For our traditional non-traditional Thanksgiving meal we will be having smoked prime rib. While our family goes off the reservation for our own meals I do have orders for 11 smoked turkeys for friends and relatives. Anybody burning something special for Thanksgiving?
I'm burning a beef tenderloin roast with deep fried shrimp. Sides will be pickled cucumber salad and sweet potato fries. Pumpkin pie from scratch for desert. Nothing "traditional" in our meal other than the pumpkin pie. Forgot to mention the home made biscuits.
To counter the drying out, I use a bed of rough cut veggies (onions,carrots, peppers, celery) in a wire basket and a pecan base dry rub. If you want to create some very good drippings, set the wire basket in a roasting pan or plain aluminum throw away.
I put mine on an extremely hot rotisserie with wood chips in a pan under it. Sear it real fast and hot. Then I cheat. I take it off, put it in the oven on about 200 degress wrapped in foil and cook until it reaches 115 degrees. When it reaches 115 it gets pulled out and watched until it reaches about 120 I unwrap it and we eat. Can't time it precisely but we tend to like really rare meat. I also use apple wood chips for smoking them.