To spatchcock a whole turkey first remove the tail. I will dry brine for 3 days and spatchcock the turkeyseparating the legs and thighs from the breast. But turkey is the undisputed centerpiece of the thanksgiving meal and shouldnt look like it got run over by an allterrain vehicle. Smoke time set up your smoker for cooking at about 240f. Watch the video below, and lets make some really good food. Jun 18, 2008 the turkey went on the top grate of the wsm, which was running at about 300f in the dome.
I will be smoking turkeys this thanksgiving for around 30 guests. Cutting the bird in this way before you cook it ensures that the thighs and breasts cook evenly. Americans prefer white meat over dark meat when it comes to turkey, so a whole, bonein turkey breast may be the right choice for your thanksgiving table or for any other time of year. Just want to time it right for my thanksgiving dinner. Smoking is a slower cooking process than roasting so make sure to read through the whole process before starting and do the math to get the timing right. Remove any packaging, including any popup thermometer, leg tie, or giblet bag. So ive been told to spatchcock this year by a few folks here and in rl. A spatchcocked turkey is fantastic for even and fast cooking. Smoke roasted spatchcock turkey with homemade sausage. This is a complete recipe for a spatchcock smoked turkey. Nov 21, 2014 the grill is wellsuited to roasted turkey perfection. Ensure you have plenty of propane, gas, pellets, etc.
This lets rendered fat drain away, which promotes better skin. Some call it butterflying a turkey but i prefer to use the term spatchcock which is poultry or game that is prepared for smoking, roasting or grilling by removing the backbone of the bird and flattening it out before cooking. Beginners guide to smoking a turkey on a smoker burning. I monitored the temperature through a remote probe thermometer inserted into the breast. And, we are very near greenberg smoked turkey, inc. Make sure it is fully defrosted and around 15 pounds or less for food safety reasons. Smoked spatchcock turkey on the weber smokey mountain wsm. To brine, boil one liter of water along with 34 cup of salt, a couple of cloves of smashed garlic, any citrus, some black peppercorns, and fresh herbs. Depending on the temperature maintained in the smoker, a whole turkey can take as little as 3 hours, for a 12 pound bird smoked at 325 degrees. Stir together oil, salt, and pepper in a small bowl. The turkey went on the top grate of the wsm, which was running at about 300f in the dome. Traeger smoked spatchcock turkey is a delicious and easy way to cook a turkey that is as juicy as it is tender.
Situating the darker meat closer to a twozone indirect fire lets the legs and thighs cook faster than the more delicate breast meat, leaving both sections of the bird to reach their respective ideal temperatures at the same time. We cover shopping, thawing, prep, injecting, cooking, gravy, and carving. Make sure you have enough smoking wood to last for at least 2 hours. You wont likely be able to fit a fullsize turkey on the 14 smoker. The food labs stepbystep guide to smoking a turkey. Use a basting brush to drizzle the melted butter mixture over the skin as the turkey cooks. The other day i decided it was time to bust out my weber smokey mountain from the garage and set to up. Dry the inside and outside of the turkey with clean paper towels.
Heres everything you need to know about making the ultimate turkey, smoked, grilled, or barbecued. This year i also have a pbc and am considering hanging 2 birds in it. The real pros know to get to the stores early in the season when youll find the smaller birds in the 1115 pound range. Place the bird on a stable surface, with the breasts down and the legs towards you. Brush the turkey all over with 4 tablespoons of melted butter and sprinkle with freshly cracked black pepper. By removing the backbone, the turkey is grilled flat, increasing the surface area of exposed meat thus speeding up the grilling time. Use a skewer to poke 1520 holes in the fat deposits of the breasts and thighs. Smoking a turkey can be as easy as you need it to be. Learn how to prepare and cook a spatchcock turkey for thanksgiving, christmas or bbq cookouts.
Anyone have any idea how long itll take to smoke a turkey of that size using the spatchcock method. Take your spatchcocked turkey to the grill for extramoist. Every recipe i can find either doesnt have any word on spatchcocking or tells me to crank up the heat after about 1 to 2 hours. Once youre ready to cook the chicken, get your smoker set up for indirect heat and set the temp at 300 degrees.
Place the chicken on a cutting board breast down with the legs pointing towards you. After 1 hour of room temperature, i want to cook the turkey for one hour at 450, then cook at 300 until breast reads 160 and thigh reads 165 assuming legsthighs will take a bit longer. Let the turkey sit at room temperature until ready to go into the cooker. Remove the chicken from the fridge, and lightly season the underside of the bird with your favorite seasoning.
