Spatchcocked Turkey's

[pz]

Makin' me drool Saber! No way I can make it in an hour  ;D

[Saber 4]

Well pz we ended up with wild rice instead of scalloped potatoes but here's a picture to keep you drooling away.



The turkey was so moist and tender it needed no gravy or sauce just a knife and fork. ;D

[rveal23]

one of these days we will have smell a vision

[pz]

Dang, Saber; I'm going to need to quit looking at forum posts before lunch!  ;D

Seriously, that looks absolutely delicious  ;)

[Saber 4]

Dang, Saber; I'm going to need to quit looking at forum posts before lunch!  ;D

Seriously, that looks absolutely delicious  ;)

I know what you mean, I have to quit looking after dinner so I can stay out of the fridge late at night

one of these days we will have smell a vision

I wish someone would hurry up and invent smell a vision, I get hungry looking at everyone's pictures :D

[SiFumar]

Nice color!  Nothing like smoked turkey!

[STLstyle]

I really like the looks of that!  Very nice. I too am not afraid of heavy smoke...

[JohnM70]

I am going to smoke a 12lbs turkey this weekend and plan to spatchcock. I viewed various ways to  debone a turkey but it seems all want to completely  debone the bird. I want it to look like Saber4's. I can take the backbone our with no trouble. To divide into halves  it seems all I would need to do is separate each breast from the breast bone like I would do carving a whole turkey. Should Ii break the breast bone first, then carve it out?
Sometime back I did see a YouTube video and the separated the turkey like I want. Can't find the video.   

This has got to be simple as normal I am making it complicated.

[tskeeter]

I am going to smoke a 12lbs turkey this weekend and plan to spatchcock. I viewed various ways to  debone a turkey but it seems all want to completely  debone the bird. I want it to look like Saber4's. I can take the backbone our with no trouble. To divide into halves  it seems all I would need to do is separate each breast from the breast bone like I would do carving a whole turkey. Should Ii break the breast bone first, then carve it out?
Sometime back I did see a YouTube video and the separated the turkey like I want. Can't find the video.   

This has got to be simple as normal I am making it complicated.

John, looking at Saber's pictures, it looks like he cut out both the backbone and the breast bone.  You can cut out the breast bone by using the slight crease in the skin to locate the breast bone, and then use a heavy knife to separate the keel from the ribs.  (This will be easier if you flatten the carcase first.)  If you have a pair of heavy kitchen shears or poultry shears, those would work even better than a heavy knife to cut out the breast bone as you won't have to flatten the carcase.

[Saber 4]

I just cut the backbone out, then like tskeeter said I sliced down the breast bone, then turned it over and applied a little pressure to both sides till the back bone cracked then I used my shears to cut through the rest of the bone and it was done, give it a shot, you will find it really easy and intuitive when you get the backbone out. Be sure to make a post of the results of the spatchcocking and smoking