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edited November -0001 in EggHead Forum
Todays Pittsburgh Post Gazette has an article about cooking a turkey on the Egg.
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  • Sundown
    Sundown Posts: 2,980
    BlueSteel,[p]Nice article. I'm not sure I would like to cook a bird without a drip pan but what the heck, they were happy so it must work for someone.
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  • mad max beyond eggdome
    mad max beyond eggdome Posts: 8,134
    BlueSteel,
    wow, great article. .. nice words from raichlin as well. .. i wonder what all his weber sponsors would say about that. ..
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  • Car Wash Mike
    Car Wash Mike Posts: 11,244
    BlueSteel,[p]Great article, thanks for posting the link.[p]CWM
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  • Love Handles
    Love Handles Posts: 253
    BlueSteel,
    Thats a nice article. I'm going to make copies and send them to my family and friends. See-Yaa
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  • Unknown
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    BlueSteel, I was all set to start the internet search for guy, till I read the "turkey direct on the grill" thing...come on guys...no way...it tells me he probably never did one on the egg.

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  • Gretl
    Gretl Posts: 670
    Chet,
    I do the turkey direct on the grill (raised grid) only if it's spatchcocked. I can't decide what method to use for Christmas; T-giv isn't an option, sadly to say. Drip pan means gravy, after all...(see Mad Max's method)
    Cheers,
    G.
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  • Unknown
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    Gravy is my thing too, Gretl.
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  • Unknown
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    Chet, this is my first time on the forum. i'm a new egg user, food writer and wrote the story for the pittsburgh post-gazette. you sounded dubious about roasting a turkey directly on the grill. well, i roasted an 8-pound chicken directly on the grids and it was absolutely terrific. got the advice from steven raichlen, boy bbq pro and author out of miami.
    my egg is a smaller one and an 8-pounder is as big as i could go.
    mp
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  • Pakak
    Pakak Posts: 523
    marlene,[p]Basically, I'm of the mindset that what ever works for you is what matters. I'm just reading between the lines and doing some supposing - I THINK there are a couple reasons Chet said what he did.[p]First, going directly on the grid, you cannot get the drippings from the turkey. So, you're losing some of that good stuff to make gravy with. Yes, you can use the neck and giblets to make your gravy on the stove, but the drippings from the bird are generall mo' better.[p]Secondly, the cook is more difficult to achieve because of flareups (remember, no drip pan). It wasn't mentioned whether an elevated grid was used but I'm assuming not. If not, the bird is rather close to the coals. I'd think the cook would have to be monitored VERY closely.[p]All this being said - still, whatever works for YOU is what matters.
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