Spun Turkey for Thanksgiving

[Keith Jenkins]

Spun a 14-lb turkey in my kettle today for tomorrow's festivities.







Broke it down, bagged it, and put it in the refrigerator, to be re-heated for tomorrow's lunch.

My wife prefers having me fix the turkey in advance so that I'm out of the kitchen on the big day, .

 

[Brad Olson]

Those drippings are going to make their way into some gravy, right? RIGHT????

 

[JimK]

Gorgeous!

 

[Timothy F. Lewis]

You are a lucky man! I have always been the one in the kitchen and wife took care of clearing the “entertainment areas” but, this year after her back surgery, that has all fallen to me, I’ll enlist the grandchildren to do some table work but, I have things to do right now!
Great looking buzzard!

 

[BFletcher]

Bravo

 

[Keith Jenkins]

Those drippings are going to make their way into some gravy, right? RIGHT????

Well, I can't say that they did, . I think I'm the only one that likes gravy, so that's a sacrifice I had to make.

 

[Keith Jenkins]

You are a lucky man! I have always been the one in the kitchen and wife took care of clearing the “entertainment areas” but, this year after her back surgery, that has all fallen to me, I’ll enlist the grandchildren to do some table work but, I have things to do right now!
Great looking buzzard!

Thanks. Truth be told, we have a very small kitchen, so it's best that only one of us work in there at a time, particularly when one is slinging dishes in off the grill or in and out of the oven.

 

[Brad Olson]

Well, I can't say that they did, . I think I'm the only one that likes gravy, so that's a sacrifice I had to make.

Oh, man...you have my sympathies!

 

[Keith Jenkins]

To show how much I've learned in the past few years, largely from these forums, here's a picture of a spun turkey I did for Thanksgiving in 2021:



Note that one got a bit more done. Putting the fire only on one side, making sure the fire was on the upward rotating side of the bird to promote self-basting, and cooking by temperature, appearance, and tenderness rather than just time all makes a big difference. So thank you all.

Also, I marked my rotisserie motor with the direction of rotation, so that I don't have to figure it out each time.