Rotisserie Turkey

[BluesDaddy]

Thank you. In about to find out in a few days. I'll be doing one on wed or early Thursday morning and then another one for the show bird for Thursday after noon. I'm guessing about 2 1/2 to 3 hrs for a 16 pound bird at about 325 grill temp. Is this about right?

Let us know how it turned out. My 12 pounder cooked in 1 hour, 45 minutes. But my grill was hotter than 325.

[Joetee]

Let us know how it turned out. My 12 pounder cooked in 1 hour, 45 minutes. But my grill was hotter than 325.

Well....
My first turkey came out wonderful. I checked it at 2 1/2 hrs, it was 177° IT. Which wasn't bad. Grill temp maintained closely to 325-350°.
I used Weber Briquettes in the SnS. Bottom half unlit, top half lit. Vents nearly closed top and bottom.
2nd turkey, well, I messed up. I was confused on grill temp and thought it was too hot and kept trying to get the temp down. Well I was trying for 225° not 325°. I guess the bourbon caught up with me. LOL well after 2 1/2 hrs it wasn't Brown and inside temp was only 145.
So then I realized what I had done and increased the temp back up to 325° or so and didn't check it often enough and was discussted with what I done and let it cook too long and dry out.
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But at least the first one was perfect. Lesson learned.

Oh... And I had to truss this 16 pound birds to keep them from rubbing the slow n sear.

[Mudkat]

All right! One outta two ain't Joetee ! Mistakes make experts so gou're one step closer!

[Joetee]

All right! One outta two ain't Joetee ! Mistakes make experts so gou're one step closer!

LOL yep. Most of my cooks are at 225° so I guess my first at 325° was easy to get confused on after a few Bourbons.