Name: BBQ Turkey Recipe
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 5 h
Total time: 5 h 45 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 cup butter; 15 lb whole turkey; ¼ cup chicken soup base; 3 sweet onions; 5 apples; 2 tbsp garlic; dry white wine

How To Make BBQ Turkey

Do something different for Thanksgiving with this BBQ turkey dish. This is a versatile recipe that can also be used on any of your preferred birds.

Prep: 45 mins

Cook: 5 hrs

Total: 5 hrs 45 mins

Serves:

Ingredients

2 cup butter, divided
15 lb whole turkey, neck and giblets removed
¼ cup chicken soup base
3 sweet onions, peeled and cut into wedges
5 apples, cored and cut into wedges
2 tbsp garlic, minced, or to taste
dry white wine, 1 bottle

Instructions

Preheat a gas grill for low heat.
Rub some of the butter all over the turkey, inside and out, then rub all over with chicken base. Cut remaining butter into cubes and toss with onions, apples, and garlic in a large bowl.
Stuff the bird with this mixture and place in a disposable aluminum roasting pan.
Fold the turkey skin around the neck area to cover the hole and then turn the turkey over and pour wine into the opening at the other end until the turkey is full or the bottle is empty. Set the turkey breast side up.
Place the roasting pan on the grill and cover loosely with aluminum foil. If you have a pop up timer or heat safe meat thermometer, insert it into the turkey breast. Close the lid.
Roast until the temperature in the breast reads 170 degrees F (75 degrees C) and the temperature in the thickest part of the thigh reads 180 degrees C (80 degrees C). This takes about 4 hours depending on the temperature of the grill.
When the temperature is getting close, remove the aluminum foil covering the turkey and allow it to brown during the final minutes of cooking.
If it starts to brown too much, just cover it back up. Allow the turkey to rest for at least 20 minutes before carving.