On Sat, 31 Jul 2004 19:11:09 -0700, "Louis Cohen"
> wrote:

> Don't use too hot a fire, or else you burn the wings before the rest is
> cooked.
>
> The flatter you can whack the bird down before cooking, the more evenly it
> will cook.


Having cooked a whole turkey on my grill more than once, I
can say that may or may not be a true statement. All bets
are off if he's using gas grill. I have a charcoal grill,
so I use indirect heat. A whole (unspatchcocked) turkey
cooks evenly on my grill, so I have a hard time imagining
that a spatchcocked turkey couldn't cook evenly too.

There is absolutely NO FUSS doing turkey this way! Just put
it on the grill, put the lid on and check for doneness after
a couple of hours. You don't have to move the turkey around
at all and it ends up evenly browned all over.

PS: I like the end result MUCH better than oven roasted
turkey. All the skin is crispy and ALL the meat is juicy.


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