How not to spatchcock a turkey
 

Ugggg make sure you have the right tools!!!! This is not yard bird!!!

This summer I started making spatchcock chicken and never looked back.

I have no idea what happened to my good kitchen shears( friggen teens) so let the fun begin
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Ya that hurt.
Called a couple neighbors looking for a good set of shears or a cleaver
Ended up with a light weight cleaver and a unsharpened machete:twitch:
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ugg I grabbed by good bread knife:mmph:
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It worked! Just hope I didn't rune my knife

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machete did come in handy
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done
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thing is huge 23lbs. may have to split it between the top and bottom rack on my WSM

Reciprocating saw when the wife isn't looking ...

But seriously - a cleaver works well if you watch your fingers.

Sawzall!

I should of thought about the sawzall when my daughter suggested the electric knife

I wonder how a drywall saw would work? After all it has a serrated edge.

I just finished spatchcocking my Turkey. I used my garden pruners. They worked great.
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+1 for the sawzall

I don't make it a practice to cook big, 20+ pound birds, but for my 15lb birds, I've had good luck with a cheap, heavy meat cleaver I picked up for about $12 and some heavy duty shears.

I have thought about going the power tool route, and if i ever have to do more than a couple big birds at a time...i might

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Before I got a good pair of poultry shears I used pruning shears and they worked fine. Before that I used a large serrated chef knife kinda like the Ronco style. The serrated edge lets you saw through the heavier bones.

I was going to go with chainsaw (done already by NivekD), but the jaws of life wins the prize.

LMAO!! The wifes looking at me like WTF you laughing about?