The Freightliner Guy 1,326 #26 Posted November 24, 2022 2 minutes ago, Snoopy11 said: Not THAT bird!!! We buy butterball... Don Like Wally World special 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snoopy11 5,713 #27 Posted November 24, 2022 1 minute ago, The Freightliner Guy said: Like Wally World special Well, I'll put it this way... When I go in Walmart and buy 1 turkey... I come out with 3 turkeys over my shoulder... 1 for Thanksgiving, 1 for Christmas, and 1 for sometime in the new year. This year, when I was coming out of Walmart... an elderly lady (God bless her heart) told me that I reminded her of Yancy Tucker with 3 turkeys over my shoulder... Don 1 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snoopy11 5,713 #28 Posted November 24, 2022 TURKEY IS IN THE FRYER!!! A good hour and a half, and she'll be out, crispy golden brown... The. Smell. Is. Amazing. Gracie is waiting patiently... (this will be her first Thanksgiving that she actually remembers... last Thanksgiving she was still a crazy pup). Don 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kenneth R Cluley 480 #29 Posted November 24, 2022 Put the turkey on rebar spit, use a bundt pan under for drippings, put foil under, place can over, charcoal on top and around edge, keep adding charcoal as needed, about 2 hours and she's ready. It's hot here today though about 82. sweating a little setting this up! 4 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snoopy11 5,713 #30 Posted November 24, 2022 Closuh... Don 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snoopy11 5,713 #31 Posted November 24, 2022 Carving has begun... Punch is prepared: Don 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Freightliner Guy 1,326 #32 Posted November 24, 2022 39 minutes ago, Snoopy11 said: Carving has begun... Punch is prepared: Don Don’t let ms turkey see this she’ll drop dead. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snoopy11 5,713 #33 Posted November 24, 2022 Oh gawd I'm dying... I ate 2 plates of sides, 1 turkey leg, 3 rolls, 1 turkey wing, LOT'S and LOT'S of gravy, and 3 cups of punch. Cheesecake to come later... not sure where in this bodily frame I am going to fit it... Don 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Freightliner Guy 1,326 #34 Posted November 24, 2022 (edited) Your going need a plumber later snoops Edited November 24, 2022 by The Freightliner Guy 1 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ed Kennell 35,786 #35 Posted November 24, 2022 5 hours ago, ebinmaine said: Underhand? Overhand? Side arm? Shotput style? 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rmaynard 14,898 #36 Posted November 24, 2022 13 hours ago, JoeM said: The kid called yesterday and said they are eating chicken, turkey was not in the budget! Sounds like a chicken in her smoker. That's interesting. Around here whole turkey is $1.19/lb whereas whole chicken is $1.22/lb. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ed Kennell 35,786 #37 Posted November 24, 2022 10 minutes ago, rmaynard said: That's interesting. Around here whole turkey is $1.19 Wow, $2.69 frozen and $3.69 fresh for turkey here. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
squonk 38,936 #38 Posted November 24, 2022 (edited) Mennonite ham and Mennonite potato salad and pumpkin whoopie pies. All I need. Wouldn't have minded some black olives though! Edited November 24, 2022 by squonk 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 63,148 #39 Posted November 24, 2022 1 minute ago, squonk said: whoopie pies Now that's a Maine treat 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 63,148 #40 Posted November 24, 2022 Bear n BBT suppah. 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Achto 26,565 #41 Posted November 25, 2022 7 hours ago, ebinmaine said: Underhand? Overhand? Side arm? Shotput style? Can I use a trebuchet? Air cannon is my favorite. 1 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snoopy11 5,713 #42 Posted November 25, 2022 8 hours ago, Horse Newbie said: I will reflect on what it means to be blessed enough to even be able to celebrate the day, and give thanks to a loving God for what he provides. What a most valuable blessing we were bestowed when God placed us on this land, in this country, and I hope that all who reads this agrees… I just had to say, as I sit and reflect on this day, @Horse Newbie... you nailed it. Thanks for writing that. Very good. Don 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Evguy 550 #43 Posted November 25, 2022 1 hour ago, Ed Kennell said: Wow, $2.69 frozen and $3.69 fresh for turkey here. Got a fresh bird for .99 . Central Indiana. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JoeM 7,636 #44 Posted November 25, 2022 $2 something here for turkey, chicken $1.15 a lb. might just be the net. 6 pound chicken or 15 pound turkey. She is a single mom with her own place and doesn't ask for help. Figure it is getting really tight. Seen a neighbor off and on pouring 5 gallon of fuel in his oil tank. Might be waiting to for price to drop but think he is struggling. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
8ntruck 6,376 #45 Posted November 25, 2022 (edited) Happy Thanksgiving from our woods in Kentucky. Charcoal column turkey. Overall picture: Looking down into the guts of the setup: #10 tins with chicken wire tubes. Heavy duty foil reflectors wrapped around your choice of stakes - I used fence posts this year. Light the charcoal off, season the bird (I used salt, pepper, sage, thyme, savory, and butter, stuffed cavity with onion & lemon), double bag in oven bags and hang in the center. Use extra space for sides. The Dutch oven in the picture has the stuffing, we added another Dutch oven with a stuffed squash a little later, then later yet a pan of beets, and a pan of mashed potatoes. On the propane camp stove, my son made some cranberry jelly (fresh cranberries, sugar, and water cooked until proper consistency), gravy, and green beans. Homemade biscuits. Pies for dessert. Picture of my plate: Edited November 25, 2022 by 8ntruck 6 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kpinnc 10,733 #46 Posted November 25, 2022 I have nothing to add to the thread. Wife did the cooking. ...and it was great. 1 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 59,732 #47 Posted November 25, 2022 @8ntruck it’s surprising there is enough heat to cook the bird? No wind must be? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
8ntruck 6,376 #48 Posted November 25, 2022 We've cooked lots of turkeys in setups like this. I learned about it at some Boy Scout leadership training I took a long time ago. There is plenty of heat. In fact, I had to lift the bird up out of the sweet spot to slow it down. That set up is a reflector oven. It works on radiant heat instead of heated air. The foil walls act as a wind break, so wind does not really bother things. One time, it was windier than usual, so I ended up adding a foil cover to 'keep the heat in'. I'm thinking about building a studier version of this. Make the sides out of sheet steel so it will be self supporting and build baskets on the ends made out of expanded metal to hold the coals. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 59,732 #49 Posted November 26, 2022 On 11/24/2022 at 8:30 AM, JoeM said: is the camera broken? We even found a use for Wheel Horse bourbon! Smoked a pecan pie for about 90 minutes at 250 degrees. It rocked! 3 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ed Kennell 35,786 #50 Posted November 27, 2022 I'm late to the party, but here's the Kennell Clans Black Friday Thanksgiving. The Clan Mark smoked two birds and they were picked clean Mrs. Ks desert table My 97 yo MIL with her first Great Granddaughter. Finally after six Great Grandson. 1 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