Mad max charcoal roasts his popular traditional turkey with the mad max turkey method, and it is always a hit, but the most flavorful bird we cooked that day was one we butterflied also called spatchcocked, rubbed and cooked direct over the charcoal. Previously i spatchcocked 2 birds and smoked one on a wsm, the other on my uds. Check the temperature of the turkey halfway through the cook, three quarters of the way and then when you think it is. Smoked spatchcocked turkey grilling inspiration weber. Smoke roasted spatchcock turkey with homemade sausage stuffing chef tom cooks up a smoke roasted spatchcock turkey with homemade sausage stuffing. Ok, so i plan on spatchcocking around a 20 lb turkey on my electric smoker. Around thanksgiving, some stores price turkey below their cost to get people into their stores.
While the drying process is occurring, make up the herb butter recipe below step 4. And we bust the myths about brining and resting, and explain how to spatchcock butterfly. The number one thing you are going to need is time. Smoking a turkey in a weber smoky mountain cooker is a. Lets face it, a big bird needs a big space to cook and real estate on our grill grate is at a premium around the holidays. If your smoker has a water pan, its a great idea to use as this helps to reduce the drying effect of the heat. Granted, this takes a bit of advance work, but when you taste the juiciest, most succulent, most evenly cooked smoked turkey of your life, ill bet youll agree its worth it. No brining, no prep workif youre new to smoking meats, this is one of the easiest ways to do turkey. Cover and grill 2 12 hours or until a thermometer inserted into thickest portion of thigh registers 160f, rotating turkey 90 degrees every 30 minutes. Place turkey, skin side up, on grate over unlit side of grill. Overly seasoning the skin just makes inedible skin let the brine and aromatics add flavor. However for this thanksgiving production my timings need to be close to perfect.
Grab your favorite savory traeger rub and smother the entire chicken, top and bottom, with spices. Smoked spatchcocked turkey wes biddle copy me that. Spatchcock your turkey and shorten your cooking time. Smoke at 325350f until 160165f in the breast, 170175f in the thigh. Oct 31, 2017 smoke roasted spatchcock turkey with homemade sausage stuffing chef tom cooks up a smoke roasted spatchcock turkey with homemade sausage stuffing. Nov 16, 2017 spatchcock your turkey and shorten your cooking time. So, i can stop by there anytime and buy a smoked turkey. While yielding fantastic results on its own, i find smoking the bird at a lower temperature makes it even better. I dont seem to have a problem getting good crispy skin at low temp so that is not a concern of mine. Turkey learn to smoke meat with jeff phillips smoking meat. Disassemble the wsm and fill the fire ring halfway up with.
With both hands, press down on the breast to snap the breast bone allowing the turkey to lie flat. What temp and about how long for a spatchcocked turkey. In this smoked turkey recipe, i will show you how to speed up the process of smoking a turkey by butterflying it, commonly called spatchcocking. Spatchcock smoked turkey recipe on the grill how to bbq right. Place the turkey in a roasting pan fitted with a rack. In this recipe i will show you how to smoke a turkey with a little kick. Our general guide is to cook your spatchcocked turkey for 1112 minutes per pound at 225 degrees or 67 minutes per pound at 350 degrees. For a quick thaw place bagged turkey in a sink of cold water, for 10 hours making sure the water stays below 41 degrees. I dont seem to have a problem getting good crispy skin. Nov 20, 2015 that is, turkey cooked at 450f will have a larger band of overcooked meat around its edges than turkey cooked at 250f. In this smoked turkey recipe, i will show you how to speed up the process of smoking a turkey by butterflying it, commonly called spatchcocking the turkey.
Once the bird is open, split the breastbone to spread the bird flat. Im all about helping you make better bbq, feed the people you love. Keep the bottom vents locked in to about a quarter to halfway open and start with the top vent halfway open. Smoke the spatchcock turkey until digital meat thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the breast reaches about 158160 degrees. And if you just want to keep things simple with your smoked turkey, this recipe is the best of the best for smoking your bird. A whole salted butterflied turkey, aka spatchcocked turkey, cooks quickly and evenly. Ingredients 1 whole wild turkey, cleaned and plucked can substitute a heritage turkey or the grocerystore variety. Place the spatchcock turkey on the rack skin side up and let it smoke cook for 4 hours.
The more you open the lid, the longer it will take to. How long to smoke a turkey detailed smoking times and. Ill be doing a simple rub and buttersage mix under the skin. The grill is wellsuited to roasted turkey perfection. Butterflied turkey salted the virtual weber bullet. Smoking turkeys in a wsm or other vertical charcoal smoker follows the same basic steps. Spatchcock smoked chicken with cherry chipotle bbq sauce.
