Use your grill this holiday to make Smoked Turkey seasoned with BBQ rub, glazed with barbecue sauce and served with a White BBQ Sauce.
After dinner, use a Grillbot to make cleanup a snap so you can relax and digest on the couch with your guests!
For this BBQ Turkey, it’s not about those traditional Thanksgiving Flavors… it’s all about creating juicy, flavorful, delicious BBQ pulled turkey. Then I make a white BBQ sauce to serve alongside.
Smoked Turkey seasoned with BBQ rub, glazed with barbecue sauce and served with a White BBQ Sauce.
INGREDIENTS
- 1 whole turkey 12-14lbs
- 1 cup brine
- 1 cup BBQ rub
- 1 gallon apple juice
- 1 green apple
- 1 orange
- 1 lemon
- 1 lime
- 2–3 Tablespoons Peanut Oil
- 1 stick butter melted
White BBQ Sauce Recipe:
- 2 cups Mayo
- ½ cup Apple Cider Vinegar
- 1 Tablespoon Course Ground Black Pepper
- 1 Tablespoon Granulated Garlic
- 1 Tablespoon Sugar
- 1 teaspoon Horseradish (optional)
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- ½ teaspoon Ground Cayenne Pepper
- Juice from 2 Lemons
- Whisk the ingredients in a large bowl and store in the refrigerator for a few hours before serving.
INSTRUCTIONS
- Remove neck and giblets from turkey and place in a meat bag or large container. Pour in 1 cup of brine and 1 cup BBQ rub. Add apple juice and extra water if necessary to cover bird. Squeeze air out of bag and secure. Place in refrigerator for 48 hrs.
- Remove turkey from brine and rinse under cool water, pat the skin dry with paper towel and place bird on a raised rack over a sheet pan to air dry for 1 hour in the refrigerator
- Prepare Traeger pellet smoker or other grill for indirect cooking at 300 degrees using apple pellets for smoke flavor.
- Stuff the cavity of the turkey with the fruit cut into quarters. Tie the legs together with butcher twine.
- Coat the skin with peanut oil and season the turkey with BBQ rub on all sides.
- Place the turkey breast side up on the pit and cook until internal temperature hits 155°F in the breast. Baste with melted butter as needed.
- Once the breast internal hits 155°F glaze the outside with BBQ sauce and continue to cook until internal temp hits 165°F in the breast about 20-30 minutes.
- Rest the turkey for 15 minutes before carving. For bbq turkey I like to serve it pulled but you an also serve it sliced.
This recipe was found on https://howtobbqright.com/2020/11/25/bbq-smoked-turkey-recipe/