The hunter and MeatEater founder shares his favorite recipe for cooking a wild turkey over an open flame
Updated November 26, 2025 04:26PM
Steven Rinella has more a few opinions about turkeys.
The longtime hunter and MeatEater founder prefers to eat wild ones over farm-raised birds, and he loves stalking the woods of Montana for turkeys to hunt. Turns out, he also loves to cook them for hungry friends and family. Rinella has published a few recipes for turkey in his recently released MeatEater cookbook box set.
I caught up with Rinella this week to ask him the million-dollar turkey question: how does he plan to cook his bird for Thanksgiving? Turns out, Rinella has more than a few opinions on the best way to serve a wild turkey to your Thanksgiving guests.