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MaryB
07-05-2019, 04:49 PM
Did a spatchcock turkey on the Traeger smoker yesterday. I will be doing it again! Easiest and fastest cooking turkey ever! Spatchcock is cutting out the backbone(save and donate to your nearest RINO politician) then pressing down on the breast meat until you hear a crack and the bird lays flat. This was just a little 10 pound bird and I can not believe how fast it cooked! 2 1/2 hours! This is the pic of it going on the smoker, no after, before I got my camera out the vultures err guests had eaten all the crispy skin off the top. I stuffed 1/8 pound of better under the skin over each breast, seasoned with my favorite BBQ rub(Smokin' Guns Mild) and on the Traeger. I wasn't going for a super smokey flavor so only 1 hour on smoke then bumped heat to 350 to finish.
https://i.imgur.com/oAO6Uxk.jpg
Markopolo
07-05-2019, 05:03 PM
how do you get the backbone out of the thing??
bikerbeans
07-05-2019, 05:34 PM
Crossbred the turkey with a liberal.
BB
tinhorn97062
07-05-2019, 06:46 PM
Kitchen shears. Just cut through the ribs on both sides
Wayne Smith
07-05-2019, 08:54 PM
I have rack so I can smoke a turkey like you cook a bear can chicken. Drop an old mushroom can inside filled with wine and I can smoke a turkey in three to 3.5 hours. I've been using it for years.
MaryB
07-06-2019, 06:18 PM
Kitchen shears. Just cut through the ribs on both sides
I just used my boning knife, sliced right through the ribs no problem.
Video for those who have never done it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZxWF0VyK60
Bulldogger
07-06-2019, 06:20 PM
I did a spatchcock turkey this past thanksgiving. No complaints anywhere to be heard. I like the way it cooks more evenly.
Bulldogger
Beagle333
07-06-2019, 06:31 PM
I like the spatchcock method on my birds too.
Reverend Al
07-09-2019, 04:47 PM
If you feel like having a bit of fun with your guests at your next BBQ you could always try this ...
:shock:
https://i.imgur.com/bkA1lqZ.jpg
super6
07-09-2019, 05:23 PM
Just bought a trager 2 weeks ago and have never smoked meat before, Thanks for posting this! @maryB& Reverend Al
shaner
07-10-2019, 05:31 PM
Sounds great
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gwpercle
07-10-2019, 08:31 PM
If you feel like having a bit of fun with your guests at your next BBQ you could always try this ...
:shock:
https://i.imgur.com/bkA1lqZ.jpg
I swear , that Looks like you cooking a BIG Tick !!!
gbrown
07-11-2019, 06:42 PM
Alien (The Movie) larva. The thing that wrapped itself around the helmet of the astronaut in the 1st movie.
Moonie
07-11-2019, 09:22 PM
Love doing my birds that way, been doing it for years. I did find out that it doesn't work well on a rotisserie, had to tie it back together and on the spit lol. Won't do that again.
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