I bought my first Weber kettle grill in 1980 and still use a Weber kettle to this day. Having experimented with different grilling techniques and barbecue methods I found myself looking for more ideas. Enter AmazingRibs.com and the awesome information cataloged here. I'm not going to BS you, I've barely scratched the surface of this place but it is paying off with great dividends.
I grilled my 1st Thanksgiving turkey in 1982 and have grilled a turkey every year since. I've used rubs, brines, smoker chips, I've done direct and indirect cooking, but I can truthfully say I've never SPATCHCOCKED by bird. Mind you, I have butterflied chickens many times and that is my preferred method, unless I'm grilling parts. So this is the year of the "OldGoat Spatchcocked Grilled Turkey"!
It is nice to have found a website totally devoted to "wood cooked" meat. I don't grill as much as I used too, but I'm making the swing back around to grilling more. Because of this great site, and all the information that is so freely shared, I'm going to foray into the realm of "smoking" and "barbecuing" and will be buying my first smoker cooker.
I'll try to remember to share my successes and my failures as I go about plying some new methods. I'm undecided as to what my first smoker / barbecue pit will be. There's a lot of press on the "Big Green Egg" which seems to carry a Big GREEN price tag and a friend of mine up in the "Windy City" has touted his Komodo cooker. Then there's the "wannabe" metalworker which is considering picking up some old barrels and getting out my hot wrench. Suffice it to say I'm considering all options.
Thank you to everyone that contributes to this site it has been an eye opening experience, one that this OldGoat is truly enjoying. Peace!
Mike H. aka: OldGoat58
Fairless Hills, PA
I grilled my 1st Thanksgiving turkey in 1982 and have grilled a turkey every year since. I've used rubs, brines, smoker chips, I've done direct and indirect cooking, but I can truthfully say I've never SPATCHCOCKED by bird. Mind you, I have butterflied chickens many times and that is my preferred method, unless I'm grilling parts. So this is the year of the "OldGoat Spatchcocked Grilled Turkey"!
It is nice to have found a website totally devoted to "wood cooked" meat. I don't grill as much as I used too, but I'm making the swing back around to grilling more. Because of this great site, and all the information that is so freely shared, I'm going to foray into the realm of "smoking" and "barbecuing" and will be buying my first smoker cooker.
I'll try to remember to share my successes and my failures as I go about plying some new methods. I'm undecided as to what my first smoker / barbecue pit will be. There's a lot of press on the "Big Green Egg" which seems to carry a Big GREEN price tag and a friend of mine up in the "Windy City" has touted his Komodo cooker. Then there's the "wannabe" metalworker which is considering picking up some old barrels and getting out my hot wrench. Suffice it to say I'm considering all options.
Thank you to everyone that contributes to this site it has been an eye opening experience, one that this OldGoat is truly enjoying. Peace!
Mike H. aka: OldGoat58
Fairless Hills, PA
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