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Super Easy Smoked Turkey
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Jill C
"Foolproof smoked turkey recipe with tender and juicy results!"
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Ingredients
7 h 55 m servings 773Original recipe yields 12 servings (1 12-pound turkey)
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Directions
{{model.addEditText}} Print- Place turkey in a roasting pan. Rub salt all over and inside turkey. Let sit for 1 hour.
- Preheat smoker to 250 degrees F (120 degrees C). If your smoker is equipped with a water pan, fill it.
- Rinse salt off turkey and pat dry with paper towels. Return to roasting pan and baste with melted better. Cover with aluminum foil and place in smoker.
- Cook for about 3 hours; remove aluminum foil. Continue to cook, uncovered, until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the turkey thigh reads 165 degrees F (74 degrees C), 3 to 3 1/2 hours.
- Remove turkey from the smoker and tent with aluminum foil. Let it rest in a warm area before slicing, 45 to 60 minutes.
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Footnotes
- Cook's Notes:
- A gas smoker is used in this recipe. Pecan is the primary wood I use in my smoker. Charcoal can be used as well.
- Check the water pan every 2 to 4 hours and add hot water as needed. Add damp wood chips as needed to maintain cooking temperature at 250 degrees F (120 degrees C).
- This method works with turkeys weighing 12 to 20 pounds. Increase cooking time to reach safe internal temperature, approximately 30 minutes per pound.
- Editor's Note:
- Nutrition data for this recipe includes the full amount of salt. The actual amount of salt consumed will vary.
- Partner Tip
- Reynolds® Aluminum foil can be used to keep food moist, cook it evenly, and make clean-up easier.
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11/24/2015
Re-Edit - Here's how our smoker gets a turkey workout - in the backyard, up in the mountains while camping off grid, at my mom's, etc. Seriously, the easiest turkey recipe ever. A few tips ...
6/18/2018
We made this for Father’s Day. My husband wanted to cook outside and we thought it would be a good way to experiment with his Acorn Charcoal Cooker I got him for his birthday. He made sure that ...
12/19/2017
I used pineapples and onions that I placed inside the , injected it with garlic and butter with herbs and smoked for 6 hours at 230. The seasonings is what topped it off
12/26/2018
Great basic recipe. I also injected ours with butter. Simple and great-tasting!
5/21/2018
Did my own smoke rub and used maple wood chips in smoker, best turkey ever