Let’s talk turkey

[klw]

How to do prep and cook your turkey?
I was reading an article about different ways to make them. One of the recipes involves prepping it the day before. Sprinkling with salt and pepper then leaving it uncovered in the fridge until Thursday. I would think it would pull out the moisture? Others talked injection methods or brining. So I was just curious what you all do?

[enchanted]

Butterflied and dry brined. It sits in the fridge on the roasting pan under plastic wrap for several days.

It roasts in about 45 minutes to an hour, depending on size.

[imapenguin]

I dry brine mine in the fridge for 24 hours before slathering a ton of butter and herbs under the skin and roasting. After the first couple of hours I baste every half hour for the last couple of hours. I’ve made 4 perfect turkeys this way. Going for 5 on Thursday.

[AmyG]

I gave up brining years ago
I thaw, stuff bird with onion, apple, sage whatever and a stick of butter in it's butt.
I cover bird in butter and sage, salt pepper
and then roast it breast Down for most of the time,
turn it over to get all nice and brown last half hour ish
Very juicy bird and very easy

[pearbear]

Alton Browns brining method is my favorite way to oven cook a turkey.

We usually either fry or smoke our turkeys now. This year we are doing fried. H injects with a melted butter/herb and spice mix before it goes into the fryer.

[GhoatMonket]

We are going to spatchcock, dry rub, then will smoke it.

[tinyjoys]

We make two turkeys every year. We use the same dry brine on both (salt, brown sugar, orange zest, sage, thyme, rosemary, garlic powder, onion powder), then one is spatchcocked, injected with a butter-herb mix and smoked and the other gets butter under it's skin & put in the infrared cooker. Both are delicious & use the drippings from both to make the most delicious gravy.