I made this turkey for Thanksgiving, but forgot to rate it. Shame on me! What a fabulous turkey!! Moist, tender, succulent. And the gravy made from the drippings was unbelievable. We only eat turkey at Thanksgiving usually, but I find that I crave this now and find it hard to wait for November to come around to enjoy it again. I will say I had a hard time handling my 18 pound turkey in terms of putting the salt all over it and getting it in a big stock pot and making space for it in the refrigerator to brine, but I won that wrestling match eventually. :-) This is definitely the recipe I will use for turkey from now on. Thanks so much for finally curing my dried out tasteless turkey blues!

Reviewed On: Jul. 30, 2009