Spatchcock turkey

[iCARRY]

I will be traveling to my brothers house this thanksgiving but he wants me to cook a turkey on the kettle. I won't have the time to smoke one low and slow so I figured I would spatchcock one. Going to brine it the day before. Throw some rub and butter under the skin and on top. Start with a 3/4 full chimney of KBB. Pecan for smoke. Guessing about 2 hours. Sound good? Any changes from experience?

[iCARRY]

Forgot, should be about 12 lbs fresh bird.

[chefn58]

I cooked a 22 lb bird today in a kettle and it took a full chimney plus a little to replenish. It was 40 degrees here in Chicago so I know the outside temp played an issue.

I put the charcoal in a u shape with an empty pan to old the charcoal to the sides and placed the turkey in another pan on grill grate.

Added some chips when I started and some more when I flipped the bird over. I started breast side down to begin with and flipped it when the the breast was around 120 degrees.

The bird took a little over four hours and the grill was held as close to 350 as I could keep it.

I think a 12 lb bird would take around 2 hours but maybe a bit more.