What have you done today?

[Callaway]

We cooked our turkey in the oven using the convection feature for the first time, and it turned out very well.  The breast was very moist and tender.

A few years ago I did my first grilled turkey outdoors. My wife was instantly spoiled to having the use of her oven freed up for all the other goodies she likes to make.

No concession, really.


...   and I feel MANLY doing this!

How do you grill it for such a long time?  Do you put the fire on the other side of the grill from the turkey?

First of all, I have a very large grille. If I fill it full of coals it will burn for about six hours, by controlling the airflow. For a turkey, I fill the coals to about half capacity and I renew the smoking wood a couple of times.
I place bricks on the fire base (the kind with holes in them) laid on their sides to make a rectangle, two high and start a big fire and reduce it all to coals inside the brick box. I add unburned wood (no bark, only heart wood) for smoke and close down the air vents to just a whisper. On the bricks, I put a large flat pan which I keep some water in at first. Then on the top grille, where the food normally goes I place one of those large heavy duty disposable foil pans (BTW, spring for one of those fancy ones with the handles and the wire support underneath - worth the money!) with the turkey inside. I cover the turkey for the first hour or so.
After about two hours the unburned wood is mostly turned to coals and stopped smoking, so I remove the turkey, add more unburned wood, empty the water out of the heat deflection pan, open the air vents a little to bring up the temperature and replace the turkey. It takes about three and a half hours and plenty of basting, but it is worth the effort.

Thanks for telling me how you do it.  My grill is much smaller than yours, but I'll bet your turkey was delicious.  Maybe I could do a chicken on mine.

I agree about those big disposable heavy duty turkey pans with the handles and wire supports.  Those are great.

[Trigger 11]

Spent 45 minutes in line at K-Mart to buy one Nintendo DS game for my oldest daughter.
Spent 2 hours and 15 minutes in line at Toys R Us to buy two Nintendo DS game for my oldest daughter.
Spent 15 minutes at Target buying myself a bunch of DVDs.
Spent 15 minutes at Wal-Mart buying myself some more CDs and a few of the new assortment of Star Wars figures...score!

Now I am at work, bored off my ass.

Tonight I will be alone. Anyone want to come over and have a party? Poker? Twister? Anyone?

I didn't think so...

[Natalia Evans]

Visit my old work, went up to my grandparents' old house and dug though my old things in their chicken house, dug through my stuff animals here when I got back to my parents. I guess I don't have that much stuff but not all of it will fit in my apartment.

[odeon]

Worked a lot. Drank some Guinness.

LOL I read that as "wanked a lot" 

I think they wouldn't have accepted it at work. Nor at the pub, now that I think of it.

[richard]

oh not much

[Frolic_Fun]

Take pictures of ducks.

[WolFish]

Spent 45 minutes in line at K-Mart to buy one Nintendo DS game for my oldest daughter.
Spent 2 hours and 15 minutes in line at Toys R Us to buy two Nintendo DS game for my oldest daughter.
Spent 15 minutes at Target buying myself a bunch of DVDs.
Spent 15 minutes at Wal-Mart buying myself some more CDs and a few of the new assortment of Star Wars figures...score!

Now I am at work, bored off my ass.

Tonight I will be alone. Anyone want to come over and have a party? Poker? Twister? Anyone?

I didn't think so...

awesome black friday run.
sorry i missed the party.
come to think of it, where the fuck is the party room in here, anyway??

[DirtDawg]

We cooked our turkey in the oven using the convection feature for the first time, and it turned out very well.  The breast was very moist and tender.

A few years ago I did my first grilled turkey outdoors. My wife was instantly spoiled to having the use of her oven freed up for all the other goodies she likes to make.

No concession, really.


...   and I feel MANLY doing this!

How do you grill it for such a long time?  Do you put the fire on the other side of the grill from the turkey?

First of all, I have a very large grille. If I fill it full of coals it will burn for about six hours, by controlling the airflow. For a turkey, I fill the coals to about half capacity and I renew the smoking wood a couple of times.
I place bricks on the fire base (the kind with holes in them) laid on their sides to make a rectangle, two high and start a big fire and reduce it all to coals inside the brick box. I add unburned wood (no bark, only heart wood) for smoke and close down the air vents to just a whisper. On the bricks, I put a large flat pan which I keep some water in at first. Then on the top grille, where the food normally goes I place one of those large heavy duty disposable foil pans (BTW, spring for one of those fancy ones with the handles and the wire support underneath - worth the money!) with the turkey inside. I cover the turkey for the first hour or so.
After about two hours the unburned wood is mostly turned to coals and stopped smoking, so I remove the turkey, add more unburned wood, empty the water out of the heat deflection pan, open the air vents a little to bring up the temperature and replace the turkey. It takes about three and a half hours and plenty of basting, but it is worth the effort.

Thanks for telling me how you do it.  My grill is much smaller than yours, but I'll bet your turkey was delicious.  Maybe I could do a chicken on mine.

I agree about those big disposable heavy duty turkey pans with the handles and wire supports.  Those are great.

One other option, assuming your grille is large enough for a turkey, is to begin the cooking process in the oven as you normally would. Then finish the cooking on the grille.  I often do this with pork roasts, which can dry out if cooked too quickly, just like poultry.

Cook it for about two hours at normal settings in your regular oven. About an hour and a half after you begin baking the turkey, start your fire and get it ready. You will still accumulate a nice smoke flavor this way AND, during the final hour or so of cooking, you will have full use of your oven for other things.

[odeon]

Chores.

[Parts]

worked,stressed fixed other's work

[RageBeoulve]

Fapped, raked leaves off my parent's lawn, punched the punching bag for like two hours straight. Bout to surf and look for a job. Again.
Thinking I might have to live in a fucking halfway house before long cause I don't want to impose on my parents for too long.

[duncvis]

Been over to Colne to pick up a Christmas tree.

[Parts]

Worked,  coughed a lot,  stressed even more now benzo time

[odeon]

Worked lots.

[Frolic_Fun]

Absolutely fuck all.