Beer Can Turkey?

[Gil Matar]

Anyone ever do Beer Can Turkey on the WSM? I've done Beer Can Chicken, and also a regular smoked turkey.

Thanks,

 

[timothy]

I like to use those vertical roaster thing-a-bobs on chickens, never tried one on a turk.
But I do remember reading on some who do, here's a link that you can scroll through till someone chimes in.

Tim

 

[Gil Matar]

thanks

 

[Charles Howse]

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Get a larger beer, and treat it like a chicken.
I have a "Beercan Turkey" rig to hold it all.

 

[Gil Matar]

Beautiful. How many hours at what heat? And how big is that bird?

 

[Charles Howse]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Gil Matar:
Beautiful. How many hours at what heat? And how big is that bird? </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

2 chimneys lit, all vents wide open, no water pan!, cook till thigh temp is 175° - 180°. Don't remember how big the bird was...prolly 'bout 12 lbs. or so.

 

[Gil Matar]

Thanks. Probably 2 - 3 hours, right?

 

[Phil Perrin]

I have the same BCT holder that Charles has. Love it!

 

[Charles Howse]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Gil Matar:
Thanks. Probably 2 - 3 hours, right? </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

That sounds about right, but never cook to time, always cook to done!

 

[Darryl P]

I cooked a turkey on a vertical roaster throne in my WSM and it turned out great. I like the fact that the cavity of the bird is not filled with liquid once cooking is completed. I couldn't find a beer can big enough where I lived and was concerned about the stability of cooking such a large bird too. My wife got me a verticle poultry throne from Williams-Sonoma a few years back and it was big enough to put a 20lb turkey on it.

My process was to cook the turkey in the 325-375 range so I fired up the WSM using the standard method and threw in a few apple chunks. Foiled my water fan and NO water was added. Placed the verticle turkey on the lower rack and waited a few hours till done.

Unforunately I forgot to take pictures

The results were good with a nice golden color all around it. I did suffer from the typical turkey problem of dry breast meat. The turkey I used was a generic frozen bird that was giving to me - hey free food tastes best - which probably contributed to the dryness of the breast.

One note to be cautious about is the turkery is heavy and the juices that fill up the "beer can or throne" can spill out when removing the turkey from the cooker.

I will be trying cooking with a throne again by using some of the better techinques I've read on this forum, especially the dry brining technique that looks great.

Enjoy
D

 

[Gil Matar]

Thansk!

 

[Jason Duhamell]

I have done a beer can turkey with on of the large pineapple juice cans. It turned out wonderful.

 

[Gil Matar]

Great idea. Must have been a big bird. Did you need a stand for it?