So today comes a new “inspired” recipe. This recipe was inspired by a trip to the Gaylord Opryland Hotel where I ate at the Cascades American Cafe restaurant there and had their Sweet Tea Pork Tenderloin. They served it with finger potatoes and baby greens over a stone ground mustard sauce. Add in a Maker’s […]
Thanksgiving Day
So, we made it. And the results were better this time around. For starters, I found a better brining bag. An actual zipper bag made for that. It was much sturdier and larger, so it held up to more abuse. I left the ice packs on the breasts for about 30 minutes this time instead […]
T minus 13 hours
Well, the Thanksgiving turkey has been brining for about 3 hours now. I’ve gone ahead and loaded the Egg with more coal than the last cook. The coal is well above the top of the fire bowl this time around. Given the results of a 10 lb turkey taking about 2.5 hours, I’m expecting the […]
Crash test turkey – Results
So, as most first tries go, the cook wasn’t perfect. For starters, the 2 gallon Zip Loc bag leaked into the stock pot where I was brining. It never overflowed, but emptying the pot was a little messier than I planned for it to be. Also, as it turns out, I didn’t pack the Egg […]
Cooking the crash test turkey
Staying with the official Big Green Egg recipe, here’s what happened for the practice turkey cook itself. 1. Remove the turkey from the brine, rinse well to remove the brining liquid, and pat dry with paper towels. Discard the brining liquid and solids. Place turkey in the V-Rack, breast side up. 2. Stuff the turkey […]
You want me to cook a Thanksgiving turkey?! Part 2
Game on. So, after last night, I’ve updated the blog with my progress. At this point, the turkey has been brining for about 20 hours or so. The grill has been cleaned out and is ready to light. And I picked up a Big Green Egg V-Rack. Tonight, we’re going to cover: 1. Review of […]
Brining a turkey
So in sticking with the official Big Green Egg recipe, here’s the evidence from brining. 1. Pour the water into a large bowl. 2. Add the brown sugar, orange rind, rosemary, salt, two-thirds of the quartered onions, and 1 halved garlic head. 3. Mix until the sugar and salt dissolve. 4. Remove the giblets from […]
Smoked Turkey on the Big Green Egg
If you want the full experience of this, you probably actually want to start here. If you’re just looking for the recipe, continue on. This is almost word for word a repost of the official Big Green Egg Smoked Turkey recipe. I’ve made some minor edits. But this is basically identical to their recipe. Ingredients […]
Setup the BGE for indirect cooking
So now that the Egg is cleaned out, I’m ready to start getting ready for TurkeyPalooza 2012. Being that my back patio is covered and there is 0% chance of rain. I can do this the night before too. If you recall, we started with a clean and empty Big Green Egg. 1. Insert the […]