Hey there.

Thanks to the suggestions from folks on this group - I ended up buying the
larger of the 2 sizes of Weber gas grills I was looking at.

So now I want to BBQ everything! :-)

I'm thinking of BBQing the Christmas turkey this year. I'd like to use the
rotisserie - but not sure how successful it will be.

I've tried searching the net for BBQing turkeys on a rotisserie - but not
much has come up for me.

So - any suggestions (including it's not a good idea to do it this way)?

Thanks,

Sparky

--
In the end it is all ok. If it is not ok, then it is not the end.

"Sparky" wrote in message

I'm thinking of BBQing the Christmas turkey this year. I'd like to use the
rotisserie - but not sure how successful it will be.

I've tried searching the net for BBQing turkeys on a rotisserie - but not
much has come up for me.


No problem with a smaller sized bird, say 12 pounds or so. I don' t know
how well a 20 pounder would do though.
Ed

"Sparky" wrote in message
news:g01xd.541793$%k.203141@pd7tw2no...
Hey there.

Thanks to the suggestions from folks on this group - I ended up buying the
larger of the 2 sizes of Weber gas grills I was looking at.

So now I want to BBQ everything! :-)

I'm thinking of BBQing the Christmas turkey this year. I'd like to use the
rotisserie - but not sure how successful it will be.

I've tried searching the net for BBQing turkeys on a rotisserie - but not
much has come up for me.

So - any suggestions (including it's not a good idea to do it this way)?

Thanks,

Sparky

Perhaps the problem is semantics, Sparky. Turkey (poultry) isn't
"barbecued," it's grilled, roasted or smoked. "Barbecue" as generally
described here refers to a type of food, not an appliance. We cook
barbecue, but poultry doesn't lend itself this style of low/slow cooking
(its purpose is to render fat out of cheap cuts of meat like brisket and
pork butt).

You can certainly grill (or "roast" is you prefer) a turkey on a rotisserie.
I suggest you brine your turkey (google groups for The Fat Man's Brine for a
good one), then cook it at 350 - 375 degrees until the breast meat reaches
162 degrees.

Kevin S. Wilson's web page offers excellent instructions for preparation,
brining and cooking a turkey on a Kamado and most of his instructions are
applicable to rotisserie cooking.
http://www.webpak.net/~rescyou/turkey/turkey.htm

Or you can smoke a turkey on a rotisserie by adding a mild wood to your fire
(i.e., alder, citrus, pecan) and keeping your cooking temperature around
200 - 220 until the breast meat reaches 162. Again, brine the bird first.
Done this way the skin will be black, rubbery and inedible, but the meat
will be moist and delicious.

Jack Curry

Jack, as gertrude stein would have said, barbecue is barbecue is barbecue,
and occasionally it's barbeque! It means something different to all of us,
just like smoking. To you and I it means something different. To others it
has something to do with hemp and/or coffin nails. It may even be possible
to barbecue on a gas grill!
For me, and I think for many on this NG, Sparky is barbecuing, if he chooses
to define it. I would agree with him.
As you well know, cooking something with a few chunks of wood thrown in at
200F+ isn't smoking for me and neither for many others.
This NG is nonmoderated. Anything goes. No one, fortunately, moderates the
posts and manages content.
That gives us license to bitch about all of this, which you and several
others do as well, as you are doing now.
Let's hear from the gassers, and the direct charcoalers, and even the
electricers. And then there's that strange egg shaped monster from SE Asia
called the Kamado, or Kamedo, or Komodo, or whatever.



"Jack Curry" Jack wrote in message
...

"Sparky" wrote in message
news:g01xd.541793$%k.203141@pd7tw2no...
Hey there.

Thanks to the suggestions from folks on this group - I ended up buying
the
larger of the 2 sizes of Weber gas grills I was looking at.

So now I want to BBQ everything! :-)

I'm thinking of BBQing the Christmas turkey this year. I'd like to use
the
rotisserie - but not sure how successful it will be.

I've tried searching the net for BBQing turkeys on a rotisserie - but not
much has come up for me.

