Simple Rotisserie Smoked Turkey. We smoked a 16-pound turkey and I wanted to show just how easy it is do a turkey that everybody will be talking about for years.

We used only 2 ingredients, “Duck Fat” as a binder and GMG’s Poultry Seasoning. That’s it! Only 10 minutes prep time, and that was just to rinse it off, mount it on the rotisserie and season it.

Here is where it gets interesting. Our “Smoke Blend”. We filled the hopper with GMG’s Fruitwood pellets. Then I filled a Wedgie with a layer of cherry pellets with a layer of dried coffee grounds and then topped off with more cherry pellets for an Awesome “Kiss of Smoke”.

In the smoke for 4 ½ hours @ 250* (122c). Tender, juicy, beautiful, and delicious. Patti said she thinks this may be the best one we’ve done. And we have done a lot of turkeys.

Let me say again, we didn’t do anything but smoke and a dry rub, no brine, or injections.
It can’t be any easier than that.

NOTE: You do not have to use a rotisserie, you can place your bird directly onto your grill.

Patti and I have set one night a week just for us. It’s our date night. We usually put something special on our Green Mountain Wood Pellet Grill/Smoker but sometimes we cook inside. We always eat outside on our patio where it is very comfortable with a rainforest theme.  Wood Pellet Patio Heater, little lights, candles, lanterns, and surround sound. We enjoy a little wine, or strawberry margaritas using frozen strawberries for ice, good food, music and sometimes a dance or two…

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Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 4 ½ hrs. @ 250* (122c)
Grill: Green Mountain Wood Pellet Grill
Pellets: Green Mountain’s Furitwood Blend BBQ Pellets

Ingredients: Simple Rotisserie Smoked Turkey 

• Turkey, ours was 14 pounds
• GMG’s Poultry Seasoning
• Duck Fat cooking spray

Backyard BBQ
A Wood Pellet Grill Recipe

Cooking Directions: Simple Rotisserie Smoked Turkey 

I am wanting a blend of fruitwood and coffee smoke for todays cook. So, fill the hopper with GMG’s Fruitwood Blend BBQ Pellets. (You can use your favorite pellets) I use a Wedgie for doing blends or when I am cooking at temperatures above 205* (122c).

Fill your wedgie 1/3 with cherry pellets, next 1/3 with dried coffee grounds. Then top off with the finale 1/3 with your cherry pellets.

Pre heat the grill to 250* (122c) and light your wedgie.

Mount your bird on the rotisserie rod, try to do it where when it is on the grill it sits center right. Remove the grill grate from the right side so the bird won’t drag on it. I like to tie the wings down with butchers cord so they don’t flop around during the cook.

Spray your bird with the Duck Fat and season. The Duck Fat acts as a binder for your seasoning and does a nice job browning and crisping the bird while adding another layer of flavor.

Dust the bird with the seasoning, I like to rub it all over the bird.

We went 4 ½ hours here until I had an internal temperature of 170* (77c). I like the temp between 170* and 180* because the meat flakes apart better.

Check on things every hour or so just to be sure things don’t come loose on the rotisserie.

U.S.D.A. safe is 165* (74c). Keep in mind that the meat will continue cooking for another 5 to 10 degrees after you pull it off the grill. I use a Maverick ProTemp Instant Read Thermometer for checking meat temps.

Note: The Wedgie was still going strong after a 4 ½ cook!!!

Note: I get a lot of questions about the kind of pellets you can use with a recipe. Keep in mind that a recipe is just an outline. Some you need to follow closely like when you are making bread, but most you can do anything you can dream, our favorite way to cook. Feel free to mix and match the pellets until you find a combination you really like. Also, you are only smoking at temps less than 250 degrees (122c), anything higher is cooking and there will not be much if any smoke so it does not matter what kind of pellet you are using.

Backyard BBQ
A Wood Pellet Grill Recipe

 

 

 

Backyard BBQ
A Wood Pellet Grill Recipe 

 

Backyard BBQ
A Wood Pellet Grill Recipe 

 

 

Backyard BBQ
A Wood Pellet Grill Recipe

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We do our recipes on our patio where we have a lineup of grills, including Green Mountain, Uuni Wood Fired Pizza Oven, Sawtooth, Louisiana, Royall, Memphis, Traeger pellet grills, Char Griller side box smoker, Saber, Charmglow, Char-Broil, The Big Easy, Lodge Sportsman’s, Brinkman and Weber. I call it our “Wall of Grill”. Our grilling styles are healthy and low fat and will fit pelletheads, gas, natural wood, and even charcoal purists. Almost any of our recipes can be done on any kind of good BBQ.

The important thing to keep in mind is TIME & TEMPERATURE. You can do our recipes on any grill, even some of them in the oven or crock pot, but, then you lose all the flavors you get from cooking outdoors. But sometimes it does rain.

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