Ours turned out to be the best we'd ever done.
We had over 15 people over, so brother and I had a turkey cook off. His in deep fryer, ours in Traeger.
I did a 20 hour brine in the Meat Church "Bird Baptism" brine.
Pulled it an hour and a half prior to cooking.
Stuffed breast with 1/2 lb butter, rosemary, thyme, sage, minced garlic and softened butter mixture.
Threw in a chopped up bulb of garlic, more rosemary, thyme and sage into the cavity.
Rubbed outside down with olive oil, and put on a good dose of garlic paprika dry rub.
Onto the Traeger at 300* for 3.5 hours, with a smoke tube added for more smoke.
Sprayed turkey down with apple juice every 30 minutes of cook time.
Pulled it when breast was at 160*, and thigh was 175*, and let it rest for 1/2 hour.
Came out amazing. The smoked turkey was the clear winner. Incredibly juicy, tender, and just tasty as hell.
Will never do it any other way after how this one turned out. I'm not a turkey fan, but I could not get enough of it.
What did you use for pellets?
