Here’s What Steven Rinella Is Cooking for Thanksgiving

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.