No need to page Kaido. I already posted the best and the most delicious way to serve a turkey. Every kitchenlord knows that serving a bird spatchcock is the best way to bake it.
I agree spatchcock turkey is the preferred method. Spatchcock is the best method to cook poultry. It's cooks faster and more evenly. You get larger surface area for crisper skin.No need to page Kaido. I already posted the best and the most delicious way to serve a turkey. Every kitchenlord knows that serving a bird spatchcock is the best way to bake it.
Or deep frying that shit in some peanut oil is pretty good to. Let that bird sizzle and pop for 45 minutes in some blazing hot oil and it turns out tasty af.
But to be real I've had it both ways and honestly I couldn't tell the difference.
Apply oil on the skin and smoke at higher temperature. No need to smoke at low temperature.Another vote for smoked. Wife loves having the oven free and the turkey comes out amazing. Skin has always been inedible book leather for me unfortunately but I never eat that anyway. Only drawback.
Looks perfect man and I'm sure your family will enjoy it. For a first timer this is pretty much bullet proof and a good method of baking a turkey.
I'm looking to do this one. Very straight forward, good reviews.
Hmm, never tried that, VERY interesting..Either way is fine. It just comes down to whether you want a fresh never frozen turkey or not. Keep in mind it will take longer than a day for a frozen turkey to thaw out.
Forget fresh vs frozen though. If you're cooking it in the oven then you need to Spatchcock that bird! Yeah baby it's the only way to do a turkey in the oven! A few years ago Food and Wine magazine had a great write up on how spatchcock your Thanksgiving turkey so we tried it and it was so freaking good we've done it every year since.
If your cooking a large bird you will need at least 3 day for a through thaw, 4+ is preferred, if your cooking a 12lb bird 2 days can suffice.I'll be baking for the first time. Not too worried but,
Do you buy turkey frozen ahead of time then thaw a day before? Then bake?
Or
Do you buy the turkey fresh/refrigerated 1-3 days before Thanksgiving then simply season and bake?
Chef John is pretty awesome.
I'm looking to do this one. Very straight forward, good reviews.