Succulent Smoked Turkey
 
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Recipe type: Dinner
Cuisine: American
Serves: 10
Ingredients
  • 16-18 lb. turkey (thawed if purchasing frozen)
  • Olive oil
  • Salt
  • Pepper
  • Garlic powder
  • Poultry seasoning
  • Rosemary
  • Thyme
  • Meat thermometer
  • Your favorite stuffing mix prepared to package directions.
Instructions
  1. Take turkey out of packaging and remove neck and giblet package; rinse cavity and surface of the bird with water.
  2. Drizzle olive oil over the surface of turkey
  3. Sprinkle turkey liberally with salt, pepper, garlic, poultry seasoning, rosemary and thyme. Rub into the meat, coating all areas including the wings and legs.
  4. Lightly drizzle more oil over the turkey and rub all over for a second time
  5. Stuff the cavity of the bird with stuffing mix
  6. Insert the meat thermometer deep into the thickest part of the breast
Grill Work
  1. Prepare grill for indirect cooking with two piles of charcoal on opposite sides of each other with drip pan placed in between
  2. Light coals. Coals are ready when they are ashed over and white hot
  3. Add a handful of soaked smoking chips or 1 chunk of smoking wood to each coal pile
  4. Place turkey on grill, in between coal piles and over drip pan
  5. Cover and cook for 4-4.5 hours or until internal temperature reaches 180 degrees F; follow instructions on packaging,
  6. You will need to add more charcoal to each side, about a handful or two, every 30-45 minutes or as needed to maintain a grill temperature of 325-350 degrees F. Grill temperature will temporarily come down for several minutes each time you add coals, this is normal.
Recipe by The Spice Kit Recipes at https://www.thespicekitrecipes.com/succulent-smoked-turkey/