Grilling Turkey

We have grilled a turkey for Mother's Day for the past twelve years. My parents come to our home and we celebrate Mother's Day together. Here are some tips from Jeremy on grilling a perfect turkey.
1. Clean the turkey out
2. Cut slab of fat out of the cavity and set aside to use
3. Salt the inside of turkey
4. Cut two small slits for the wing tips to go inside the skin
5. Place the fat on the top of the breast bone
6. Salt and Pepper turkey

To grill - use a disposable pie plate and place in the center of the grill. See photo above...set coals around the pie plate. You will place the turkey on the grill once the coals are white. Depending on the weather cook time can be estimated  12 to 15 minutes per pound.

Enjoy! I love grilled turkey! My husband does a great job. My mom looks forward to her Mother's Day meal every May.

Grilling Sirloin and Ribeye

Apply a light dusting of a grilling rub. We use Watkin's Black Pepper grilling rub. Rub in on one side only and let sit for a few minutes.

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http://www.jrwatkins.com/jrwatkins/index.cfm

Place the pepper side up on a grill with nice hot coals.

Grill for about five minutes and turn.

Grill for about another seven minutes for a medium steak.

Adjust cooking time to your liking.

Enjoy!

First grill of 2011

We always put our grill away at the end of October. In April we pull it out again. We get very excited for the first grill night. Last week, we had our first grill...Pork Chops. YUM!

Our grill will be 14 years old in May. We got it as a wedding present. No, I do not grill. I should say, I do not usually get to grill. I do grill, but usually when my hubby is not looking or not home. All in fun. When Jeremy and I got married, he asked if he could be the one to grill. I did not have a problem with that. A lesson learned early in our marriage, I opened the grill to see how things were cooking. I thought it I was safe, I did not see Jeremy.
 Oops, not really a good idea. :)  Jeremy was watching,he gently asked me what I was doing. :-) I smiled and laughed lightly. No harm done! Jeremy is the grill master in the family. He does a great job! 

His trick to making the best GRILLED PORK CHOPS - he cuts the bone out, to make them boneless. I will share more of his tricks as the grill season continues.
We serve the pork chops with fried potatoes and a salad.