Trash Can Turkey

  ✂︎

Favorite

Comment

List

       

Share

• 

  Step 1

  wash your turkey! I used a 18 lb fresh (never frozen) bird I got from the butcher by my house.

• 

  Step 2

  season your bird. here is my husband rubbing butter under the skin. I think it is too gross to do but he does it so whatever. salt and pepper it and shove a handful of whatever herbs you have around.

• 

  Step 3

  now it starts getting fun. find a nice clean spot outside and spread out some foil on the ground. drive a stake into the ground about 2 feet sticking out. cover the stake in foil too.

• 

  Step 4

  put that turkey on the stake and...

• 

  Step 5

  place the (new, clean) trash can over the turkey and surround it with charcoal. put some charcoal on top too. light all that charcoal and wait about 2 hours. no peeking!

  -- my husband insists on lighting the charcoal in a pile and shoveling it on while it is on fire. I disagree and think that is ridiculous. we have done both ways and they both work --

• 

  Step 6

  after you have used that two hours to play cards and cook the rest of your fancy dinner, shovel off the coals and get ready to stab the turkey with a thermometer. 170 is the goal.

• 

  Step 7

  don't forget to do a photo op with a garbage can lid. let rest 10 minutes then carve away. you did it!

Comments

Leave your comment