Cooking A Turkey Over An Open Fire. Now for me this whole tradition started during a project for the california biennial of 2008 we did in our backyard with bay area artist julio cesar morales and his collaborator max la riviere hedrick. Remove when the internal temp hits 165 f then allow the bird to rest covered for about 20 minutes before you begin to carve.
The cooking doesn t happen over the flame part of the fire rinella says. Once your turkey has been covered now would be the perfect time for a nice cold one. Once the spigot is removed you have a smoker that can sit over an open fire and slowly cook a turkey breast.
No this entry is devoted to my favorite food and my favorite was of cooking it.
Now move the rest of the coals from the fire on top of the turkey and cover the generously in dirt. While the campfire is burning to coals dig a hole six inches larger than the turkey all the way around. Cook your turkey for three hours. Next wrap your turkey in cheesecloth then wrap three layers of heavy duty aluminum foil around the turkey.
