One more in today's parade of turkeys

SSN686

Happy Thanksgiving to All:[p]That subject line doesn't sound so good now that I think about it![p]However, did try to do justice to MadMax and his method. My major change was that I did brine the bird (19#) in the "John Ash Brine". I put it in the brine on Sunday evening, took it out last evening to dry in the fridge. I can only assume that the brining is what caused the bird to cook so quick. I put it on the egg at about 9:00am at a dome temp of about 330. By noon the breast temp was 160 and the thighs/legs 180. I used ye ole thermapen to verify the temps. I had also lowered the temp to below 300 in the hopes of slowing down the cook as we weren't planning on eating until 3:00pm. Tried to keep it warm and while the bird tasted fantastic it turned out a little dry and a little too browned.[p][p]I did do Max's gravy using the drippings and everyone loved it. Here it is after tranferring from the turkey cooking pan to another pan to keep warm until ready to eat.[p][p]Also, did a ham using Dr. Chicken's glaze. This turned out just fine also.[p][p]My wife makes these fantastic yeast rolls every Thanksgiving so I just had to try cooking some on the egg. She wasn't quite ready to let me do all of them, but they were fine also. Here's my pan of rolls.[p][p]Then to top off the meal, we do have pumpkin pie, but one of our guests is not a fan of pumpkin so I also did Mrs. Squeeze's Kaluha Chocolate Chip Cake. My wife believes that a cake should have icing of some type so after doing one a few weeks ago, she felt it needed at least a glaze, so she made one for it from another recipe she had.[p][p]Have a GREAT day!
Jay[p][p]

Car Wash Mike

SSN686,
Great pics. Please send that recipe. My wife thinks everything needs more icing.[p]Mike

SSN686

Morning Car Wash Mike:[p]Here is the recipe for the glaze she used.[p]2 (1 ounce) squares unsweetened chocolate
1 teaspoon butter
1 cup sifted confectioners' sugar
3 tablespoons warm water[p]Melt chocolate and butter in the top of a double boiler over simmering water; stir to blend well. Set top of double boiler on a damp cloth, add 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar and 1 tablespoon water; beat until smooth. Add remaining sugar and water and beat until glossy.[p]Hope she likes it.[p]Have a GREAT day!
Jay

Wardster

Jay,
I agree. My 17# josh brined bird was done in about 3 hours. Turns out my polder was kaput, but I did not know. For giggles, I used my thermapen and yelled somthing like "HOLE SH!T. Dinners ready"
Hope all is well

smokeydrew

Car Wash Mike,[p]I've mixed confectionary sugar w/ khulua to make a frosting for the cake. It tastes kind of strong by itself, but on the cake, you can barely taste the liquor.[p]-smokeydrew

BigT

SSN686,[p]Looks like quite the feast![p]I have seen this cake paired with Coffee Kahlua Cream- whip up some cream while adding 1-2 t cold coffee and 1-2 t Kahlua..[p]hth[p]Big T