Karl’s Smoked Turkey

Karl's Smoked Turkey with Rub and Mop

May 13, 2019

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Ingredients
  • 1 medium turkey
  • ***FOR THE RUB***
  • 1/4 cup paprika
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1 teaspoon black pepper
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon parsley
  • 1 teaspoon sage
  • 1 dash lemon pepper
  • 1 teaspoon ground dry mustard
  • ***FOR THE MOP***
  • 1/2 cup Worcestershire sauce
  • 1/2 cup soy sauce
  • 1/2 cup soft drink of choice
  • 1 dash sweet hot mustard
  • 1 dash salt
  • 1 dash pepper
  • 1 dash poultry seasoning
Directions
  • Step 1 Taste the rub–none of the ingredients should overpower another, if one does, adjust.
  • Step 2 Rub the turkey inside and out, and refrigerate over night
  • Step 3 Cook the turkey breast side down.
  • Step 4 Mop when you adjust your fire.
  • Step 5 When the turkey was nearly done, I brought it in the house to finish in the oven. (Needed the gravy!)
  • Step 6 This is the same way I do chicken, and haven’t received one complaint yet.
  • Step 7 Note that all my ingredients are approximate amounts, and I don’t always use all of them. It’s all to taste, and all depends on what I got.
  • Step 8 Always starts with paprika and garlic though.