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Today we’re smoking at 250 degrees, for 30-40 minutes per pound.įor this reason, I recommend a 20 pound bag of pellets, just to be sure. (If it’s cold in the backyard, you’ll be burning at a higher rate.) We know that the pellets burn at about a pound per hour when the smoker is at 225 degrees at comfortable outdoor temperatures. Wood Pellets: What Wood to Use for Smoked Turkey and How Much Is Needed? If your pellet grill has a grease run off with a little bucket, dispose of the grease, clean the bucket, and put it back for this cook. If your wood pellet grill has a flat bed under the grates, I like to line this with aluminum foil for easy clean up, so this is a good time to pull off the old foil and replace it with a sheet of new foil. the flavor and juiciness are simply unmatched. Once you start brining your turkeys, you’ll never go back. We think 24 hours works just fine and even overnight provides a lot of extra flavor and juiciness to the finished turkey. You can leave the turkey in this brine for up to 36 hours. Insert the entire bird into the brine and cover it with a lid. Run clean cold water over the turkey and bring the bucket of brine near the sink. Remove both the neck and giblets and either save for your gravy or discard. In the turkey cavity, there may be a turkey neck and/or a little bag of giblets. When the turkey is fully defrosted, place it in a clean kitchen sink and cut the packaging open.

#Turkey on rec tec bullseye full#

So, you should have a large 5-gallon bucket (please see either turkey brine post for full instructions) filled with your turkey brine before moving forward. I recommend making and chilling your brew, transferring it into the large brine bucket, then adding the remaining 1 gallon of liquid, before moving forward to Step 2. We call this the brew!Īn additional 1 gallon of cold liquid (water or apple cider depending on the recipe) is added to the brew to make it a finished brine. Zesty Cajun Turkey Brine (Made with Cajun Seasoning, Creole Mustard, and Fresh Herbs)īoth brines require you to boil salt, sugar, spices, and water for 5 minutes and then allow the ingredients to steep in this liquid until they are cool. Sweet Smoked Turkey Brine (Made with Apple Cider, Ginger, and Honey) That has got to be by far the most time-consuming preparation of any pellet smoker project so plan ahead (at least a week ahead) if fresh turkeys aren’t available in your area.īefore you remove your turkey from the refrigerator you will want to start your wet brine.

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This means depending on if you were able to source a fresh turkey (which I never can) you may be adding almost a week onto your prep time! 3-5 days for defrosting plus 1-2 days for the brine. You will want to buy a whole turkey, fresh or frozen, and begin defrosting it to go into a brine for 24-36 hours.Ī larger frozen turkey (15 pounds and up) can take 3-5 days to fully defrost in a refrigerator. Some people have good success with smoking a turkey breast, but we feel that buying the whole bird, even if you buy a smaller one, results in a better smoking experience…crispy skin, giving diners the choice between juicy white and dark meat, and most importantly, a whole bird is more forgiving of mistakes during the cooking process. Finding The Right Turkey & Planning Aheadįor this guide, we recommend buying a whole turkey. Long before we start burning pellets we need to prep our bird, so let’s talk options.

#Turkey on rec tec bullseye how to#

How To Prep The Turkey For The Pellet Grill

Here is a handy Table Of Contents we created so you can jump around to the different steps in the process… Table of Contents With this full guide to smoked turkey, we will help you create turkey on the pellet grill that looks this good and tastes even better! With everyone counting on you to create a perfectly seasoned and smoked turkey, anxiety can set in (especially for first-timers) and so we created this guide to walk you through it step by step, and answer any lingering questions about the turkey smoking process. Once you own a pellet grill you look forward to smoking meat year-round and showing off all that juicy and delicious meat candy to all your family and friends–but during the holiday season, the stakes couldn’t be higher.