Trash Can Turkey

[screamon demon]

So I am looking for a little help with a trash can turkey. I couldnt think of a better group of people to ask than fellow outdoors folks. I have cooked a few smaller birds 12-14 lbs in a trash can and thr results are always great. This year I am doing a 23 lb bird in a bigger can. I am looking for cooking times. I am thinking 3 hours but I wanted to get some other opinions. Has anyone done a bird this size in a trash can?

Thanks in Advance.

[Paula]

No, i have never heard of using a trash can to cook one

[DTG3k]

I had no choice but to google this. http://thetrashcanturkey.com/

[Paula]

looks like a good ideal but i am cheap, frugal what ever you want to call it. those cans i believe are not cheap. i would figure a way to do it in oven.

like on the lower rack and on a can of fosters beer

Edited November 22, 2011 by paula

[Fletch]

Ok, I get use a new trash can but you should be able to reuse it for just this right? Not really practical buying new can every turkey!!

Get a smoker!

[RifleSharpShot]

I heard about it before and wish i seen one made sounds cool,,But yea a smoker is the way to go!!

[screamon demon]

I have reused a 10 gal can more than once but needed a bigger can for a bigger bird. If u have not had a bird done in a garbage can u don't know what u r missing. Its better than deep fried. I have a smoker and the trash can is the way to go. I was just curious about the time on the bigger bird

[Cabin Fever]

We do the turkey under a bucket about once a year. The trash can used in the link above sure concerns me! Everything I have read stresses not to use buckets or cans that have paint or are galvanized, due to toxins:

Cover turkey and stick with plain steel bucket:

- Invert 5 gallon plain steel bucket and lower same over turkey down to the aluminum foil. There should be no handle, no paint, and no galvanizing on the bucket. Removing the handle eliminates it being hung up on the bird during bucket removal. The paint or other coatings are obvious toxins. The paint should be removed and the bucket fired for an hour or more before using it to cook a bird. Galvanizing must not be present on the bucket to avoid zinc narcosis.

Edited November 22, 2011 by Cabin Fever

[Lawdwaz]

So I am looking for a little help with a trash can turkey. I couldnt think of a better group of people to ask than fellow outdoors folks. I have cooked a few smaller birds 12-14 lbs in a trash can and thr results are always great. This year I am doing a 23 lb bird in a bigger can. I am looking for cooking times. I am thinking 3 hours but I wanted to get some other opinions. Has anyone done a bird this size in a trash can?

Thanks in Advance.

IIRC, 3 hours may be a little long? Last one I did took about 2.5 hours and did weigh about 22lbs.

Do you have a large can? If not, you can borrow mine. I've only done two or three birds in it and burned the galvanizing off of it prior to the first bird.

Not sure where you are though, I'm near Buffalo.

[screamon demon]

IIRC, 3 hours may be a little long? Last one I did took about 2.5 hours and did weigh about 22lbs.

Do you have a large can? If not, you can borrow mine. I've only done two or three birds in it and burned the galvanizing off of it prior to the first bird.

Not sure where you are though, I'm near Buffalo.

Thanks for the offer I am in Hamburg. I bought a new can yesterday and I plan on burining it tonight. It will make for a good reason to stand outside and drink a few beers. Thanks for the input on the time too.. That's what I was looking for.

[Paula]

you guys are making me want to try this.

[screamon demon]

This is the link i followed to try the first one. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVxNFlqwTYw when the bird is done the meat falls right off the bone.

[hunter49]

Just don't use one of those new plastic trash cans ! jmo.lol

[WNYBuckHunter]

Ive had one before, they come out great if done right. Just remember, do not use a galvanized can or you will poison yourself.

[nyantler]

I introduced turkey in a can on my television show 14 years ago... guys have taken it to new lengths since then... nobody was doing 23 lb birds back then... good to see guys experimenting...

[Cabin Fever]

One thing that I've learned is not to use lighter fluid on the charcoal or buy the charcoal with lighter fluid on it. When I used to use that, I could taste the lighter fluid on the turkey. I've gone to using plain charcoal and use a charcoal chimney and newspaper to get the charcoal going.

[Lawdwaz]

I introduced turkey in a can on my television show 14 years ago... guys have taken it to new lengths since then... nobody was doing 23 lb birds back then... good to see guys experimenting...

I know a group of campers here in WNY that have been doing it for 25 years. You hang with them?

[nyantler]

I know a group of campers here in WNY that have been doing it for 25 years. You hang with them?

Its been around for a long time, but i televised how to do it first... its actually just an offshoot of an old dutch oven. I also had the first even filmed snort wheeze on the same program

[nyantler]

One thing that I've learned is not to use lighter fluid on the charcoal or buy the charcoal with lighter fluid on it. When I used to use that, I could taste the lighter fluid on the turkey. I've gone to using plain charcoal and use a charcoal chimney and newspaper to get the charcoal going.

The chimney is always the best way.. that lighter fluid is nasty!!

[Cabin Fever]

I would again caution anyone that wants to try this to not use a galvenized can. Do a google search on it! NOT GOOD! Just a couple...

http://www.ehow.com/info_8620608_dangers-cooking-galvanized-steel.html

http://www.smokingme...om/a/galvanized

Edited November 23, 2011 by Cabin Fever