Steps to Make Homemade Smoked whole chicken and turkey legs

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Cover the chickens and turkey legs on all sides with the rub. Put the chicken breast side up and the turkey legs on the smoker. Place drumsticks on the rack in the smoker. This recipe is for brined and then seasoned smoked whole chicken legs.

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

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

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

Lay your chicken legs on the smoker rack and add smoker wood chips at the same time you add the meat. Place your smoker wood chips directly on the charcoal or inside a smoker wood box. The outside crust will be a golden brown color. Rinse chicken legs and pat dry.

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.

The outside crust will be a golden brown color. Rinse chicken legs and pat dry. While preheating soften butter to easily stir. Mix in paprika, garlic, onion, pepper and thyme and set aside. Add more wood chips and water as needed.

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