- 1. You’ve been making the same Thanksgiving dinner for what seems and feels like 100 years and you’d really like to try something different.
- 2. You’re pretty tired of jumping up and down every 20 minutes to baste that turkey in the oven.
- 3. You have lists all over the kitchen telling you when to put what into the oven and there’s never enough room for everything.
- 4. Those pies are still sitting out on the counter, cold or at room temperature, exactly because you ran out of room in the oven.
- 5. A guest brought a casserole that has to go into the oven right this minute.
- 6. You’d like someone else to be in charge of the turkey. For a change.
- 7. The flavor your family and friends always seem to crave is grilled.
You can grill a turkey on whatever kind of grill you like to
use. Charcoal, or gas, and you can even smoke one. (No jokes, please.) The
Butterball Hotline is pretty famous around this time of year. No matter what
brand they’ve purchased, they call Butterball when they get into trouble. For
thirty-seven years those nice people on the other end of the line have been
answering some funny questions. See some of them here at Butterball
Questions.
Here are two Butterball recipes that will get you started on
grilling your own turkey this year.
For outdoor charcoal grilling:
- Prepare charcoal-covered grill by
removing cooking grate and opening all vents.
- Position drip pan in center of
charcoal grate and place 25 to 30 briquettes along each side (lengthwise)
of drip pan. Burn briquettes until covered with gray ash, about 30
minutes. Place cooking grate in grill over coals.
- Prepare fresh or thawed turkey by
removing giblets and neck, draining juices and patting dry with clean
paper towels.
- Turn wings back to hold neck skin in
place and tuck legs. Brush or spray entire turkey with cooking or
vegetable oil.
- Place turkey, breast up, on cooking
grate over drip pan. Cover grill, leaving vents open.
- Add 6 to 8 briquettes to each side
every 45 to 60 minutes.
- Using a meat thermometer, cook turkey to internal
temperature of 180° F in thigh and 165° F in breast.
- 10 to
16 lb. turkeys will take 2 to 3 hours to grill. When done, remove and let
stand for 15 minutes before carving.
For outdoor gas grilling:
- Before turning on grill, lift grate
and place drip pan directly on flavorizer bars, ceramic briquettes or lava
rocks. Replace grate.
- Prepare grill for indirect heat
cooking according to owner’s guide. Preheat burners on high for 10 to 15
minutes with lid closed.
- Prepare fresh or thawed turkey by
removing giblets and neck, draining juices and patting dry with clean
paper towels.
- Turn wings back to hold neck skin in
place and tuck legs. Brush or spray entire turkey with cooking or
vegetable oil.
- Turn temperature down to approximately
350° F.
- Place turkey, breast up, on cooking
grate over drip pan. Close lid and cook with minimal peeking.
- Depending on burner arrangement, it
may be necessary to turn turkey over, halfway through grilling for even
cooking.
- Using a meat thermometer, cook turkey to internal
temperature of 180° F in thigh and 165° F in breast.
- 10 to 16 lb. turkeys will take 2 to 3
hours to grill. When done, remove and let stand for 15 minutes before
carving.
Since you’re
probably a grill master, you know that you can add whatever seasonings say
“Thanksgiving” to you. And once that turkey is cooking outside, you can fill
your oven with all of the other goodies you’re famous for.
And when it’s time to clean up that grill? Just so happens,
we make the best grill scraper available. Our scrapers keep your grill clean
and well-maintained. You can get a mini one, or a heavy duty one, or a heavy
duty one with a squeegee. Any of them will get the job done right, save you
time and money, and take some pressure off your back, legs and feet. And then
you can be proud of yourself for starting a new holiday tradition.
If this is your first time visiting us, we’d like you to
know that our products are made right here in the USA. This is something we’re
extremely proud of. We know that it helps to keep Americans working, and
there’s no question that we help them keep on grilling. Either in a restaurant,
or in a food truck, or right at home.
Please follow our Upcoming Products
page for more of what we’re up to, and of course come to our website to view
all of the products and everything we offer at Redi-Gril.com. If a product doesn’t say
Red-Gril it’s not the original!
Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours. Your friends at Redi-Gril.
Redi-Gril Grill Scrapers by Redi-Gril, LLC
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