Trash Can Turkey
Trash Can Turkey

Hey everyone, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, trash can turkey. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Trash Can Turkey is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions every day. Trash Can Turkey is something that I have loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.

Fill the lid of the garbage can with a large pile of charcoal, and light. Place the whole turkey (thawed of course) onto the stake, legs down. Turn the garbage can upside down, and place over the turkey. Place piles of lighted coals on the top, and around the sides of the can.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have trash can turkey using 17 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Trash Can Turkey:
  1. Make ready What you need
  2. Get 1 packages heavy duty foil
  3. Make ready 20 lb match light charcoal
  4. Make ready 1 galvanized trash can
  5. Prepare 1 stake, either wood wrapped in foil, or metal. i used a rotisserie with a grate
  6. Get 20 lb turkey
  7. Make ready 1 rub
  8. Get For the rub
  9. Make ready 2 tbsp poultry seasoning
  10. Take 2 tbsp sea salt
  11. Get 1 tbsp dry mustard
  12. Prepare 1 tbsp black pepper
  13. Make ready 1 1/2 tsp garlic powder
  14. Take 1 olive oil
  15. Take Optional
  16. Get 6 can Beer
  17. Prepare 1 Cigar

We always make it a big event and this goes wayyyyy beyond a backyard cookout. That being said, it's easy to pull off and it's not that expensive if … Trash Can Turkey, or Garbage Can Turkey,depending on what you prefer, is made by cooking a turkey in an overturned metal trash covered with hot coals. Similar to a trash can smoker, you are essentially making a DIY outdoor oven. Lay the foil on the ground where you intend to cook the turkey.

Instructions to make Trash Can Turkey:
  1. preparation for the "oven"
  2. Lay 2 sheets of the foil on ground where you will be cooking the turkey, preferably on sand. Be sure to have foil big enough so it sticks out all around trash can.
  3. Drive stake into middle of foil, to hold turkey about 6 to 10 inches off ground.
  4. Preparation for the turkey
  5. Rub the turkey with olive oil
  6. Add the rub all over turkey, even under skin if you can. Be generous.
  7. Place turkey on the stake. Be sure it is off the ground.
  8. Place trash can over turkey.
  9. Add 3 quarters of the charcoal around bottom on the foil. Place the rest of the charcoal on top of trash can.
  10. Light charcoal.
  11. Let cook for 2 hours and 15 minutes.
  12. While it's cooking, drink the beer and have a cigar. (Optional of course)
  13. When turkey is done, remove can with gloves on, it will be hot.
  14. Remove turkey with forks.
  15. Enjoy!

Similar to a trash can smoker, you are essentially making a DIY outdoor oven. Lay the foil on the ground where you intend to cook the turkey. Stick the stake into the ground at the center of the foil. Trash can turkey takes the big bird out of the oven (and out of your house entirely), freeing the oven up for all the side dishes that go along with the meat course. It's also a lot of fun.

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