How To Carve A Turkey

Spring Chicken · November 2015

It's that time of year again.

Because you are an Egghead and are expected to cook a perfect turkey, the pressure is on you to perform the task to perfection.

Of course, to cook the perfect turkey, you must first plan every little detail from start to finish. That means you must calculate how big the turkey (or turkey's) must be to serve the waiting crowd. Then schedule your cook accordingly, including cleaning the the Big Green Egg thoroughly inside and out before adding new lump charcoal. The purpose for this is to be prepared to show your Egg to those who want to know more about ceramic cooking.

A clean, well set-up Egg also helps to control your temperature throughout the cook.

If you haven't cooked a turkey before, I suggest that you cook a 'Practice Turkey.' If you follow basic turkey recipes, it will turn out well. And you can either eat or freeze the meat to supplement the Big Day turkey. But just as important, it will give you a chance to practice carving your turkey.

Yes, carving your turkey...

You sure don't want to go through all of the steps of buying the perfect turkey and cooking the perfect turkey and end up serving it on Thanksgiving Day looking like it was cut up with a hatchet.

And this is especially true if you plan to carve it at the table. All eyes will be on you and you can't let everyone down now... This is the magic moment everyone has been waiting for. To carve the turkey badly is to take the magic away. No... you sure don't want that.

So how do you properly carve a turkey?

I though you would never ask....

Like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAe7-GpV98E

You're welcome.

Happy Thanksgiving.

Spring "Turkey Surgeon" Chicken
Spring Texas USA

SmokeyPitt · November 2015

Very helpful! I like Alton Brown's vid as well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d739zXtd8XQ

Thatgrimguy · November 2015

Very helpful!! And coming from Mr Spring Chicken himself it's even better!

gdenby · November 2015

Thatgrimguy said:

Very helpful!! And coming from Mr Spring Chicken himself it's even better!

Indeed, Thanks Mr. (heart as big as Texas) Spring Chicken.

For those of you on this forum who don't recognize the handle, Spring Chicken is one of the "old timers" on the old forum. Call him the good smoke.

Spring Chicken · November 2015

Thanks guys (blush blush), but just doing what I can to make sure everyone has a good Thanksgiving.

Spring "Old Timer With A Young Heart" Chicken

Bustersdad · November 2015

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We serve our Thanksgiving Turkey family style. In other words, it comes to the table fully carved. After I remove from the egg and let rest, I remove each drumstick and wing from the bird, then remove and slice each breast.