Question on vertical roasting a turkey

ThirteenDaysAWeek · November 2013

So, the wife decided to sign us up to host Thanksgiving this year. I agreed provided that I got to do the bird on the egg. She of course had no objection to this since I do all the cooking anyway

Last weekend I went to a class on grilling turkey at my local egg dealer and got a lot of great info. Based on what they presented, I've decided I'm going to go with the vertical method. I've got the necessary hardware however I lost the notes I took at the class and am missing two important pieces of information. First, what temp. should I have the grill at? I seem to recall the guy at the class said 300, but I could be off. Other posts I've seen seem to say 350 - 275. Second, about how long per pound should I be looking at if I'm going at whatever the recommended temp is? I'm planning to do a 16 lb bird. I've done some searching here and elsewhere online and there seems to be a fair amount of variation as to time per pound.

Thanks in advance!

FanOfFanboys · November 2013

Mad max does his at 325. I imagine anything in that 300-350 range you'll be fine

I did a 20# bird last year and believe, going off my memory, was 6-7 hours? If I had to guess, and smarter peole than me will chime in, you are looking at 3-4 hours for a 16 lb depending on temp?

GrannyX4 · November 2013

MDSH just did a 14 lb and 15 lb at 325 and one took 2:20 and the other 2:40. Always cook to temp.

ChuckChampion · November 2013

Cooked a 11 or 12 lb. bird this week @ 350 for the first 2 hours and the rest of the time about 300 and when it was finally at temp I want to say it was around about 2 and a half hours.

Little Steven · November 2013

Have a look at this if you are going on a stand. This was 325* indirect

http://eggheadforum.com/discussion/comment/1419371/#Comment_1419371

henapple · November 2013

@Mickey does a turbo... 15 minutes at 950 degrees. 22 lb bird on the mini... He's a genius.

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