akathy
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Post by akathy on Nov 25, 2015 21:17:05 GMT
My DD is doing this so I just watched the Martha Stewart video on it. I want to do it the next opportunity I get to cook turkey because with all that browning going on I would imagine the gravy would be awesome! And that's not even to mention how much more quickly you can roast your turkey when it's spatchcocked! (Who doesn't LOVE saying that word??!)
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calgal08
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Post by calgal08 on Nov 25, 2015 21:19:16 GMT
OK, more information is needed. Spatchcocking a turkey just sounds wrong, very wrong
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oldcrow
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Post by oldcrow on Nov 25, 2015 21:23:05 GMT
OK, more information is needed. Spatchcocking a turkey just sounds wrong, very wrong  Very wrong indeed. |
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Post by littlemama on Nov 25, 2015 21:32:57 GMT
Spatchcock=Butterfly
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valleyview
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Post by valleyview on Nov 25, 2015 21:35:41 GMT
I was hoping that my adventurous DIL might. I agree, akathy, I think that the look great! |
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Post by anxiousmom on Nov 25, 2015 21:39:50 GMT
From this day forward, I am going to ask everyone I meet if they have ever spatchcocked a turkey. Yes, yes I am.  |
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Post by sunnyd on Nov 25, 2015 21:41:20 GMT
We always spatchcock chickens & turkeys when we put them on the smoker. YUM!
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Post by bc2ca on Nov 25, 2015 22:10:28 GMT
I have butterflied a chicken but it pretty much fills my oven. I don't think I'd have room to fit a turkey.
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johnnysmom
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Jun 25, 2014 21:16:33 GMT
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Post by johnnysmom on Nov 25, 2015 22:11:39 GMT
We are, then we're putting it on the grill. When I say "we" I mean dh, of course  |
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Post by pb on Nov 25, 2015 22:21:59 GMT
Yes we have but be warned we ended up with less drippings than normal roasting and we spatchcock chickens all the time.
Pros: even cooking, shorter cooking, moist bird (especially if you salt it ahead of time)
Cons: less drippings, and it isn't easy to do. Cutting through turkey bone is tough. One year my dad had to use gardening shears. Need for a large oven and a very large pan.
Upshot of it is we went back to regular roasting
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Post by Merge on Nov 25, 2015 22:30:48 GMT
I've done it. Poultry shears and a good sharp cleaver get the job done.
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PLurker
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Jun 28, 2014 3:48:49 GMT
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Post by PLurker on Nov 25, 2015 22:37:50 GMT
I was thinking of doing it, as I love chickens that way but decided against it. May be too big and PIA to cut and tougher to get to lie flat. I have to put a lot of effort into a chicken.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2015 22:52:53 GMT
We spatchcocked our turkey last year and then smoked it.
Very good.
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Post by gmcwife1 on Nov 25, 2015 23:59:35 GMT
Mario B did this on the Chew the other day. Funny the things I learn on my work from home days!
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Post by Spongemom Scrappants on Nov 26, 2015 1:30:56 GMT
At their work celebration this week (my husband's office does a big company lunch for several of the major holidays each year), they butterflied the turkeys and grilled them. But I just asked him and no-one used the term spatchcock. He said he'll whip that out on them next week and educate a whole bunch of "good old boys."  |
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Post by papercrafteradvocate on Nov 26, 2015 2:31:06 GMT
I guess we're in that category too! One going in whole and the other spatchcocked !!!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2015 2:33:50 GMT
I had never heard of it until the other day when my husband showed me a spatchcocked turkey on Alton Brown and since then I've seen it everywhere. I saw it on my Pinterest feed, somebody I know pinned it, my Facebook feed, and email forward and now here.
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Post by Really Red on Nov 26, 2015 3:41:29 GMT
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Post by Scrapper100 on Nov 26, 2015 3:46:02 GMT
Never with a turkey but hubby has done it numerous times with chicken in the smoker.
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styxgirl
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Post by styxgirl on Nov 26, 2015 6:07:05 GMT
Last year, I had to do an emergency spatchcock on our turkey!  We were were smoking a huge bird on the Traeger grill and I way underestimated the cook time! Everyone was there and the bird was hours from being ready! I ran ran across the technique online while searching how to cook a turkey quickly. i pulled out kitchen shears and a very sharp knife and performed the procedure with a hungry audience wondering what the hell I was doing! LOL it was one of the best turkeys we've ever had!  |
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Post by perumbula on Nov 26, 2015 6:12:56 GMT
I did it a couple of years ago. It was awesome. I combined it with a higher heat and had that big ol' bird done in a little over an hour. And it was moist and tasted great. I didn't need to worry about drippings because DH's family just does packet gravy (I know. I shut my mouth in the name of family harmony and not having to be the one that makes gravy for 45 every year.)
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Post by beaglemom on Nov 26, 2015 6:26:07 GMT
We have done it the last few years and it's delicious. The last time we did it we put the turkey on a rack in the roasting pan and filled in underneath with veggies and wine. Fabulous drippings and the veggies were to die for!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2015 6:38:40 GMT
Not only I have done that but I can debone without ripping the skin.
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BarbaraUK
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Jun 27, 2014 12:47:11 GMT
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Post by BarbaraUK on Nov 26, 2015 9:36:39 GMT
I've done it often when chicken is on the menu - would only spatchcock a small turkey though because of oven space.  Good poultry shears, or sturdy kitchen scissors, and a good knife make the job easy....and the poultry tastes fantastic and is so easy to carve. It seems to be a favourite way for UK Chefs to prepare poultry other than when they are doing the traditional Christmas meal. |
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Post by gar on Nov 26, 2015 10:43:07 GMT
No way would that fit in my oven  |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2015 13:02:41 GMT
I had never heard this word until this year when my husband was said he was going to spatchcock a chicken on our smoker.
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M in Carolina
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Post by M in Carolina on Nov 26, 2015 13:15:17 GMT
I first heard the word "spatchcocked" and how to spatchcock a chicken from Nigella Lawson.
I have done that to many a chicken, but never thought of doing it for a turkey.
I am going to roast a turkey breast or small turkey later this week. I think I'll spatchcock it over some thyme, parsley, lemons, carrots, onions, and celery.
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anniebeth24
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Post by anniebeth24 on Nov 26, 2015 13:18:34 GMT
I need to put this on the list of "things I learned from the Peas."
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Post by bluepoprocks on Nov 26, 2015 13:36:54 GMT
Can't do it. Where would I put my stuffing?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2015 13:38:01 GMT
I have done a chicken but no way would a turkey fit into my oven.
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Very wrong indeed.
Good poultry shears, or sturdy kitchen scissors, and a good knife make the job easy....and the poultry tastes fantastic and is so easy to carve. 
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