Which grate do you use?

[Bruce Bissonnette]

I have been doing our Thanksgiving turkey on my WSM for years and have always used the top cooking grate. Several videos that I've seen on YouTube, however, show folks using the middle cooking grate. Just out of curiosity, which grate do you use? and if you've used the top grate before and switched to the middle grate, why? and have you noticed any difference? Thanks!

 

[A Cleland]

Top grate here.......try to keep my birds away from the direct heat if possible, but I do not use water in the pan.........just foiled with a clay saucer inside as a heat sink. Birds like to be cooked at around 325 degrees. Too hot to use water in the pan.