Smoked Turkey Pellet Grill Recipe

A Smoked Turkey Pellet Grill is real premium barbecue stuff. But it’s important to know or find out the time taken to smoke the turkey, temperatures for cooking, and tools/ equipment for this delicious smoked turkey pellet recipe.

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In this recipe, I’m going to take you through each and everything you need to know to cook the perfect turkey on your pellet smoker.

Equipment

• Pellet Grill Smoker
• Traeger turkey blend pellets
• Meat thermometer
• Sheet tray
• Roasting pan and then, 
• A loaf pan

Ingredients for smoked turkey pellet grill recipe

• ¾ cup of softened unsalted butter 
• 2 cloves garlic grated or minced
• ½  teaspoon salt
• ¼  teaspoon pepper
• 1 lemon zest

• 1 whole turkey 
• ¼ cup turkey poultry rub 
• 2 tablespoons of olive oil

• 4 tablespoons butter
• ½  tablespoons garlic powder and then, 
• 1 tablespoon of fresh chopped rosemary.

Steps To Be Followed For A Smoked Turkey Pellet Grill Recipe

1. Firstly, mix the butter rub. Add all of the butter mixture ingredients to a large bowl. Using your clean hands or with the help of a potato masher, mash ingredients all together until they are well combined. Place aside.
2. Then remove the whole turkey from the plastic bag. Remove inside parts and discard. Pat dry turkey with a kitchen paper towel.
3. Season the turkey by using your fingers to separate the skin of the turkey from the meat. Smear butter between skin and turkey breast. Add turkey poultry rub and olive oil to the outside skin of the turkey.smear/ brush into the skin, for roughly a minute. Tie legs together with strong thread. The significance of it is that you put the strong thread beneath the whole turkey and up and around the legs, tying them together tightly.
4. Chill turkey in the refrigerator before smoking. Shift the seasoned whole turkey to the refrigerator and store for at least 3 hours, or overnight. Remove the turkey from the refrigerator 40 minutes before smoking it.
5. Then preheat the Traeger smoker to 275 degrees F. Add Traeger Turkey Blend wood pellets to the hopper. If desired, add a grilling pan with elevated edges to capture the oozes below the grill grates beneath where the turkey rests. Then add a small pan filled with room temperature or cold water on top of the grates, to the side, to add dampness/ wetness as the turkey emits smoke (however this is optional).

Smoking the turkey

1. Smoke the whole turkey. Once preheated, add the whole turkey directly to the grill grates, ​​breast side up, and tucking wings under so they don’t stick out and smoke faster than the other parts. Then smoke the whole turkey at 270 degrees F for 2 or 2 ½  hours.
2. Add all the lambaste ingredients to a small saucepan on a burner set to low heat. Mix vigorously until it’s melted then remove from heat and put aside.
3. Raise the temperature of the smoker to 350 degrees Fahrenheit then Brush the turkey with lambasting. Smoke until the internal temperature of the turkey, is measured in the thickest part of the turkey (the thigh) with an internal meat thermometer. Traeger whole is done smoking when it measures 165 degrees, and also depends on the size of the turkey.
4. Relax smoked turkey for at least 20 minutes, in a tin with foil if desired. Remove strong thread, divide and enjoy.

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