Mad Max's Thanksgiving Turkey

pwg56

I'm by no means an expert, but 4 days seems like a long time to brine.  I've never heard more than 24 hours..

jrobison

Turkey looks great. This is my first year with an XL so I'm doing the turkey this year. 21 pounder. 2 questions. What are u basting it with, and would it be ok to put the turkey directly on my grate and have a pan under it on the plate setter? Hope mine turns out as good as yours looks. 

Davec433

jrobison said:

Turkey looks great. This is my first year with an XL so I'm doing the turkey this year. 21 pounder. 2 questions. What are u basting it with, and would it be ok to put the turkey directly on my grate and have a pan under it on the plate setter? Hope mine turns out as good as yours looks. 

I had an issue with all the drippings burning off later in the cook. My Thanksgiving turkey I was going to have some stock set aside to bast it with towards the end.

Monty77

jrobison said:

Turkey looks great. This is my first year with an XL so I'm doing the turkey this year. 21 pounder. 2 questions. What are u basting it with, and would it be ok to put the turkey directly on my grate and have a pan under it on the plate setter? Hope mine turns out as good as yours looks. 

I use a baster to collect the juices from the roasting pan, mostly a mix of white wine, melted butter, spices and fresh herbs, and turkey drippings.  It makes for great flavour and colour on the bird.  I have never done the turkey directly on the grill personally, but I can't offer any concrete reasons not to.  Best of luck with your cook, BGE turkey is something special.

jrobison

Thanks for the input