Charcoal Grill Turkey Legs

Turn the turkey legs with grill tongs every 10 minutes as you baste them with your favorite barbecue sauce or seasoned basting liquid.

Charcoal grill turkey legs. Step 2 in a large pot mix the lemon lime flavored carbonated beverage sugar hot sauce red pepper pepper and onion. In my 22 1 2 inch weber kettle there s just enough room to grill a cut up 20 pound turkey. Allow the legs to cook on the grill 4 5 minutes per side or until they get a few char marks. Prepare the turkey legs with a charcoal or gas grill.

Turkey is just like any dish with chicken there are dozens of ways to go about the same basic recipe. Closed lid grilling traps heat and steam for faster cooking and a moister product. Sear the meat of the turkey legs. Divide the charcoal briquettes into two piles one on each side.

First set up the grill for indirect cooking. Move the legs to your upper cooking rack or continue to cook over indirect heat for 45 minutes to an hour or until the legs are done. To brown the skin and lock in flavor sear each turkey leg on the grill on direct heat for approximately one and a half minutes on each side. I brined these turkey legs and chicken wings ove.

Bbq turkey legs ala slow. Bring up to a steady 300f. In your smoker i prefer my pitbarrel create fire using cowboy charcoal and western wood chips. Smoke the turkey leg or legs low and slow until the internal temperature reaches 165 degrees f.

Place the turkey legs in the mixture and bring to a boil. Set the drumsticks on the cool side of the grill and close the lid. In this easy cooking video i grill some chicken wings and turkey legs on my weber jumbo joe charcoal grill. Lather with olive oil and season with onion powder garlic powder paprika black pepper cayenne powder and cumin.

Preheat an outdoor grill for high heat and lightly oil grate. Provided below are several recipes for turkey legs including at least one turkey leg brine recipe as well as advice on seasoning and how to marinate turkey legs. A step by step guide to grilled turkey legs. Baste each turkey leg with a generous amount of barbecue sauce.

This could take three to six hours depending on the size of your turkey legs. Lightly coat each turkey leg with the oil season with salt pepper then place them on your grill.