Smoked Turkey Legs

[Brabus]

Anyone got a good time/temp for me to follow?

First time doing turkey legs...

[FLBentRider]

I usually:
1. Brine them in water/salt/brown sugar 8 hours or overnight.
2. Pat dry
3. Preheat smoker to 220 degrees.
4. I smoke with 4 hours of Hickory (We like the smoke flavor Heavy)
5. Empty / refill water bowl and continue until an internal meat temperature of 165. Most of the time it is another hour or so, for a total of 5 hours in the smoker.

Last time I did them, I used a different brine/cure, soaked them too long and ended up with "Country Turkey Ham on a Bone"

[Brabus]

Nice! I'll do the brine and hope for the best! :)

Good to know the times to aim for... but like most meats, i'll make sure to take the temp! Thanks!

[iceman]

There's a "Basic poultry brine" posted on the recipe site that works well with turkey legs.