turkey too big!

Unknown

I have a turkey rack and a 19lb turkey. Too big to shut lid. Do I remove rack and place pan on coals? Please answer asap!

mad max beyond eggdome

Mike Dodd,
here is a picture of my set up. ...inverted plate setter .. little green bge feet, then roasting pan (bge feet created sufficient air flow under pan to prevent direct burning). .. .there was plenty of room. .. [p]

Mark Backer

mad max beyond eggdome,[p]can't wait to do one this way on sunday. Gotta get a turkey pan though. [p]All of that is also contingent upon whether or not my sister in law gets the bird. If not, it's tenderloin for everybody.[p]LOL[p]p.s. the funny thing is, she reads this forum every day. She may become a first time poster today to let me know what we're eating Sunday...

mad max beyond eggdome

Mark Backer,
one thing i've determined from reading what a lot of others experienced. . .if you are using a throw away aluminum pan. . .double or triple them up. . . from what i heard, most people using one, even with a sufficient heat barrier, still had problems with the dripping scorching/burning off. .. i think if you tripled them up, you'd have a pan similiar in thickness to what i used. . ..

Mark Backer

mad max beyond eggdome,[p]But I'm going to William Sonoma at lunch today. I'm SURE I can find a good deal on one there....

Mark Backer

Mark Backer,[p]I take that back. I just checked the website, and the cheapest one's like $150 or more. [p]I'm sure Wal-Mart can take care of me as well, and maybe target.

mad max beyond eggdome

Mark Backer,
the calphalon are nice. ..but be WARNED. .. measure the thing first to make sure it fits. ..i have a wonderful calphalon roasting pan that i got as a gift about the time i got my egg. .. i've never used it, cause its square and its just a little too big to fit in the egg. ..

bigmikej

Mark Backer,
Hit a restaurant supply store for something less expensive and good quality.

Unknown

Mike Dodd, a very simple way to fit a 20 lb bird in the large egg is to use a plate setter with feet up and place an ordinary drip pan (I use the broiling pan that came with my oven) on that and put the turkey in a v-rack in the broiling pan.

fishlessman

Mark Backer,
someone bought me a beautiful w s turkey pan a few years back. the bottom i use for huge soups and the top as a serving platter. for the egg however, the most used pan i have is a simple carbon steel paella pan that i bought for about 3 bucks at a yard sale. its about 15 inch round with 2 inch sloped sides. works good for seafood casserole, as a heat barrier, as a turkey pan, as a drip pan for pork butts etc. it is almost black from use and about as non stick as my cast iron. you can put a vrack in it, or put the grill directly on it. it even works good for paellas, but not in the egg, moisture retention kills a good paella

YankeeBBQ

mad max beyond eggdome,[p]Do you want my address ? I'm sure it will fit in the FE or the Backwoods. I hate to see good cooking equipment go to waste. ;-)[p]Steve

Bobby-Q

bigmikej,
Todd,[p]Venture down to the 85 access road heading North from Shallowford and go to Atlanta Fixtures. They should have something that would work, you could also get a pizza peel, some of those huge plastic cups that the restaraunts serve Swate tea in, and, and, and....[p]Sorry was getting carried away.[p]I used to hate Atlanta Fixtures when I was in the industry, now as a regular old consumer without the access to resources I used to have, I love Atlanta Fixtures.

Mark Backer

Bobby-Q,[p]dude, that swate tea line was funny. I love going to rexall drugs for lunch in duluth and the waitress asking "you want swate tae?"[p]Awesome.[p]

Unknown

Mike Dodd,[p]We must have short turkeys where I am. I smoked a 22lb turkey on a vertical turkey rack in a Wal-Mart disposable drip pan, without any problem. I had to cut around the neck so that I could slide the turkey completely onto the rack and the wings rested on the pan. Four and a half hours later at 300 deg it was perfect.

mad max beyond eggdome

YankeeBBQ,
LOL . . .you'll have to do better than that buddy. .. .i never throw anything away, cause if i did, about a year from now, i'd have the perfect use for it, and be pissed that i let it go. . ..

QBabe

Mike Dodd,[p]Here's a pic of my setup...[p][p]Underneath that is a plate setter, legs up, and then the drip pan, v-rack, and bird.[p]Tonia
:~)

QBabe

OOoops, meant to let you know this was a 20 lb'er.

QBabe

Chet,[p]That's exactly what I do...! Should have read your post first...[p]Tonia
:~)

Bordello

QBabe,
What a great looking bird. Good Job.[p]Cheers,
New Bob

Unknown

QBabe, that's probably cause your one smart cookie / Babe.