It can be done with small birds 12-14 lb range but I'd be more worried about the lack of space away from the hot coals. Maybe Garry can add some more insight on how he did it. Seems you would have to move the bird around quite often to avoid getting it over cooked where the charcoal is so close to the bird. If you bank the coals on the outside edge of the kettle, and then place the turkey with the sides towards the coals, then you'll need to turn the bird, to keep the legs and wings from burning that are exposed to the lit charcoal. When you turn you'll want the neck and tail exposed to the lit coals. Then maybe flip the bird and repeat the turn process It can be done no doubt but, you can't just set it up and forget it like you could on a 22.5" kettle, but maybe you can. Now that I think about it, you could stand it up upright on the charcoal grate and bank the coals all away around the bird. Garry?????????