Quick Smoked Turkey

This simple and straightforward smoked turkey recipe can be completed in less time than many other smoked turkey recipes.

• Preparation Time: 30 mins
• Cooking Time: 2 hr
• Total Time: 2 hr 30 mins
• Calories: 956 Calories

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons honey
• 1 ½ cups vegetable oil
• 1 (12 pound) whole turkey, neck and giblets removed
• 1 ½ cups cider vinegar
• 6 tablespoons garlic powder
• ¼ cup ground black pepper
• 6 tablespoons hot pepper sauce (Optional)
• ¼ cup salt (Optional)

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat smoker using pans of briquets and hickory chips, adding the chips according to manufacturer's directions. Cut turkey in half.

Step 2

Bring vegetable oil, cider vinegar, hot pepper sauce, garlic powder, salt, pepper, and honey to a rapid boil in a saucepan. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer basting sauce for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Step 3

Lay turkey flat on wire racks of the smoker. Place racks into the smoker, and smoke according to manufacturer's directions, basting every 15 minutes, about 2 hours. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the thigh should 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).