{"id":2440,"date":"2011-10-21T11:10:19","date_gmt":"2011-10-21T18:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.outdoorcookingmagic.com\/?p=2440"},"modified":"2014-06-30T04:00:38","modified_gmt":"2014-06-30T11:00:38","slug":"how-to-grill-turkey-5-techniques","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outdoorcookingmagic.com\/how-to-grill-turkey-5-techniques\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Grill a Turkey &#8211; Five Techniques to Use"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2441 alignright\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" title=\"Grilled Turkey\" src=\"http:\/\/www.outdoorcookingmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/4144669657_af102cb384-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"How to Grill a Turkey\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.outdoorcookingmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/4144669657_af102cb384-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.outdoorcookingmagic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/4144669657_af102cb384.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Thanksgiving is almost here, and some of you may be wondering if you can grill your Thanksgiving Turkey. \u00a0Absolutely! Not only will grilling your turkey give it a fabulous flavor, but it will free up your oven for the other baking you need to do for Thanksgiving. \u00a0You may never cook a turkey in the oven again!<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>So here are some of the very best posts from around the web with great ideas to show you how to grill a turkey using different techniques.<\/p>\n<h3>How to Grill a Turkey on a Gas Grill<\/h3>\n<p>60% of Americans own a gas grill, so most of you are probably wondering how you would barbecue your turkey on a gas grill. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ggusuopSVbk&amp;feature=related\">Whole Turkey on the Gas BBQ<\/a> by the Chef at Granny\u2019s Poultry gives some great instruction on the mechanics of using a gas grill for grilling a turkey.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_8nVemFDMfo&amp;feature=related\">Thanksgiving Turkey on the Grill<\/a> from the boys at PigskinGourmet.com is a funny video that has some useful tips for grilling a turkey for Thanksgiving, as well as some other \"interesting\" holiday tips.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reluctantgourmet.com\/grilled_turkey.htm\">How to Grill Your Turkey on a Grill<\/a> gives great tips for thawing, trussing, and grilling that Thanksgiving turkey on your backyard gas grill.<\/p>\n<h3>How to Grill a Turkey on a Charcoal Grill<\/h3>\n<p><div style=\"float:right;margin:3px\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"src=\"http:\/\/ap.lijit.com\/www\/delivery\/fpi.js?z=262584&u=outdoorcook&width=300&height=250\"><\/script><\/div>Dave at BBQ My Way provides some instructions and a recipe for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbq-my-way.com\/grilling-turkey.html\">Grilling Turkey<\/a> with a Weber kettle grill and includes a useful (and amusing) video on how he grills his turkey.<\/p>\n<p>This Detroit Free Press article gives some very basic info on how to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freep.com\/article\/20101118\/FEATURES02\/11180398\/Grill-your-Thanksgiving-turkey-golden-skin-smoky-moist-meat\">Grill your Thanksgiving turkey for golden skin and smoky, moist meat<\/a> using a kettle grill. \u00a0Be sure to check out the great left sidebar that has planning ahead tips, plus recipes for wet and dry brining your turkey.<\/p>\n<p>The folks at Butterball suggest some easy, step-by-step directions on how to cook a turkey under 18 pounds using the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.butterball.com\/tips-how-tos\/how-tos\/grill\">Outdoor Charcoal Grill Method and the Outdoor Gas Grill Method<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Brining a Turkey<\/h3>\n<p>The Smokin\u2019 Buzzards have written a great post detailing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hotsmokebbq.com\/020turkey\/020en-turkey.php\">Brined &amp; Barbecue Smoked Turke<\/a>y. \u00a0Scattered throughout are several of Juancho\u2019s BBQ Tips with lots of useful advice.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/svpow.wordpress.com\/2009\/11\/26\/grilling-your-thanksgiving-dinosaur-live-blogging-the-bird\/\">Grilling your Thanksgiving dinosaur: live-blogging the bird<\/a> tells you how to brine your turkey in a trash bag and grill a turkey with briquettes. \u00a0There's lots of photos and an awesome bonus section with cool science stuff about pneumatic cavities in turkeys and brachiosaurs!<\/p>\n<h3>Dry Brining a Turkey<\/h3>\n<p>In\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/articles.latimes.com\/2010\/nov\/18\/food\/la-fo-calcook-20101118\">The California Cook: Our best turkey tweak yet<\/a>, the LA Times food editor\u00a0gives great tips on grilling a 15 lb. turkey with briquettes and explains why he changed from using a wet brine to a dry brining rub.<\/p>\n<h3>How to Smoke a Turkey<\/h3>\n<p>This <a href=\"http:\/\/www.smoker-cooking.com\/smokedturkey.html\">Smoked Turkey<\/a> tutorial gives very detailed instructions on smoking a turkey from start to finish with all the various steps involved. \u00a0Don\u2019t miss the list of all the turkey information available on the site.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re interested in a little more scientific presentation on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uga.edu\/nchfp\/how\/cure_smoke\/smoked_turkey.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Smoked Turkey<\/a>, check out this article from the National Center for Home Food Preservation at the University of Georgia. \u00a0It gives all the details of brining and smoking a turkey, plus links to other interesting topics like canning, freezing, pickling, curing, and jams and jellies.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/whatscookingamerica.net\/Poultry\/smokingtips.htm\">How To Smoke Turkey - Smoked Turkey Tips<\/a> from Brad gives some great instructions using a water smoker and charcoal to smoke a turkey, but be sure to read the comment at the bottom praising an electric smoker as the smoker of choice.<\/p>\n<p>To add a fantastic flavor to your smoked turkey, check out these <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B0007ZGUWA\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=outdoorcookingmagic-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399369&amp;creativeASIN=B0007ZGUWA\">wine barrel staves<\/a>. These staves are oak wood from red wine barrels. \u00a0 Toss a couple of staves on a hot bed of charcoal or on a gas grill, directly over one of the gas burners under the grill grate,\u00a0and you'll have the extraordinary flavor of oak smoke with red wine.<\/p>\n<h3>How to Cook a Turkey on a Rotisserie<\/h3>\n<p>This blog gives instructions on how to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dadcooksdinner.com\/2008\/12\/rotisserie-turkey.html\">Rotisserie Turkey<\/a> using brining and a gas grill. \u00a0If you have a charcoal grill, here\u2019s some instructions for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dadcooksdinner.com\/2010\/11\/rotisserie-turkey-dry-brined-with.html\">Rotisserie Turkey, Dry brined with Orange and Spices<\/a>. \u00a0You can compare wet and dry brining techniques and choose your favorite.<\/p>\n<p>I hope you take the opportunity to cook your turkey on the grill this Thanksgiving. Remember, you may never cook your turkey in an oven again!<\/p>\n<div class=\"signature\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.outdoorcookingmagic.com\/images\/scottsig.png\" alt=\"Scott\" height=\"35\" width=\"86\" \/><br \/><\/div>\n<p>P.S. for some delicious grilling tips and recipes, including tips for grilling a turkey, see\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0376020474\/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=outdoorcookingmagic-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399369&amp;creativeASIN=0376020474\">Weber's Charcoal Grilling: The Art of Cooking with Live Fire<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0376020474\/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=outdoorcookingmagic-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399369&amp;creativeASIN=0376020474\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"border: 0px initial initial;\" src=\"http:\/\/ws.assoc-amazon.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;Format=_SL110_&amp;ASIN=0376020474&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;WS=1&amp;tag=outdoorcookingmagic-20&amp;ServiceVersion=20070822\" alt=\"\" width=\"86\" height=\"110\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=outdoorcookingmagic-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0376020474&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399369\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to grill a turkey using five different techniques.   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