Thanksgiving is over and now its time to reminisce with some food porn! Steph and I spent the day alone with the dogs and cat. Todd and Alli's dog, Prior, was visiting as well, so we had a full house of animals to keep us company.


One good lookin' bird!I picked up a 10 lb. heritage turkey from Muss & Turner's on Monday before Thanksgiving and brined it for more than 2 days prior to going on the Big Green Egg to roast over hardwood charcoal and pecan chips. Dirk let me borrow his BBQ Guru for the day so I could cook the bird low and slow. The plan was to cook at ~275 degrees F for a few hours, as the breast approaches its temperature of 160 degrees F, the guru would lower the temperature in the egg to slow the cooking even further.

Are those E-cups?Alas, the best laid plans don't always work out that way. I screwed up by clipping the BBQ Guru temperature probe to the roasting pan instead of the cooking grate, which resulted in temperature readings that were too low. In turn, it pushed up the heat in the egg and my 10 pound bird was roasted nicely in just under 3 hours instead of the planned 5+ hours. Ooops. The bird came off the egg by 1 PM and rested for a few hours while I put together the rest of the meal, including roasted brussel sprouts, cranberry sauce, cornbread stuffing and a sweet potato pie baked by Steph.

We finally used the fine china!
After a great meal, we headed down to Atlantic Station to see Rent. Good flick, though I'd much rather see it at the Fabulous Fox Theater again.

What a great Thanksgiving. Perhaps we'll do it alone again next year!