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Smoked Whole Turkey

Smoked Whole Turkey

Course Main Course
Cuisine American

Equipment

  • Grill / Smoker

Ingredients
  

  • 19 lbs. Turkey
  • Sweet BBQ Rub
  • 1 bottle Tony Chachere’s Marinade, Butter, Cajun Injection

Spritz

  • 1 cup Apple Juice
  • 1 cup Triple 9 Swine Apple Cherry Habanero Glaze

Instructions
 

  • Place the Turkey on a Cooling rack inside an aluminum Pan
  • Inject the Turkey with the Butter Injection. Starting with the Breast meat and working around the Turkey
  • Season the Turkey with your Favorite Sweet BBQ Rub
  • Set the Reteq 1250 Smoker to 275°
  • Smoke the Turkey for 2hrs.
  • Every 30-min spritz and rotate the Turkey
  • At the 2-hr mark, check and see if you need to loosely wrap the turkey in foil to prefect it from getting too dark.
  • When the Breast meat reaches an internal temperature of 165° and the Thigh meat reaches an internal temperature of 175-180°. Roughly another 2-hrs, remove and let the Turkey rest for about 45-minutes.
  • Crave the turkey, but be sure to collect all the Juices.
  • Now, enjoy
  • Let us know how they turned out and Tag #EliteBBQSmokers in your social media post.

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