Prep
30 mins
Cook
3½ hours
Serves
10+
Level
Intermediate
Griddle
300°F (smoker)
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Talk turkey to me, baby! We take that Thanksgiving bird and turn it into smoked pulled turkey on the Blackstone Pellet Grill, with a Cheerwine Lexington-style BBQ sauce that screams North Cacolacky. Built on soft potato rolls with a sweet-tangy slaw.
Turkey
- •18 lb pre-brined turkey
- •Hussey's Chicken Dust
- •Hussey's Butt Dust
- •1 stick butter
- •Martin potato buns
Cheerwine BBQ Sauce
- •10 oz ketchup
- •10 oz apple cider vinegar
- •1/4 cup water
- •5 Tbsp brown sugar
- •1 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce
- •1 Tbsp Texas Pete hot sauce
- •1 Tbsp Chicken Dust
- •1 Tbsp Butt Dust
- •12 oz Cheerwine
- •1/2 stick butter
Slaw
- •1/2 head cabbage, sliced thin
- •1 Tbsp sugar
- •1 pinch salt
- •2 Tbsp mayonnaise
- •2 Tbsp white vinegar
- •Cracked pepper to taste
Instructions
- 1Spatchcock the turkey: remove the backbone and cut it in half so you have two pieces.
- 2Place the turkey halves in two aluminum pans. Season liberally with Chicken Dust first, then Butt Dust, concentrating on the carcass side. Put in the pan skin side up. Add 1/2 stick of butter in the bottom of each pan under the turkey.
- 3Put the turkeys on your smoker at 300°F and let them smoke for around an hour.
- 4While the turkey is cooking, make the sauce. Mix the sauce ingredients in a pan and heat on the griddle until well incorporated and hot.
- 5After an hour, check the turkey. Flip breast side down and cook until the internal temperature reaches 165°F. This should take around 3½ hours total.
- 6Once cooked, remove and cover with foil. Let rest for at least 30 minutes.
- 7While the turkey rests, mix the slaw ingredients in a bowl. Mix well and set aside.
- 8Shred the turkey and leave it in the pan with the juice. Add about a cup of Cheerwine BBQ sauce to the meat and mix.
- 9Put a pile of turkey on a roll, add some BBQ sauce, followed by slaw. Put the top on the bun and enjoy!
Hussey's Egg-Griddle Tips
- ▸Spatchcocking helps the turkey cook faster and more evenly.
- ▸You can do this in the oven if you don't have a pellet grill — you'll just miss the smoke.
