Cooking Challenge: Can You Cook A Turkey in A Cauldron Filled With Salt

Grant and team filled that huge cast iron cauldron with more than 200 pounds of salt and heated over an open flame. Instead of individually saltcrusting vegetables, apples, and the turkey, we nestled everything in the cauldron. It s the ChefSteps Cowboy Cauldron SaltCrusted Turkey Cookout. Did it work When it comes to Thanksgiving turkey, we eschew tradition in pursuit of epic perfection. While Norman Rockwells aesthetic is the turkey that home cooks aspire to create year after year, wed argue that bird looks a tad overcooked. We ask youwhy roast that big bird whole when you can sous vide breasts and legs separately to perfection, prepare a stunning crown and satisfying roulade, turn it into yakitori, or even deepfry it KFCstyle (without burning down the house) Never satisfied with the same old, same old, every year we set out to find new ways to prepare a masterpiece Thanksgiving centerpiece. This year harkens back to ChefSteps roots of huge outdoor cooking adventure