So - any suggestions (including it's not a good idea to do it this way)?

Thanks,

Sparky

Perhaps the problem is semantics, Sparky. Turkey (poultry) isn't
"barbecued," it's grilled, roasted or smoked. "Barbecue" as generally
described here refers to a type of food, not an appliance. We cook
barbecue, but poultry doesn't lend itself this style of low/slow cooking
(its purpose is to render fat out of cheap cuts of meat like brisket and
pork butt).

You can certainly grill (or "roast" is you prefer) a turkey on a
rotisserie.
I suggest you brine your turkey (google groups for The Fat Man's Brine for
a
good one), then cook it at 350 - 375 degrees until the breast meat reaches
162 degrees.

Kevin S. Wilson's web page offers excellent instructions for preparation,
brining and cooking a turkey on a Kamado and most of his instructions are
applicable to rotisserie cooking.
http://www.webpak.net/~rescyou/turkey/turkey.htm

Or you can smoke a turkey on a rotisserie by adding a mild wood to your
fire
(i.e., alder, citrus, pecan) and keeping your cooking temperature around
200 - 220 until the breast meat reaches 162. Again, brine the bird first.
Done this way the skin will be black, rubbery and inedible, but the meat
will be moist and delicious.

Jack Curry

"Kent" wrote in message
news:ME9xd.595369$D%.513075@attbi_s51...
Jack, as gertrude stein would have said, barbecue is barbecue is barbecue,
and occasionally it's barbeque!
snip
This NG is nonmoderated. Anything goes. No one, fortunately, moderates the
posts and manages content.


There are a lot of barbecue purists here. Sometimes they forget the
original charter of this group that allows for grilling and all manner of
outdoor cooking and all fuels. It is a noble effort to educate the world on
what real barbecue is, but we will never achieve that goal as more grillers
are born every day and taught how to barbecue over the lava rocks.

In any case, I tip my flavorizer bars to you!-
Ed
http://pages.cthome.net/edhome/

"Sparky" wrote in message
news:g01xd.541793$%k.203141@pd7tw2no...

Hey there.

Thanks to the suggestions from folks on this group - I ended up buying
the
larger of the 2 sizes of Weber gas grills I was looking at.

So now I want to BBQ everything! :-)

I'm thinking of BBQing the Christmas turkey this year. I'd like to use
the
rotisserie - but not sure how successful it will be.

I've tried searching the net for BBQing turkeys on a rotisserie - but not
much has come up for me.

So - any suggestions (including it's not a good idea to do it this way)?

Thanks,

Sparky



I've done turkey breasts on the rot. but not a whole bird. If it'll
fit in the rot. then I don't see why it wouldn't work fine. Unstuffed
obviously. Jacks method would be a fine way to start.

--
Steve

Why is it that most nudists are people you don't want to see naked?

I remember now why I plonked you so long ago, Kent.

Let's let the OP decide whether your post or mine was most helpful in
answering his question, shall we?
But since this post is about turkey, please be sure to tell him how he
shouldn't brine a turkey after he's stuffed it, because the stuffing will
get soggy and too salty. That's my favorite Kent post ever.

Meanwhile, back into the bozo bin for you, Kent. Your amusement valued has
just been exceeded by your stupidity and I suspect many readers are tiring
of these pointless exchanges.

Jack Curry

"Jack Curry" Jack wrote in message
I remember now why I plonked you so long ago, Kent.
Meanwhile, back into the bozo bin for you, Kent. Your amusement valued
has
just been exceeded by your stupidity and I suspect many readers are tiring
of these pointless exchanges.


I think there's a philosophical debate there Jack. When does a person who's
sole value is his pointlessness become too pointless? I would argue that the
waste of space that is Kent is reaching for his limits (while testing ours)
to find how much more pointless can he become, how pointless does one have
to be before the pointlessness become absolutely pointless? And is that
nirvana, or belly button lint?

Just a pointless thought,

Yours,

D
--

Duwop wrote:
"Jack Curry" Jack wrote in message
I remember now why I plonked you so long ago, Kent.
Meanwhile, back into the bozo bin for you, Kent. Your amusement
valued has just been exceeded by your stupidity and I suspect many
readers are tiring of these pointless exchanges.


