Hey everyone, it’s Brad, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, smoked whole chicken and turkey legs. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

I tried this for the first time and it turned out great! How to Smoke the Turkey Legs. You can make these in ANY smoker whether it's electric, charcoal i have followed your smoked turkey legs recipe a couple times this fall already with great results I also put a chicken in the brine and smoked it along with the turkey legs. On the turkey legs I peeled back the skin, pierced the silverskin and meat with a fork. basted it all in a mix of veg oil and worcestershire sauce. pulled the skin back up and secured at the top with toothpicks.

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To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have smoked whole chicken and turkey legs using 15 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Smoked whole chicken and turkey legs:

1. Get whole chickens 3-5 lbs each
2. Make ready turkey legs
3. Prepare orange
4. Make ready lemon
5. Take rosemary
6. Take tarragon
7. Make ready sugar
8. Make ready kosher salt
9. Get chili powder
10. Take onion powder
11. Get garlic powder
12. Prepare cayenne pepper
13. Prepare dried bay leaves
14. Prepare chopped dehydrated onion
15. Prepare water

Tips on prepping them & setting up your smoker for best results. Our recipe for smoked turkey brine works for turkey breast and turkey 'ham' (which is the other name for the drumsticks meat). If you are planning to brine a whole. This smoked turkey legs recipe is made with a simple brine and a little patience and are like those Place the turkey legs in the smoker and let it do what it's designed for.

Instructions to make Smoked whole chicken and turkey legs:

1. Combine 3 cups of kosher salt, 4.5 cups sugar, 6 bay leaves, 1 tbsp chopped dehydrated onions and 3 gallons water to make the brine. Soak the chickens and turkey legs in the brine and refrigerate over night or minimum 4 hours.
2. Make the rub. I used Myron Mixon's 'The only other barbecue rub you need' recipe. Combine 2/3 cup chili powder, 1/2 cup sugar, 1/4 cup kosher salt, 1/4 cup onion powder, 1/4 garlic powder and 1 tsp cayenne pepper
3. Soak your choice of wood chunks in water (I used mesquite). Light the charcoal in the smoker. Slice up the orange and lemon into approximately 12 pieces each.
4. Rinse the chicken and turkey in cold water and pat dry.
5. Stuff each chicken with half an orange, half a lemon, 1 sprig rosemary and 2 sprigs of tarragon.
6. Cover the chickens and turkey legs on all sides with the rub.
7. Put the chicken breast side up and the turkey legs on the smoker. Smoke at 275° for 3.5 hours or until the white meat hits 160 and the dark reaches 180. Check the temp periodically and add more charcoal and wood chunks as needed.

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