Spice Rubbed Smoked Turkey

This turkey goes with recipes for recipe #194583 and recipe #194648. make sure to begin early enough to allow for marinating time. all recipes originated with cooking light.

Steps

Remove and discard giblets and neck from turkey.

Trim excess fat , then rinse turkey with cold water and pat dry.

Loosen skin from breast and drumsticks by inserting fingers , gently pushing between skin and meat.

Lift wing.

Place turkey on a jelly-roll pan.

Combine the brown sugar and the next 7 ingredients.

Rub seasoning mixture over and under skin.

Cover turkey with plastic wrap.

Refrigerate 8 hours.

Soak wood chunks in water 1 hour , and drain well.

Place a large , disposable aluminum-foil pan in center of bottom grill rack.

Place 25 charcoal briquettes on each side of the pan.

Ignite briquettes.

Place wood chunks over hot coals.

Coat top grill rack with cooking spray.

Place over foil pan and hot coals.

Uncover the turkey.

Remove from jelly-roll pan.

Place on top rack over aluminum-foil pan.

Insert a meat thermometer into meaty part of thigh , making sure not to touch bone.

Cover and smoke turkey 2 1 / 2 hours or until meat thermometer registers 180 , adding 8.

Ingredients

turkey, brown sugar, kosher salt, ground cumin, dried oregano, dried rubbed sage, dry mustard, dried thyme, ground coriander, hickory wood chunks