Mistakes were made...

[fitzoo7]

I've always struggled with smoking turkey, because I only do it once a year. I did what some people suggested and did a practice run, because wow turkey is cheap.

For the first time, I did a rotisserie. Really struggled finding one made for smokey mountain, I got Webers rotisserie which is not made for wsm, which fit but I put some aluminum tape around the gaps.

This is the first product by weber I've been disappointed in. The bar bent over a 14 lb turkey, and it only has 2 prongs on each end to hold the turkey in. Because the metal bent, the turkey slid to the end of the poker mid cook.

I made the mistake of removing the water pan, I was concerned of getting it up to temp. I had injected the turkey with a butter/honey/seasoning mixture, the butter dripped on the coals and caused flare ups.

Even though it looks like it got ravaged by a pack of dogs, it's still probably the best turkey I've ever had.

[Mosca]

Even though it looks like it got ravaged by a pack of dogs, it's still probably the best turkey I've ever had.

The bumphus hounds!!

[Finster]

Fa ra ra ra

[jhuds]

Now that's funny

[RickyBobby]

Man, it still looks pretty amazing to me!

[fitzoo7]

When I opened it up, I almost threw away the turkey I was so mad.

Then…. I cut into it.

It honestly was the best turkey I’ve ever had. The skin (where you could find it was awesome). I’ve never had such moist turkey either.

[Michael_in_TX]

Snazzy idea on the aluminum foil "adapter"!

[fitzoo7]

It’s like duct tape for the grill, I always keep a roll around. It doesn’t leave any residue like a duct tape would.

[Huskee]

All's well that ends well, right?

[Duanessmokedmeats]

Like my apron says, "No matter what, we are still eating it!"

[jhuds]

I started out smoking turkeys with a barrel smoker and did fair, then I moved up to an off set smoker and had better success, and as Meathead says cook with a thermometer. Hope you have better luck next year, but this years didn't look bad.

[fitzoo7]

I’ve been eyeing an offset for a while, mostly to change things up. How’s the flavor compare to the barrel?

What offsets do you suggest?

[jhuds]

the flavor i found was a richer flavor with an off set, as far as suggestions is the amount of money you want to spend. There are several listed on this website, but get a good one. I have an old oaklahoma joe with some modifacations and i'm happy

[klflowers]

They say we eat with our eyes but that is bunk. Some of my ugliest cooks have tasted the best. Pretty is good for pictures; taste is good for the belly. Sounds like you met the second criteria

[Skinsfan1311]

"The bar bent"? I'm assuming that you mean in one of the prongs, because the spit-rod is a robust piece of metal. I've spun heavier turkeys on one of our 22" kettles on a 25 year old Weber rotisserie....
Edit: that bird looks great!

[fitzoo7]

That’s what I thought, but yes the spit rod bent.

Usually it means the metal wasn’t heat heated property, they changed the metal spec, or changed suppliers.

I really liked the taste of it, so I’m a bit torn on sending it back, I’m at a bit of a loss of where to find another one that can work with WSM.