Besides freeing up your oven for other dishes, roasting or deep-frying your turkey can be an easy and thrilling way to ensure a perfectly cooked, juicy bird. Hannah and Lisa put both methods to the test.
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7:10 people usually grill 1 or 2 times a summer, only in the summer here in NYC… So they really dont get practice. me? I really only love grilled meats, so I grill all year round, rain and snow, so I get practice. we had one of the most "boring" grilling video tutorials in cooking school but I actually found it fascinating. Its very hard and every grill fire is unique and different. You gotta know how to work the flame, work the grill you have, work with the temperature and work with the sunlight.
Forget the presentation, cut that damn turkey down and do it the easy way! I got a free turkey that was thawed already and I had my own turkey. so I cut up the extra turkey and grilled it for the first time! OMG it was better than the damn turkey I made whole in the oven… I cant believe I have not done it before but this november in NYC has been on the warm side so I grilled the turkey with jerk sauce and some sazon… I left the entire brest rib in and cut the wings and legs and thighs off so I can cook the brest cavity first.
I dont think I will make a turkey in the oven again.
This year an oven next year Butterball indoor deep frier
I would have liked some commentary on rest time, but otherwise a great video. I also notice they used two different grill gloves! Also, I'd like to know about the pro's and con's of using foil to tent. It would seem to moisten the skin you just got crisp.
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As a turkey fryer myself the turkey needs to go on the rack breast side down. Like the turkey is diving into the oil. The way you did it, creates a funnel that could spew oil out of the pot. Breast side down. I’m sure you used 3 gallons of oil not quarts. If one of you viewers has a bad thermometer and drops the turkey in like you did, there will be a badly burned person.
You didn't say anything about how the turkeys turned out! Were they moist and juicy or dry and tough?
I use the Orion cooker.
way i am going to cook is trying to get invited; for dinner;
What about seasoning 🧂 or injection of either turkey 🦃?
If I cook a turkey now it is deep fried. She talked about using vegetable oil but I have always used peanut oil. If I cook a bird on the grill then it is getting spatchcocked. This is the best way to cook more evenly. Also the burner that turned off in 15 minutes, I have one of those. To get around relighting of the burner you only turn the clock back on it. Example, if it was set for 15 minutes then at 14 minutes turn it back before the flame turns off.
I quit turkey for thanksgiving many years ago. The very worst prime rib is better than any turkey.
I have an old Bayou Classic fryer that also has like a gas/air mixer below the burner to get the perfect flame. You can get a blue flame if you want it. To be honest it seemed to me that the oil temp on this fry was very low. You need to have your oil temp about 25° above what you want for your cook temp before you drop the bird. The temp will drop because of the coolness of the bird, and then you lower the flame little by little during the fry to keep the oil at a little under 350°. I find that any lower temp runs the risk of an oily bird. I've never had one of those electronic thermometers but cooking the bird at just under 350° I've always had a perfect bird at 3 minutes per pound.
Fried it. This year it will be 12 years of fried the Turkey. I’ve got Electric fryer I use.
I NEVER scrape my grill before cooking. Here's what I do. After cooking, meat has to rest so the juices can redistribute, right? While I'm waiting for that (and while the grates are still hot and the food is not dried on), I scrape the grates immediately after cooking before they cool down. Now my grates are clean and good to go for next time. Why be lazy? Do it after cooking.
Apparently, you have not watched Alton Brown's vid on roasting a Turkey and if I remember he said you were better off not trying it as it is too dangerous, and as someone who trained as a chef I would not try it!!! I also see personal safety issues with Hannah wearing short sleeves and not a chef's jacket and the protection it would provide from splattering hot oil!!!
You should do neither. You should inject and smoke a turkey breast if you want incredibly delicious turkey, or if you're adult enough to understand that turkey is pretty bland and the key to delicious turkey is gravy, sides, and more gravy, just roast the bird filled with halved roasted garlic bulbs, herbs, and halved lemons with plenty of butter under the skin in a bag til 135°F and broil on low or bake at 500+ uncovered til done. Put PLENTY (like, a quarter of the turkey's weight) of aromatics in the roasting pan, make a HELL of a fond, then deglaze that baby on the stovetop and make peppery, rich, delicious gravy out of all that meaty, oniony, herby, slag. If you're REALLY committed, you could make some semi-demiglace, but you genuinely don't have to.
I LOVE frying my turkeys but that oil $$$$
Smoke it
I like fried better but grill mine as frying is too expensive and potentially dangerous. Peanut oil is so expensive. Anyway, key to both is inject the bird! or brine.
"Flip the bird"
I wish Hanna would wear something that shows off those incredible Tits
I wonder how a grilled, spatchcock turkey would do…
Been cooking my turkey on my pellet smoker for the past three years. So much easier to deal with and frees up space for other things.
i cook my sides in the microwave
Highly recommend peanut oil over vegetable oil. You can thank me later!
You should also mention the Masterbuilt indoor turkey fryer?
I would likely drop the turkey trying to take it off the grill. lol…