Turkey
on the grill
We used a 12 pounder...Put it in an old cake pan, sprayed it
with Pam, and dumped about a cup of water in the pan.
Next time I would suggest putting alum. foil in the pan and
spraying the foil (and the pan I suppose)...just to make clean up easier.
I put the turkey on its side....so the breast skin didn't
stick. But it really didn't stick
anyway. The Pam worked fine and I'm sure the water
helped.
Basted it with vegetable oil to which some garlic salt (1/2
tsp?) was added. I also put a quartered
small onion inside the turkey.I basted
it probably 4 times with the oil/garlic salt during the 3 hours.
I turned the pan 180 degrees about half way thru just to
make sure it cooked evenly. Put grill on a setting the low side...temp
gauge read medium.
It was done (the indicator popped out) in just under 3
hours.I also threw some potatoes right
in the cake pan in the drippings about 2 hours into the grilling. Potatoes were very good. The drippings kept
them moist and didn't make them taste any different than I would have
expected.
I'll be doing it again...it's a great meal with no heat
added to the house. It's also low mess
factor...cleaned up pretty easy, but I'd still use aluminum foil I think...
2010 Update
Just did an 18 lb turkey last weekend (Memorial Day 2010) and it was very good. I used no Pam (I forgot!), but it still worked fine. It barely fit in the old cake pan. By the way, no need to cover the turkey in the grill. I did stray from the "recipe" and sprinkled on Mrs. Dash and Season-All. Which were good additions!
It only took just over 3 hours, which surprised me. But it was at least 180 degrees everywhere I checked and well over 190 in many. It did not dry out at all and was nicely done all the way through.
The picture above shows it (obviously) after being partially carved. Also, that's NOT the pan it was "grilled" in. That's just where it was cut and served from.
Use foil! And the cake pan will not be good for any use but on the grill...the bottom will be blackened and the pan may warp! Mine did...