Smoked Whole Turkey

📝 Ingredients

• 15 lb whole turkey
• 2 sticks celery
• 2 carrots
• 2 onions (medium size)
• 1 apple
• 1 orange
• 1 lemon
• bunch of thyme
• bunch of rosemary
• 3 tbsp poultry rub
• 3 sticks butter (unsalted)

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1Brine your turkey for at least 8 hours up to 24 hours.
2. 2Heat your smoker to 250°F.
3. 3Pat turkey dry and stuff the cavity with aromatics such as onions, celery, carrots, apples, lemons, oranges, and herbs.
4. 4Cover the turkey with 1 stick of room temperature butter and season generously.
5. 5Smoke at 250°F for the first 2 hours.
6. 6Increase the temperature of your smoker to 350°F and continue smoking.
7. 7Melt the remaining 2 sticks of butter. When the internal temperature of the turkey reaches 135°F, baste the turkey and do so every 10 degrees.
8. 8Remove the turkey from the smoker when the internal temperature of the breast reaches 165°F.
9. 9Rest for 20 minutes before carving.