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Roasted Turkey on the Char-Broil Big Easy

Note: This recipe was developed using the Char-Broil Big Easy Oil-Less Fryer. If you are cooking using the Char-Broil Smoker-Roaster Grill you should cook with the lid open and the temperature set to High. You might also need to adjust the cooking time.

I love my Char-Broil The Big Easy TRU-Infrared Oil-less Turkey Fryer. I originally bought it just for turkey, but now use it for whole chickens and wings… regularly. It cooks all things perfectly, like this roasted turkey.

To make a turkey I inject it with a simple injection sauce (see below). Then I mix a few tablespoons of Todd’s Original Dirt with a little olive oil and rub the bird down good. I fire up the cooker and lower the turkey inside. Exactly two hours (10 minutes/pound) later, the turkey is done perfectly and has a great crispy skin! You don’t have to check on it, adjust the temperature, baste it, turn it, talk to it, hover over it…. nothing! And the meat is soooo tasty and soooo tender and juicy!

Roasted Turkey on the Char-Broil Big Easy

This is definitely the way I’m doing all future turkeys! Did I mention the easy cleanup? And the fact that it frees up your oven for making sides? You can fit up to a 16 pound turkey in this cooker. If you have a really big get-together, you’ll want to buy 2 of them! Actually I already own three. I keep one at my parents for the times we spend the holidays with them and I keep two here at home for those times when I need to cook more than just a single turkey at a time.

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Serve your turkey with some of my fantastic maple cranberry sauce!

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Roasted Turkey on the Char-Broil Big Easy

Course Main

Cuisine American

Keyword Big Easy, Char-Broil, turkey

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 2

Total Time 2 10

Servings turkey

Calories 4727kcal

Author Mike

Equipment

Ingredients

For the injection sauce

¼ cup butter melted
1 cup chicken broth warmed
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1 teaspoon garlic powder
kosher salt to taste
ground black pepper to taste

For the rub

2 tablespoons Todd's Dirt any Italian-like seasoning will work
1 tablespoon vegetable oil

For the turkey

10-16 pound turkey rinsed, patted dry
Injection sauce above
rub above

For the gravy

See our Cajun Gravy Easy Chicken Gravy or Holiday Make-Ahead Gravy,

Instructions

Start up the Big Easy.
Spray the turkey basket with non-stick spray.
Mix the injection ingredients and inject the bird very 1/2″-1″.
Mix the rub ingredients. Rub mixture all over the outside and inside of the bird.
Place turkey into cooking basket and place in cooker.
Cook 10 minutes/pound. Check temperature in thighs and breasts to make sure the turkey is done.
Let rest 10 minutes before carving.

Nutrition

Nutritional values are approximate.

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Wingin’ator 3000 on the Char-Broil Big Easy

Wingin’ator 3000 is the name I’ve given to my modification to the Char-Broil The Big Easy TRU-Infrared Oil-less Turkey Fryer. I love using my Big Easy for whole chickens and turkeys, but when it comes to using it for chicken wings, it needs a little help. There’s just no real good way to load the fryer up with a lot of wings at once. So, I made the Wingin’ator 3000.

All you need is the standard basket that comes with the Big Easy and some round (large square ones also work) disposable grill toppers. You may luck out and find them in your local grocery store. They are made by OscarWare. I found these Oscarware 3-Pack Disposable Grill Toppers which are just large enough.

I turned the basket upside down and traced the outline of the circle it makes onto the toppers. I then cut the grill toppers slightly larger (by 1/8″-1/4″ than the circle using tin snips (wire cutters will work too). The metal in the topper is pretty thin so it cuts easily.

I then gently folded each circle like a hard taco so I could slide it into the Big Easy basket from the side. I unfolded it and then crimped down the edges to firmly attach the toppers to the basket frame. You want to make sure that the toppers are relatively taut so they don’t fold in the middle under the weight of the chicken. Also make sure you fold the edges in pretty well or you might drag your knuckles on them! I added 3 toppers, creating 3 shelves for wings, 4 if you count the bottom of the Big Easy basket.

For my first trial i put on only a family pack (about 4 pounds) of wings (drumettes and flats). I could’ve easily cooked a lot more, which made me very happy! Just make sure you spray the entire contraption with non-stick spray before loading it. (Note: I cooked two family packs, over 60+ wing flats and drumettes, on the Wingin’ator 3000 tonight, Dec 3, 2013!)

If you’re looking for a way of making fried-like wings on the Big Easy, check out my recent post on crispy chicken wings.

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Oh and it’s all dishwasher safe making cleanup a breeze! Click here for some of the other awesome things I’ve made on my Big Easy.

If you have any questions about the Wingin’ator 3000 drop me a note. Just hop on over to the About/Contact Us page. I look forward to hearing from you.

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Roasted Chicken on the Char-Broil Big Easy

I bought a Big Easy a while back. It is one of my favorite “grills” by far. It doesn’t get any easier – marinate/brine/whatever meat you wish to cook and put it into the cooker. Turkeys and chickens take about 10 minutes per pound. A family pack of wings takes about 30 minutes. Done. No mess, no fuss. It’s a beautiful thing. And nothing is like roasted chicken on the Char-Broil Big Easy.

Garlic, dill and rosemary give this roasted chicken on the Char-Broil Big Easy a nice savory flavor. This is my go-to recipe for roasting chicken. I do not brine the birds or marinate them. I slather them (you can easily fit two decent-sized chickens into the Big Easy) with the mixture below and put them into the cooker.

The skin comes up super crispy and the entire bird is moist and tender and flavorful.

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Also try my easy roasted turkey cooked on the Big Easy.

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Garlic Rosemary Roasted Chicken on the Big Easy

Garlic, dill and rosemary give this chicken a nice savory flavor. This is my go-to recipe for roasting chicken.

Course Main

Cuisine American

Keyword Big Easy, Char-Broil, chicken

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 1

Total Time 1 5

Servings chicken

Calories 246kcal

Author Mike