Uploaded November 2019 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! You gotta get a plan early for the big T-day, so I'm showing you a smoked whole turkey with a maple bourbon glaze to finish it off.
I did this on the Pit Barrel Cooker but it can easily be done with any smoker you have.
The turkey took about 4 hours and was smoked between 275°-300° F, until the internal temp of the turkey was 165° F. I started glazing the turkey at around 150° mark.
SOME STUFF FROM THE VIDEO:
Pit Barrel Cooker: amzn.to/2NOnibe
Crown Maple syrup: amzn.to/2qB7S1K
Bourbon Rub: amzn.to/34Kcx0p
Red Hawaiian salt: amzn.to/2NOpjUJ
The Kentucky Bourbon Rub that I used I bought at The Butcher Shoppe in Pensacola, FL, if you're ever in the area. Be prepared if you ever go there, it's a meat and spice wonderland, you may lose your mind (like my wife does!)
But here's a locator for the spice company, maybe you can find it near you!
nutmegspice.co/store-locator
If you don't have a favorite rub or dry brine recipe, here's a basic one...
**You will want to rinse and dry the bird off with this brine because it's salt heavy (which makes for a super delicious bird!)**
BASIC DRY BRINE INGREDIENTS:
7 Tbs of Kosher salt
3 Tbs of brown sugar
MAPLE BOURBON GLAZE
3/4 C grade A maple syrup (I used Crown Maple aged in bourbon barrels)
1/2 C brown sugar
1/4 C brown mustard
1/2 C Bourbon Whiskey
- Use real syrup in this. Not that cheap sugar water stuff. Real maple syrup.
At this time of year, Costco usually has a huge bottle the Crown Maple Syrup for about 20 bucks. They do sell it at Wal-Mart, it's a very small bottle, they do have it, at least in my part of the country. Worth the money, I promise!
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Song title Cantina Blues by Kevin MacLeod
Music is shareware supplied by incompetech.com and is used with their permission.
#smokedturkey #turkey #thanksgiving #howto #pitbarrelcooker
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! You gotta get a plan early for the big T-day, so I'm showing you a smoked whole turkey with a maple bourbon glaze to finish it off.
I did this on the Pit Barrel Cooker but it can easily be done with any smoker you have.
The turkey took about 4 hours and was smoked between 275°-300° F, until the internal temp of the turkey was 165° F. I started glazing the turkey at around 150° mark.
SOME STUFF FROM THE VIDEO:
Pit Barrel Cooker: amzn.to/2NOnibe
Crown Maple syrup: amzn.to/2qB7S1K
Bourbon Rub: amzn.to/34Kcx0p
Red Hawaiian salt: amzn.to/2NOpjUJ
The Kentucky Bourbon Rub that I used I bought at The Butcher Shoppe in Pensacola, FL, if you're ever in the area. Be prepared if you ever go there, it's a meat and spice wonderland, you may lose your mind (like my wife does!)
But here's a locator for the spice company, maybe you can find it near you!
nutmegspice.co/store-locator
If you don't have a favorite rub or dry brine recipe, here's a basic one...
**You will want to rinse and dry the bird off with this brine because it's salt heavy (which makes for a super delicious bird!)**
BASIC DRY BRINE INGREDIENTS:
7 Tbs of Kosher salt
3 Tbs of brown sugar
MAPLE BOURBON GLAZE
3/4 C grade A maple syrup (I used Crown Maple aged in bourbon barrels)
1/2 C brown sugar
1/4 C brown mustard
1/2 C Bourbon Whiskey
- Use real syrup in this. Not that cheap sugar water stuff. Real maple syrup.
At this time of year, Costco usually has a huge bottle the Crown Maple Syrup for about 20 bucks. They do sell it at Wal-Mart, it's a very small bottle, they do have it, at least in my part of the country. Worth the money, I promise!
⭕️⭕️Like what you 👀? Click below and make sure to hit that 🔔! ⭕️⭕️
⭕️⭕️ bitly.com/joinjaxx ⭕️⭕️
Song title Cantina Blues by Kevin MacLeod
Music is shareware supplied by incompetech.com and is used with their permission.
#smokedturkey #turkey #thanksgiving #howto #pitbarrelcooker
