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Best turkey you ever tasted!

The Trash Can turkey is a great alternative to the traditional roasting in the oven bird and can be done out in the yard while your oven is busy with the rest of the meal. It can also be made while camping.

I didn’t believe it when someone told me about roasting a turkey in a garbage can. I thought they were kidding. But one Thanksgiving we decided to try it. Because we were doubters, we also roasted a traditional turkey with stuffing in the oven. When it came time to taste them, everyone one agreed that the turkey roasted in the trash can was juicier and tasted way better than the traditional turkey.

Give it a try this Thanksgiving and see for yourself!

Follow these directions and have the best turkey you ever tasted in just 2 hours.

The traditional Thanksgiving meal consists of roast turkey, stuffing, cranberries and pumpkin pie. How did this come about? It is thought that the pilgrams cooked turkey during their first celebration in the new world and shared the meal with the local native Americans. the turkey was a common bird, but the first meal was probably venison and not turkey. Another story suggests that they used turkey instead of the traditional English goose to celebrate the event because goose was not available.

Whatever the origin, the Thanksgiving turkey has now become the traditional dish. The most traditional way to prepare the turkey is to stuff it and roast it, but there are many ways that are becoming popular. These include rotisserie cooked turkey, deep fried turkey, and the most interesting, trash can turkey.

The Trash Can turkey is a great alternative to the traditional roasting in the oven bird and can be done out in the yard while your oven is busy with the rest of the meal. It can also be made while camping.

Trash Can Turkey

Before you laugh, just think about the last time that you ate a good turkey! Follow my tips and you will have the prettiest and juiciest turkey on the block! The best part it only takes an hour to cook a 12 lb turkey!!

What you need:

1 Roll of aluminum foil
1 Shovel
1 Pair of Heavy Gloves
1 24 inch wood 2×2 post
1 20 lb bag of charcoal. Use the easy light kind not lighter fluid!
1 Turkey (any size)
2 cans of beer (it makes it moist in the cooker)
1 new metal trash can. The can must be new and then prepared properly…it is easy to do.

Prepare you trash can by building a fire inside and burning off all of the galvanizing. Empty and let cool. Wash ash out of can.

Prepare your turkey. Remove from package, take out giblets. Rub down with vegetable oil, add seasonings like pepper, thyme, sage,salt

Place your wooden post in the ground about a foot deep so that it is sturdy. Wrap with aluminum foil. Place aluminum foil on the ground around the post.

Place an onion on top of the post and then place turkey on top of the onion.

Place one or 2 cans of beer on the aluminum foil around the post and cover with the trash can.

Light coals and let the flames die down a bit then place coals on top of can and around the sides.

Let cook for 1 hour for a 12 lb turkey or 2 hours for a large 24 lb bird.

Uncover and enjoy!

Here are a couple of videos that show variations of the cooking technique.