Nov 17, 2018 traeger smoked spatchcock turkey is a delicious and easy way to cook a turkey that is as juicy as it is tender. Spatchcocked turkey recipe main dish holiday recipe. Nov 07, 2019 spatchcock smoked chicken with cherry chipotle bbq sauce. A tender and juicy bird categories poultry, thanksgiving, turkey tags sage december 31, 2019 november 19, 2017 by mike quinn jump to the recipe. Try adding a boost of flavor and serve smoked turkey to the family this year.
Greenbergs ships all over the country, and their turkeys are always great. Cook the turkey until a probe thermometer reads 165. Place the turkey in the fridge uncovered for about 2 hours to allow the skin to dry further. Yeah, its all the rage to remove the backbone and cook the bird flat in an attempt to keep the breast meat moist. A goal of smoking any large turkey or chicken, at least in my opinion, is to do a quick brine. Dec 17, 2014 a goal of smoking any large turkey or chicken, at least in my opinion, is to do a quick brine. A 12 to 14 lb turkey is a great size for smoking on most grills.
Nov 15, 2018 to spatchcock a whole turkey first remove the tail. Spatchcocked turkey on wsm vs hanging in pbc pitmaster club. First, let me welcome you to the wonderful world of smoking on a weber smokey mountain cooker smoker. Simply put, a spatchcocked bird is one that is butterflied it has had its backbone and keel bone removed so that it can be flattened out. To thaw a frozen turkey leave it in the refrigerator for appox. Spatchcocked smoked turkey on old country wrangler smoker. There are more complex recipes out there, but i started smoking turkeys by using a smoked turkey rub on the outside of the bird and popping it in the smoker. Smoking a turkey in a weber smoky mountain cooker is a labor. How to smoke a turkey spatchcock style meadow creek. Dec 31, 2019 sagerubbed spatchcocked smoked turkey. Plus theres the bonus of adding wood chunks for lightly smoky, more flavorful meat. Heat the butter with the herbs and garlic in a small pot until melted. Try learn how to spatchcock the bird for even cooking and tender.
Weber wsm, weber ga, weber spirit s320, weber 22 otg charbroil oilless turkey fryer wife luzziann 1956 model. How to smoke a turkey grilling inspiration weber grills. Place the spatchcocked turkey skin side up and let it. Place the turkey in the refrigerator, uncovered, for 24 hours. With a spatchcocked bird, you can safely grillroast or smoke at up to 375f without burning the turkey, but at that temperature, the turkey cooks through in just over an hour, which doesnt give it much time to absorb. Smoking turkey in a weber smokey mountain adding charcoal and smoker wood to the ring. At 240 to 250 degrees, the same whole turkey would take about twice as long. How to smoke a turkey spatchcock style buy the turkey. This helps the skin to end up with a good bite through. A tender and juicy bird categories poultry, thanksgiving, turkey tags sage december 31, 2019 november. Make a cut along one side of the backbone with the shears from the bottom to. There are many great ways to cook a turkey, but the best is smoking. Smoked whole turkey recipe bobby flay food network.
Spatchcocked turkey with herbed butter smoking meat. The first step is to preheat the smoker to 250 degrees fahrenheit. Mar 23, 2020 for the wings part of the turkey, set the smoker at 225f and cook them for about 1. How to smoke a turkey cajun smoked turkey wsm weber. I definitely prefer apple, cherry, or hickory for smoked turkeys. Brush the entire turkey with the oil and season liberally with salt and pepper. A bonein turkey breast consists of both breast portions, along with the skin, ribs, and part of the backbone, weighing 45 pounds and as large as 8 pounds. The smoker is not only easy to use but will provide you one of the greatest turkeys you will ever eat. Place the turkey in the grill or smoker and cook for 45. With a large knife or shears, cut the bird open along the backbone on both sides, through the ribs, and remove the backbone. Add in an overnight dry brine and you have the makings of a thanksgiving turkey never to be forgotten.
Smoking a turkey in a weber smokey mountain cooker, or any of the vertical charcoal smokers is easy once you get the knack of it. This is the perfect recipe for all of your holiday gatherings, from thanksgiving to christmas. Smoking a spatchcock turkey is great for large birds or when your short on time. Part of that is just that im also a perfectionist, and to me being an. Smoked spatchcocked turkey grilling inspiration weber grills. For grilling a whole turkey, preheat the grill to mediumhigh heat or about 325f and set up. Oct 01, 20 brining keeps the turkey from drying out during the smoking process. The 18and 22 smokers are great for smoking fullsize turkeys.
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