Tonight's BGE Dinner: Honey Smoked Turkey!

Tonight's dinner was a modification of Teresa Kent's Honey Smokey Whole Turkey recipe found in the recipe section of this forum....

I used a bone-in turkey breast instead of a whole turkey. I used the following for the injectable marinade...

1 stick I Can't Believe it's Not Butter
½ cup Publix white cooking wine
½ cup clover honey
¼ cup real maple syrup

After I rinsed/dried the turkey, I used a small amount of EVOO on the outside and sprinkled a dusting of poultry seasoning and black pepper. (no salt for us) Then, I sprinkled a light coat of Splenda brown sugar on the outside. Lastly, I injected the marinade to the breast. I let it sit for 4-5 hours in the fridge before it hit the grill. Obviously, I had waaaay too much marinade, so I saved about half (or more) of it and used it to baste the breast every 20 minutes. I tented the breast with aluminum foil as soon as it started to brown, so it stayed a beautiful color, even with a generous handful of pecan for smoke.

Here is the turkey just as it was pulled off the BGE...


The turkey breast after I removed the bone and sliced it...


And, last but not least, my dinner plate just before I demolished it!


This recipe was sooooooo good! I used the drippings to make a gravy that was very good, with the hints of maple and honey making it almost like a sweet bbq sauce. I picked the last bits of turkey off the bones and mixed it with some of the "gravy" for pulled turkey sammies another day.