Easy Smoked Turkey
Easy Smoked Turkey is a total show-stopping main dish for Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner or for any special get together! Easy to follow recipe for the juiciest and most flavorful turkey ever!
Servings: 10 servings
Calories: 956kcal
Ingredients
- 10 lb whole turkey
- for brine:
- 4 quarts of warm water
- 1 cup kosher salt
- peel from 1 lemon
- 1 tablespoons peppercorns
- 3 sprigs fresh rosemary
- for butter and herb rub:
- 1/2 cup softened butter
- 3 garlic cloves minced
- 3 sprigs of rosemary stems removed and minced
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon fresh ground pepper
Instructions
- Rinse turkey and remove any giblets.
- Place turkey in a large pan.
- Add warm water to a large bowl.
- Add 1 cup kosher salt, lemon peel, peppercorns and rosemary.
- Stir until salt is dissolved.
- Pour over turkey.
- Cover and refrigerate 4- 8 hours.
- Prepare grill with hickory grilling wood and an offset fire for indirect heat.
- Remove turkey from brine, drain and pat dry with paper towels.
- Mix butter, minced garlic, minced rosemary, 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt and pepper.
- Rub between the skin and the meat of the turkey and inside the cavity. Or melt butter and herbs together and baste between skin and meat and inside cavity. Pour remaining butter and herbs over skin.
- When grill is heated to 250 degrees, place turkey over indirect heat.
- Cook for 1 to 11/2 hours. Remove from grill and wrap in peach butcher paper and return to grill.
- Continue to cook until internal temperature in the thickest part of the breast is 165 degrees about 1 - 1 1/2 hours.
- Remove from grill, cover with foil loosely. Allow to rest 20-30 minutes before carving.
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Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 956kcal | Carbohydrates: 2g | Protein: 130g | Fat: 44g | Saturated Fat: 16g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 25g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 522mg | Fiber: 1g