.

The mesquite was quite strong, but I enjoyed it. The tough part is getting the smell out of my clothes.

Block out 30 minutes to shower. It's the only way.