How To Cook Turkey On A Weber Charcoal Grill
Remove the neck and giblets from the cavity of the turkey if desired save to make gravy.
How to cook turkey on a weber charcoal grill. Prepare the barbecue for indirect cooking over medium heat 190 c to 230 c. If using a weber family q barbecue set up your barbecue with a convection tray and a trivet. Chop the remaining onion into quarters.
Place the onion quarters and the two remaining sprigs of rosemary into the cavity of the turkey. Allow your grill to preheat for 10 15 minutes and 5 minutes into the preheat add wood chunks to the lit briquettes in a line on the top. Cover the grill and adjust the lid so that the thermometer is over an indirect area so that you are measuring the convection heat hot air not the heat of the charcoal.
Dry the skin of the turkey with paper towels. Place the turkey on a roasting rack set inside two large disposable foil pans and place the pan over the wide open area indirect heat. Create two beds of charcoal on opposite sides of the charcoal grate and leave a wide area open in middle.