First whole turkey

TN_Sister_State

Did thanksgiving early and freaking nailed this bird. Nervous as hell all day but couldn't have turned out more perfect. Love my egg. Smoked on cherry and hickory for 5-6 hours.

Grillnugget

Looks great!  I'm hoping to have similar results for a family cook on Friday. How many lbs was your bird? What temp and how long?

TN_Sister_State

19# 275 5 hours

nolaegghead

Nice job

Terrebandit

Love the color. 

Mickey

Very nice. That cherry wood did its job. 

bgebrent

Good looking bird!  Nice work brother!

eggsurance_agent

What did you put on it?  Did you use a pan on the PS, or set it on the grate with the bird in the V rack?

BGE_Eddie

This is my first  BGE turkey.  I have two concerns.  How much charcoal should I put to get the job done for a 20lbs bird  and I really don't want a smokey taste but want to use some pecan chips to get some light taste and to get some color.  Thinking maybe just a handful.   Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated 

JohnnyTarheel

That looks perfect!!

TN_Sister_State

eggsurance_agent said:

What did you put on it?  Did you use a pan on the PS, or set it on the grate with the bird in the V rack?

I had the v rack in a pan with water on the PS. 

TN_Sister_State

BGE_Eddie said:

This is my first  BGE turkey.  I have two concerns.  How much charcoal should I put to get the job done for a 20lbs bird  and I really don't want a smokey taste but want to use some pecan chips to get some light taste and to get some color.  Thinking maybe just a handful.   Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated 

This was my first bird and I love the smokey taste but I have done chickens with no chips at all around 285 degrees and they come out with nice color but toss a handful of pecan on there and Im sure it wont be too smokey. My turkey was just over 19# so a similiar cook time should work. I did mine for 20 minutes a lb till the breast read 165 and thighs were 175-180 then I let it rest for an hour. It was still too hot inside when I carved it too.

Tinyfish

That looks great!!

Thatgrimguy

Next time pull it off when the coldest temp you can find is 150 or even 145. The rise will bring temp up and you are food safe at 150 in 3.8 minutes anyway. 

victor1

i can taste it from here...thank you for sharing your method.  can't wait to try the same.  sounds too simple to be true.

TN_Sister_State

I will say I start all my birds in the v rack breast side down and flip when im about 60-80 degrees from pulling to crisp the breast skin without it getting too dark. Thats the only thing I do that I havent read anywhere. trial and error on that one.

pasoegg

Now that my friend is a great looking bird....color is perfect...way to go

SGH

@TN_Sister_State
That is a fine looking bird for sure. Awesome job