DH grills turkey again -- awesome!

16 years ago

My DH grilled the Thanksgiving turkey again this year. It was so moist and tender, the meat just fell off. Here's how we grill it:

19 lb turkey is what we had

rubbed it down with extra virgin olive oil

patted in Herbs de Provence

put it on a roasting pan with rack

DH preheated the gas grill and had it cranked up to around 425 for about 45 minutes. Used 3 burners on the grill.

Turned off the middle burner (kept two side burners going) and got the temp down to 350.

Poured chicken broth into the roasting pan and threw in some fresh sage leaves (coarsely chopped) from the garden.

Kept the lid down until internal temp reached 165 (we use a remote thermometer with digital read out. This took 3 hours.

Brought the bird inside to the kitchen and covered him with foil for 1 hour.

Cut off the wings and legs and put on the platter.

Cut off the breast halves and carved to put on the platter.

Had 10 people here and there was about one sandwich in leftovers plus the wings. That's with a honey baked ham here, too. LOL

Thought I'd share --- it freed up my oven and warming drawer for DS1 and I to make all the side dishes.

The three of us had a great time cooking in the kitchen. Now, I've just got to get the big clean-up streamlined next year!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Cameron

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todancewithwolves
16 years ago
Oh Cameron, my mouth is watering. Yummy, yummy!

Edna
aftermidnight Zone7b B.C. Canada
16 years ago
Cameron, you'd better keep that man under lock and key. That sounded so delicious and it obviously was.

Annette
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PattiOH
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YUM!

Sounds like a bigger turkey is in order next year!

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16 years ago
Sounds very yummy. We don't have a gas grill but that makes me want one !! We had a friend deep fry a turkey in June and it was wonderful. I had never had that before. It sure does keep the kitchen cleaner. c
faltered
16 years ago
Cameron, that sounds de-lish! I can't believe you didn't have any leftovers. Now that's just crazy!! It must have been good.

My dad puts the turkey on the rotisserie, which is always yummy. Adds a little hickory smoked wood chips for flavour.

Speaking of which, leftover turkey tonight for dinner. I think I'll make a pot pie out of it.

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16 years ago
Yum, we've done the rotisserie turkey too. The flavor is great and having the oven free is a great bonus.
Vikki1747
16 years ago
Thanks Cameron for the wonderful recipe!!! I've added your post to my 'clippings' and I plan to try grilling our turkey this Christmas...if the weather permits. I have a remote thermometer with digital read out also. What a great tool for the grill!! We usually fry our turkeys at Thanksgiving and I really love having the oven free for all the side dishes.

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angelcub
16 years ago
Oh I love grilled turkey! Glad yours was so good again. It pays to repeat a good thing. : )

This was the second year using the convection for roasting the turkey. It's just amazing how moist the turkey comes out vs conventional oven roasting. Chicken is great, too.

Hmmm . . . now I'm hungry and it's 10:20 P.T. Better pull Mark off the other computer and get to bed before I raid the fridge. ; )

Diana
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16 years ago
Diana -- my DH and I have thoroughly enjoyed your website. Your home and gardens are so beautiful, I just had to share it with him. He loves the photos of your cute dog in the snow!

DH's grill does convection roasting, so it was like having it in our convection oven. We were SO IMPRESSED with the remote digital thermometer from Williams-Sonoma. I gave it to DH for his birthday and he was really skeptical. It's pretty amazing and works for ovens as well as grills.

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16 years ago
Ah, thanks Cameron. I enjoyed making the site. I've always done a lot of writing, college and then work, so it was fun to get back into it again. I plan to put some of our Kauai pics on the site soon. Maybe our helicopter tour dvd, too. That was loads of fun. We also went ziplining, which we both loved and have some fun (goofy?) pics of it.

That is cool about the convection roasting on the grill. Mark's grill isn't so fancy but I'm sure he could get into it since he really enjoys grilling. What type grill does your hubby have? We looked at some Vikings when we were getting the appliances for our kitchen redo. I think Wolf makes some nice ones, too. But I'm sure there are others I've never heard of.

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Vikki1747
16 years ago
Cameron,
The weather cooperated (in the 50's) so yesterday we forged ahead with the plan to grill the turkey. Following your directions to the tee (except I added 1/2 lemon in the cavity of the bird) we attempted our first Christmas turkey on the grill. I placed the turkey breast side down and cooked it that way for the first hour or so. DH then turned the bird so the other side could brown and crisp up.

It was FANTASTIC!!! So moist and tender. I really liked the added bonus of having the oven free for all the other goodies I was fixing. We had the camera out so I told DH I had to take a picture so Cameron could see how great the turkey came out (actually 2 pictures, lol). Thank you so much for posting your recipe
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16 years ago
Vicki,

Happy dance! :-) I read your post to DH and showed him your photos! We're so glad it worked out great for you, too.

Congratulations! It does look so yummy and browned so beautifully, too.

Cameron
party_music50
16 years ago
oh, wow, Vikki that looks *REALLY* good!

I wouldn't have thought that a whole turkey could get done on a grill... although I've done pork roasts and chickens on the rotisserie (haven't done that in a LONG time, though).

A "New Year" treat for us is to hope that the weather is mild enough so that we can get the grill hot enough to actually *cook* hotdogs and hamburgers. lol! Many years they have to be finished cooking indoors. :o)

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