Trash Can Turkey
honey boo boo has nothing on me
Posted by Amanda M.
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how to cook a dinosaur sized bird in a trash can in only two hours!
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You Will Need (5 things)
- New Unused Clean Trash Can
- 3 packets Charcoal
- Wood Or Metal Stake
- Tin Foil
- 1 Turkey
Steps (7 steps, 120 minutes)
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1
wash your turkey! I used a 18 lb fresh (never frozen) bird I got from the butcher by my house.
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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.
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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.
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4
put that turkey on the stake and...
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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 --
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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.
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7
don't forget to do a photo op with a garbage can lid. let rest 10 minutes then carve away. you did it!