Hanging Turkey

[Luke Wberg]

Here is my turkey from this year. I cooked it over lump oak charcoal with a couple of handfuls of grape vine for smoke. I did a rub with fresh Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, Thyme, and garlic plus salt, pepper and virgin olive oil above and below the skin. I also injected the whole thing with butter. It smoked for around 3 hours over the empty water bowl where I had placed a tinfoil pie pan with a cup of water to catch the drippings. I cooked it until the breast meat hit 165 at which point I took out the water bowl and let it cook for a short time over bare coals to crisp up the skin on the breast meat a bit. It was tender, Juicy and probably one of the best birds I have ever made!

 

[Cliff Bartlett]

Fine looking turkey Luke! Your prep on that bird sounds delicious. Welcome to the group.

 

[Rich G]

That looks great, Luke! I thought about hanging my bird(s) this year, but figured I should do a test run first, and ran out of time. You have given me confidence to give it a go!

Rich

 

[Chris Allingham]

Luke, how did you hang the turkey? Did you use the Weber Expandable Smoking Rack?

 

[Luke Wberg]

Thanks Cliff! Glad to be here!

 

[Luke Wberg]

Chris, I read some bad reviews on the expandable rack so I actually did a modification to my grill. I posted the mod in the modifications section if you are interested.

 

[Luke Wberg]

Rich, I would definitely give hanging a try, I had some great results!! I hung it breast side down and it worked a charm for temperature control in the different cuts.

 

[Jim Lampe]

Nice looking bird, Luke!

I read some bad reviews on the expandable rack...

funny the three folks i know with the Weber rack loves it... So i do not believe everything i read

 

[ChuckO]

Very nice cook and novel way to cook it. Nicely done Luke

 

[NeilH]

Nice looking bird, Luke!


funny the three folks i know with the Weber rack loves it... So i do not believe everything i read

I've hung chicken and use the rack exclusively to smoke my ribs. No issues at all and does a great job. Add another to the list.

 

[WilliamD]

Great looking turkey Luke!!!! Nicely done!!!!

 

[Luke Wberg]

I've hung chicken and use the rack exclusively to smoke my ribs. No issues at all and does a great job. Add another to the list.

Thanks for the comment. I'm glad the hanging rack is working for you. I live in Spain and fiding Weber products here is pretty hard so I would have had to order the rack through the mail. Reviews are all I have to go by sometimes unfortunately.

 

[Luke Wberg]

Thanks WilliamD!

 

[Barb D]

That is one awesome bird Luke. Welcome to the forum.

 

[Luke Wberg]

Thanks Barb! You all are making me feel very welcome!

 

[Luke Wberg]

Barb, I just noticed it says you are from Prescott Valley. I lived in Camp Verde until I joined the Navy.