I think there's a philosophical debate there Jack. When does a person
who's sole value is his pointlessness become too pointless? I would
argue that the waste of space that is Kent is reaching for his limits
(while testing ours) to find how much more pointless can he become,
how pointless does one have to be before the pointlessness become
absolutely pointless? And is that nirvana, or belly button lint?

Just a pointless thought,

Yours,

D

Thanks, Dale, that's a good giggle. From my perspective, I am unwilling to
engage for long in the seemingly endless debates/charges/countercharges and
soforth that have plagued this ng. A few brief remarks and that's it for
me.

So, I quit on Kent again, as I did on CAL/cl and others, some time ago.
They add nothing here but bullshit and argument.

Jack

"Jack Curry" Jack wrote in message
Duwop wrote:
Just a pointless thought,

Yours,

D

Thanks, Dale, that's a good giggle. From my perspective, I am unwilling
to
engage for long in the seemingly endless debates/charges/countercharges
and
soforth that have plagued this ng. A few brief remarks and that's it for
me.

Exactly, hit and run, play the fish, don't let it play you. More than two
replies is the point of diminishing returns and becomes tiresome for all
involved.


So, I quit on Kent again, as I did on CAL/cl and others, some time ago.
They add nothing here but bullshit and argument.

Jack

Eh, I'm just being selfish there, the best laugh we've all had in ages came
with your stuffed turkey observation.

I agree with them others, they're just mean dumb like an angry bully lashing
out at incomprehensible world. Kent on the other hand is more like that
retarded guy with Tourettes, he just can't help it. Anyway, that's my take.

Merry Christmas to all!

D
--

Sparky wrote:

Hey there.

Thanks to the suggestions from folks on this group - I ended up buying the
larger of the 2 sizes of Weber gas grills I was looking at.

So now I want to BBQ everything! :-)

I'm thinking of BBQing the Christmas turkey this year. I'd like to use the
rotisserie - but not sure how successful it will be.

I've tried searching the net for BBQing turkeys on a rotisserie - but not
much has come up for me.

So - any suggestions (including it's not a good idea to do it this way)?

Thanks,

Sparky

Use any recipe, rotiss, has nothing to do with recipe style, just simply
makes sure the bird or whatever meat is on it is done on all sides. Also
self baste as it turns.

--
Mike Willsey
http://groups.msn.com/ThePracticalBa...ewwelcome.msnw
(AMWILCOMPORIUMNET) (@ between L&C, dot between M&N)

"Duwop" wrote:
[]
Just a pointless thought,

Don't push it, pal! °~D

--
Nick. Christmas Day, the twenty-fifth Day of December, being established a
Federal holiday by an Act of Congress on June 28, 1870: Merry Christmas!

Thank a Veteran and Support Our Troops! You are not forgotten. Thanks.

"Duwop" wrote in message news:gZidnUPdsftRS1jcRVn-

Eh, I'm just being selfish there, the best laugh we've all had in ages
came
with your stuffed turkey observation.


Can someone clue me in? Did someone try to brine a stuffed turkey?

B-Worthey

"Brian Worthey" wrote in message
...

"Duwop" wrote in message news:gZidnUPdsftRS1jcRVn-

Eh, I'm just being selfish there, the best laugh we've all had in ages
came
with your stuffed turkey observation.


Can someone clue me in? Did someone try to brine a stuffed turkey?

B-Worthey


We're not real sure, it reads that way anyway.
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/...2959ffdc1aaaba

Here's the full thread:
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/...275c2d780121b3



--

Kent, if I were to misuse a word, I would appreciate a learned critique
of that misuse. Perhaps it would make me more knowledgeable, and I
could decide whether or not to appear informed.

Would you be offended if a poster noted your misuse of the objective
pronoun? "To you and I it means something different". If I were
objective-pronoun challenged, I would like someone to point it out to
me, so I could correct it.

Jack, if you ever catch a boo boo of mine, please tell me about it.