since my Thanksgiving is over I will jump in on the sweet potato thing. I can't believe I have no pictures of it , as I do it often when Grilling. I am sure you could adapt to whatever cooking appliance you are using.
cooked about 70 % through with the skin on , oven or more often in microwave.
let cool a bit, sliced into 1/2 to 3/4 inch rounds.
on a fairly hot grill , indirect
glazed occasionally with a mix of melted butter, maple syrup , cinnamon , salt.
10 to 15 mins it will caramelize and get some nice grill marks.
A cool idea I saw at thanksgiving in Florida when visiting my wife's family was a entrements/palate cleanser course.
He Aunt is old school and likes to do a multi course meal instead of the everything on the table at once approach.
She made a grapefruit champagne sorbet served between some the the richer dishes .
I have also seen this done as a straight up cocktail between courses during a tasting menu ,made with a cucumber lime Gose , basil and citrus is I remember correctly.
My friend hated it but I kind of liked it, very tongue sizzlely.