For those who made/ate turkey yesterday, how did your's turn out.

[Liberal Veteran]

Mine came out perfect this year. I didn't brine or baste frequently. I just put in a shallow baking dish at 350 degrees with some broth on the bottom and butter/spices on the skin and made an aluminum foil tent over the top.

Removed the tent for the last 45 minutes and it came out great!

[HipChick]

1. Mine is still in the fridge..

I've been fighting something that seems like a cold..was hardly able to keep my eyes open..I barely ate..in the end, I had a few mouthfuls of soup, and went back to bed...I'll get around to cooking it sometime over the weekend..

[Paper Roses]

2. My wonderful son-in-law tried to use his new toy, The "egg" smoker.

The turkey was supposed to be smoked---and cooked.
Well, that did not work. If I were him, I'd take that toy back to the store where he bought it.
The turkey never seemed to cook. We had a wonderful vegetarian dinner with great desserts.
I have to hand it to him for due diligence but that smoker gizmo was a disaster.
Other than the fact that I have a urge today to go buy a turkey, it was a great day.
It is rare that we can all get together so than part was fun.

Then there was the jerk who pulled a road rage incident with us and 2 other cars on the way home.
Swerving in and out of us and 2 other cars, making obscene gestures, braking, signaling drivers to challenge him. It was scary and really stupid.
Scared the pants off all of us.

[Iggo]

3. White meat was kinda dry.

But I never said a word about it.

[Kali]

4. that's what gravy is for

or melted cheese in the case of sandwiches the next day:9

[Kali]

5. I think I have finally figured it out

save the huge ones for covered cooking when you just want a big pile of meat and don't need coherent fancy plate slices; do a smaller bird for these kinds of meals. the key is cooking it breast side down for the first half or so of the cooking time.