Hello! I'm new to the Pit. I am going to be doing a 10-12 lb Turkey on my Weber 22 Kettle for Thanksgiving. I will be spatchcocking it, setting it on top of the gravy pan instead of putting the pan under the grate and am going to use the kettle so I can get a temp of 325. I'm in Southern Minnesota and the current forecast is for 38 degrees with winds 5-10 out of the NW. Any idea on how long it might take for it to cook?
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Welcome to The Pit! Thank you for the support. Good to have another Minnesotan in The Pit. I am up in Minnetonka.
Anyway, don't worry about the cold. 38 F is nothing to worry about. Shoot for about 325 F and don't freak out if it climbs a little north of that. I averaged about 350 F today in my KBQ and everything turned out great. You are probably looking at about 2-3 hours. Always allow yourself enough time to finish. Today, my turkeys were on for a little less than two hours, my smoker has a convection action that speeds up cooking, so your birds might take a little longer.
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Ok, will do. I bought a lasagna pan to use for the gravy. Thank you!
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Spinaker - My wife came home with 14lb & 17lb turkeys due to the butcher shop running out of 10-12lb. We have decided to put the 17lb on the Weber Kettle. Am I correct in thinking the timing for the cook will increase to 3-3.5 hrours?
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I'm also wondering is it possible to get my WSM 22.5 to 325 in 40 degree weather? Thinking I may need to switch to the WSM just so the turkey fits.
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Welcome to the Pit! Spinaker knows his bird -- 2-3 hours seems about right. The kettle is a great cooker -- if you have a Slow-n-Sear it's an incredible cooker! Have fun and eat good food!
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End of story, Spinaker pretty much covered it. Beginning of another story, howdy, welcome aboard. I’m a little east of ya from the "land of 11,000 lakes". Cold, what cold. Eat good & have fun!
Hey, ya know, your title has some kind of ring to it, "Spatchcock Turkey Timing". Sorta flows off the lips. Maybe one could even say that 10 times really fast and....... oh well.Last edited by FireMan; November 20, 2017, 08:10 AM.
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Welcome to the Pit! May I ask why your putting the bird directly on top of your gravy pan? I would think this will have an effect on your bird. Are you using @Meatheads gravy recipe? This has vegetables and such in it and some liquid. This will boil / simmer and with your bird resting on top will it not at least make your bird a bit soggy? Let us know how it turns out.
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Glad to see that you are moving the pan to under the grate. Putting the bird on top of a pan will screw with flow of hot air and smoke around the bottom side of the turkey, and probably would really make for uneven cooking. There is an article somewhere here that goes into how you need a minimum of several inches between your turkey and any sort of drip pan, otherwise the bottom side of the turkey won’t be exposed to 325F heat - it will be sitting at 200F or something much lower than you expect.
I’ve cooked a lot of indirect on the Weber Kettle this past year without a SnS and made gravy using a drip pan under the grate, and charcoal ash in the drip pan has never been an issue for me. Just bank your coals to one side and the disposable lasagna pan you got to the other side and you should be good. I usually use the large Weber drip pans myself, or the half steam tray pans I buy from Sam’s Club in bundles of 36.
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Here’s the section you need to read:
Our grilled and smoked turkey recipe and tutorial make your ordinary holiday meal extraordinary! Here's everything you need to know about making the ultimate holiday bird. We also bust some myths, discuss side dishes, and so much more!
go down to the section about water pans and drip pans.
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Thank you to all of you! I kept searching in other threads & pulled ideas from them, too. Our turkey turned out great! I used my WSM 22.5 on a beautiful 45 degree day with little wind, mixed in some Professional Kingsford with the regular blue bag Kingsford, set up Soo's Donut & had no issues holding the temps to 320-350. The 18lb turkey took just over 3 hours.
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Welcome AOllenburg from a fellow Southern Minnesotan. That is a wonderful looking turkey. I hope you enjoy The Pit. Be sure to get a DipNGriddle pan with your SlowNSear for the Weber Kettle.
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