What Size Turkey for Large Egg

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I forget what size (in pounds) I did last year. Is ther a good rule of thumb for Turkey size???

WessB

Patrick,
The sizes of turkies are given on the big green egg website for all of the eggs.[p]Wess

mad max beyond eggdome

WessB,
yea, i know they are posted there, but i think they are on the conservative side ... i think it says 20 pounds for a large, and i regularly do a 21 - 24 pounder in my set up. . . and i've heard of folks doing as big as a 25 pounder without any issues. ...

WessB

mad max beyond eggdome,
I have personally done a 23#er...was just giving them a place to reference it....Now with this talk of spatchcoking a turkey....and the real estate of an XL these limits might get upped again...[p]Wess

Sundown

Patrick,[p]Did a 23lb. bird the last couple of years and had room to spare. Done vertical and conventional.

mad max beyond eggdome

WessB,
that was a pretty good article in the post this morning. . .amazing how they alwasy seem to be a step behind the eggers!! .. ..i'm thinking you could spatchcock a monster bird on the XL ...it would be pretty awsome . .. only problem i'd see is getting it off the egg and finding a platter or board big enough to handle it. . .i think if you were up over 25 pounds, i'd think about completely splitting it in half for ease of handling. .. .

fishlessman

Patrick,
i cook 18 pounders for the most part, 20 would be fine. one thing that can make a difference is where you bought it, the free range style birds i get are sometimes longer than the store bought stuff, one farms free range can be different from another as well. i stick with 18 pounders because theres no surpises for me year to year and because thars about max for my indoor small ovens as well.

TRex

<p />mad max beyond eggdome,[p]Although it solved the problem of headroom, I did run into an issue of horizontal real estate when I spatchcocked a turkey years ago. This was a 14 lb bird on my Medium. Man, it was tasty, and cooked really quickly.[p]TRex