How do you cook your turkey?

[Wylde06]

My mom usually uses one of those oven bags, always turns out tasting pretty good.

[Jayster]

my wife and inlaws always do the cooking , I love turkey and all the leftovers - thanksgiving is my favorite holiday.But the only holiday\occasion cooking I do is on superbowl sunday , Then I make my signature chili (it takes around 15 hours to cook my way).Perhaps I'll do up a thread on superbowl sunday !!!!

PS -happy thanksgiving all !

[guitarsjb]

In the oven, put a few small slits in the skin on the breast, put some butter UNDER the skin. Rub rest of turkey in butter..cover with foil, bake, uncover the last 30 mins or so so it can brown.

[JetFixxxer]

Put a piece of Aluminum foil on top of the turkey and then stick it in a paper bag and cook it.

[Tekky]

Brining it for at least 6 hours. First time I've done it this way, second turkey overall. Then I'm roasting for a 1/2 hour at 500 F to brown the skin, then roasting it at 350 until it reaches 161 F internally. All of this done in my electric roasting pan. (well, except the brining)

Brining idea and recipe via my hero, Alton Brown.

[pjg]

Started brining it last night. Today I'll dry it, inject it with garlic butter, rub it with special dry spice mix, and drop her in the fryer. Yep, we special ordered a hen.

For an appetizer I'm making some shrimp. Huge Key West pinks that my brother brought up flash frozen right off the boat. I butterfly them, stuff them with a little Monterey Jack cheese, wrap them in bacon and put them in the oven. While they are cooking I'll baste them with more garlic butter and at the end I'll sprinkle some grated Asiago cheese over the top.

Then I'll double up on my blood pressure meds for a couple days.

[Joelski]

How do you cook your turkey?

I've never personally "owned" a turkey, so I have to say I eat my turkey however somebody else cooks it.

[CrazyTrain]

Brined it for 6 hours then rotisserie on the grill. Yum! Also got a duck in the oven.



(not my picture, just an example)

[elysianfield]

Happy thanksgiving? whats that then? you mean Christmas?
Turkey is wrank btw, much prefer Roast Chicken!

[kings31]

smoke it in my BBQ for about 4 hours with royal oak lump charcoal. it is the best. i rub the inside and out with pepper salt and fresh garlic.

[Norton]

You could always just nuke it. It'd be quite cooked, I think.(yeah,country joke here)

[straycat]

Turkey blows goat ass I smoked a country ham.

[SEEGERMANY]

"gobble this, biotch!"

[horns666]

Well My wife kicked ass. She's been up since 4:30 this morning cooking a 24.8lb bird and all the goodies for 12 people!

Man was it AWESOME. In fact, there is hardly any leftovers at all. We ate the entire sumbitch! Except for two big ol' turkey legs..I'll eat those tomorrow!!

You know what the best part is..her fuggin' CHEESECAKE!!! She made one for the family and one for me ..while I watch the Nevermore DVD!!!

[Jack The Riffer]

Turkey blows goat ass I smoked a country ham.

In a bong or did you roll it?