Barbecued Turkey Drumsticks on the Traeger
Just like at a summer fair, turkey drumsticks are delicious and fun to eat. This recipe smokes them slowly in wood-fired flavor and finishes with a dunk in sticky BBQ sauce. Not your typical holiday dish, these will be a welcome change!
Equipment
- Traeger Timberline XL
- Meater thermometer
- Cambro 1 quart container
Ingredients
- 3 turkey drumsticks
- 1/4 cup almond oil
- 1 cup Grill Dads Badda Bing poultry dry brine
- 3 cups BBQ sauce of your choice
Instructions
- Preheat your Traeger grill to 275* with the super smoke feature enabled.
- Unwrap the turkey drumsticks and pat them dry with a paper towel.
- Coat each turkey drumstick with a thin layer of almond oil.
- Then season each drumstick generously with the Grill Dads’ dry brine seasoning.
- Allow the drumsticks to sweat for about 15 minutes while the grill gets hot.
- Insert a wireless temperature probe in one drumstick, parallel with the bone.
- Place the drumsticks in the preheated grill and close the lid.
- Set the Meater thermometer to poultry with a target temperature of 170*.
- Smoke the turkey legs in the Traeger until the internal temperature reaches 150*.
- Pour a large amount of your selected BBQ sauce in a tall cup or container.
- When the drumsticks have reached 150* internally, carefully remove them from the grill.
- Using gloved hands, carefully dip each drumstick in the prepared BBQ sauce, coating completely.
- Return the dipped drumsticks to the grill and allow to continue cooking until the interal temperature reaches 170*.
- Remove the drums from the grill and serve while hot!