https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/trash-can-turkey • Posted by Amanda M.
how to cook a dinosaur sized bird in a trash can in only two hours!
how to cook a dinosaur sized bird in a trash can in only two hours!
wash your turkey! I used a 18 lb fresh (never frozen) bird I got from the butcher by my house.
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.
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.
put that turkey on the stake and...
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 --
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.
don't forget to do a photo op with a garbage can lid. let rest 10 minutes then carve away. you did it!