Spatchcocked Turkey Breast

[ducker]

I am thinking about spatchcocking two turkey breasts on the grill for Thanksgiving. I've spatchcocked chicken and it turned out great. Anybody done a turkey breast. 6-7 lber I would imagine.

[McGurk]

I've done whole spatch-cocked turkeys (up to 15 lbs) both in the smoker and in an oven. They turn out great and are done much faster (1/3 to 1/2 the time) than a typical whole turkey.

[bak2MN]

I have to ask what is spatchcocked?

[DonBo]

I have to ask what is spatchcocked?

[McGurk]

Spatchcock: Read up about halfway through this thread:

Roast Turkey

[ducker]

Removing the spine and flattening.

[ducker]

Decided to do a full turkey spatchcocked for Thanksgiving. 13 lbs Took 1 1/2 hours. Turned out very good.

[buddha]

Did a 26lb turkey, just a dry rub/brine on the Big Green Egg for Tday and it was awesome. Took only 3 hrs of actually cooking time at about 325 to 350. I've been spitting birds like that for many years and it really speeds up the cooking time and gives a better result. The BGE makes life easy though too.

[Craigums]

I had trouble flattening mine but it still turned out ok.

[eyeguy 54]

nice

[lovebigbluegills]

Looks good Craig- how was it?

[Craigums]

Looks good Craig- how was it?

It wasn't bad, wasn't dry at all because it cooks so muck faster. If I had a 're-do I would not add any wood chips. The charcoal alone would give it enough smoke flavor.

[lovebigbluegills]

Good deal- glad you liked it. I'm learning as I go with my new smoker, tips from here help a bunch, but everybody has different taste buds.

Theres no replacement for experience.

[toughguy]

I've done this a few times with chicken. Another option is just to split it in half entirely. Gives you the ability to move it around a little better if you're grilling it.