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mad max beyond eggdome

so here is my mad max turkey 2010 .. . came out great with fantastic flavor... .and i took it up a notch this .. . deconstructed a duck, saved the legs and breasts for saturday's big grill....put the carcass and the neck in the stock pot with the turkey parts...more on that in a few minutes.. . took all the rest of the skin and rendered it down for about a cup of pure beautiful duck fat.. . stuck that in the fridge overnight, and then i rubbed that duck fat all under the skin. .. added flavor to the bird and made for the best drippings ever!!!



yours truly and the turkey ...(ok jeff and rod, before you can comment, that is the turkey on the platter! :blink: )



now, that duck fat, combined with the white wine, the butter (yes i still did the butter paste too!), and the natural turkey drippings....made for the best batch of drippings ever!!!....as you can see, i got over 4 cups worth of drippings in my pan at the end of the roast (and i didn't add anything during the cook!!). . . when it separated, i removed all the beautiful golden duck/turkey fat on the top that you can see, and used that to make the roux. .. .all that dark brown stuff in the bottom was the best 'flavor' ever, added to the roux to start the gravy. ... and then my duck/turkey stock just took it right over the top....





big kudos to the spawn!!. . she made the gravy, and it was fabulous. . .seasoned (not that it needed a lot) to perfection.. .and we cut up the meat from the turkey and duck necks and added it in as a finishing touch.. . it was without a doubt the best batch of gravy we have evre made.. .we will definitely add the duck fat again next year. . . .

now lets see all of your mad max birds here as well!!

Spring Chicken

And it was pretty good.

Spring "This Ain't The Turkey Ranch" Chicken
Spring Texas USA

Mickey

Max you are not the man - You are the King.

Coffee rub:

SSN686

Morning Max:

Your's look great as usual...we were very happy with the way our 20#'er turned out too...may have to try that duck fat thing next year!

Frank from Houma

Dere it is

kemck

As always great instructions! I followed your recipe since getting my Egg last year.

About 10 turkeys in I have never had a bad result!!!!!

Question: Where is a good place to look for a roasting pan that will fit on a Lg Egg and hold a nice size turkey!

Also, a site for helpful accessories and gadgets for he egg?

Thanks!

Hic

Thanks again!!

Misippi Egger

I found a KitchenAid roasting pan this year at Sam's Club. Fits perfectly in a large egg on spacers with the PS inverted (legs up).

kemck

is this the same one???

http://www.kohls.com/kohlsStore/kitchendining/brandsforkitchen/kitchenaid/cookware/PRD~772818/KitchenAid+Roaster.jsp

Misippi Egger

This was my 5th MM turkey. Consistently, the best method I've found. The gravy was even better than last year. I used Guenoc Chardonnay this year and I think it goes a whole lot better than the Pinot Grigio I used last year!

Misippi Egger

Absolutely! It was $10-15 cheaper at Sam's. I've used it twice now and it fits great in the Egg and makes a fantastic gravy - cleans up nicely!

stike

..and H with his first try at a pie, punkin (made it himself, with a premade crust)

mad max beyond eggdome

nice!! ..and nice to see the next generation pitchng in as well...great looking pie there!!

YB

Here is mine Max but I only spend about 15 minutes getting the bird ready...I'm lazy these days.LOL
Larry

Gator Bait

 
Hi Max,

Another perfect Mad Max Turkey cooked by my BIL. It was fantastic as always.


Blair


 

Florida Grillin Girl

My brother Jeff did this 21 lb. turkey on his large egg:



Saved the drippings and the gravy was delish.

Dimple's Mom

So I'm dying to try this duck fat thing now. I'm wondering, since I don't want to get a whole duck, if I can find someone who has a duck and they don't want the skin, do I just tell them to pull all the skin off? Is that easy to do? We don't eat duck so I have no idea about how it works.

Can I then stick it in the freezer til I'm ready for it or should I go ahead and render it down and keep it in the fridge? I keep bacon fat in the fridge for nearly forever. Is duck fat the same?

Goody

Yes, except at Sam's it was only $27!

mad max beyond eggdome

gwen, lots of specialty grocers sell small containers of straight duck fat....shouldn't be too hard to find... .

The Spawn

Thats right, bow before the Queen of Gravy!

cookn biker

HA! :laugh:

Fluffyb

Dang all these turkeys look fantastic. I hate not cooking on Thanksgiving!

mikenmar

This turned out awesome! It was the most moist, tender, tasty turkey I've ever had, hands down. Everybody loved it.

Uncle Phil

Pretty bird. Very pretty bird.

Uncle Phil

Here you go Max.

loco_engr

Little Steven

Max,

I never noticed how blue your eyes are. Damn good looking man! Great looking cook. I don't know why I never though of duck fat :ohmy:

Steve

Little Steven

He looks just like you.

Kokeman

Very nice Max. I will be making mine Sunday this year.

stike

Sorry spiteful venom from a sorry spiteful canadian

(you back home yet, ol' boy?)

iabbqguy

kemck wrote:

is this the same one???

http://www.kohls.com/kohlsStore/kitchendining/brandsforkitchen/kitchenaid/cookware/PRD~772818/KitchenAid+Roaster.jsp

I bought that same roasting pan at our local Kohls on Tuesday and it was only $29.95. Used it on Thursday with a 15 pound turkey and it probably could have held a 20 pounder. It's a good fit on the large egg.

OK, time to edit:

I take it back. This is the roaster pan I bought. It's a Food Network pan but looks to be very similar to the KitchenAid. Worked real well on the egg.
http://www.kohls.com/kohlsStore/landingpages/foodnetwork_new/cook/cookware/nonstickaluminum/PRD~621090/Food+Network+Nonstick+Roaster.jsp