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Topic History of: What Size Turkey for Large Egg
Max. showing the last 6 posts - (Last post first)

Author	Message
TRex	mad max beyond eggdome, Although it solved the problem of headroom, I did run into an issue of horizontal real estate when I spatchcocked a turkey years ago. This was a 14 lb bird on my Medium. Man, it was tasty, and cooked really quickly. TRex
fishlessman	Patrick, i cook 18 pounders for the most part, 20 would be fine. one thing that can make a difference is where you bought it, the free range style birds i get are sometimes longer than the store bought stuff, one farms free range can be different from another as well. i stick with 18 pounders because theres no surpises for me year to year and because thars about max for my indoor small ovens as well.
mad max beyond eggdome	WessB, that was a pretty good article in the post this morning. . .amazing how they alwasy seem to be a step behind the eggers!! .. ..i'm thinking you could spatchcock a monster bird on the XL ...it would be pretty awsome . .. only problem i'd see is getting it off the egg and finding a platter or board big enough to handle it. . .i think if you were up over 25 pounds, i'd think about completely splitting it in half for ease of handling. .. .
Sundown	Patrick, Did a 23lb. bird the last couple of years and had room to spare. Done vertical and conventional.
WessB	mad max beyond eggdome, I have personally done a 23#er...was just giving them a place to reference it....Now with this talk of spatchcoking a turkey....and the real estate of an XL these limits might get upped again... Wess
mad max beyond eggdome	WessB, yea, i know they are posted there, but i think they are on the conservative side ... i think it says 20 pounds for a large, and i regularly do a 21 - 24 pounder in my set up. . . and i've heard of folks doing as big as a 25 pounder without any issues. ...