A juicy smoked turkey is the star of many holiday meals and special gatherings. The smoky savory flavor sets it apart from a basic roasted turkey. But where can you track down a high-quality pre-smoked turkey? This definitive guide covers all the best places to buy a ready-to-eat smoked turkey, or how to smoke one yourself.
Ordering a Mail Order Smoked Turkey Online
One of the easiest ways to get a pre-smoked turkey delivered right to your door is to order from a mail order company online. Specialty meat purveyors smoke turkeys with premium ingredients and ship them frozen or refrigerated.
Hey Grill Hey
The website Hey Grill Hey, created by smoking expert Susie Bulloch, offers tutorials on smoking turkeys along with barbecue rubs and sauces. While you can’t buy a pre-smoked turkey from Hey Grill Hey, you can use their guides to smoke your own at home.
Burgers’ Smokehouse
Burgers’ Smokehouse is a 100+ year old family smokehouse in California Missouri. They have a wide selection of smoked turkeys including whole birds, boneless breasts legs, seasoned varieties, and holiday combo packs. Their turkeys are smoked over premium hardwoods like hickory, apple, cherry, and pecan.
D’Artagnan
D’Artagnan provides artisanal smoked meats online, including their smoked turkey breast – fully cooked and ready to gently reheat and serve. The breast is smoked with a blend of fruitwood and hickory.
Checking Stores for Smoked Turkeys
Many national and local grocery store chains carry smoked turkeys, especially around Thanksgiving and Christmas. Here are some top stores to find in-house smoked turkey options:
Costco
Big box stores like Costco sell large smoked turkeys to feed a crowd. Their Kirkland Signature Smoked Turkey is a precooked 13 lb turkey smoked with hardwood chips.
Kroger
Kroger supermarket company banners like Ralph’s, King Soopers, and Fred Meyer often have house smoked turkeys for the holidays. Look for brands like their Signature Select or Butterball.
Safeway
Check your local Safeway near Thanksgiving and Christmas to find house smoked turkeys plus national brands like Jennie-O.
Visiting a Local Butcher or Specialty Shop
Independent butchers and specialty meat markets are great spots to get a smoked turkey fresh from their own smokehouses. Many will take custom orders for holidays and smoking with different wood flavors.
Double R Meats
Double R Meats is a butcher in Skiatook, Oklahoma focusing on smoked meats. Around Thanksgiving they smoke fresh turkeys with pecan and hickory wood. You can order online for store pickup or local delivery.
HoneyBaked Ham
Although known for ham, HoneyBaked Ham also offers smoked turkeys at their retail locations. Try their “Honey Roasted Turkey Breast” smoked in-house.
Yorkshire Meats
Yorkshire Meats is a British butcher in Los Angeles. They smoke whole turkeys and boneless turkey crowns over oak and hickory for 8-10 hours.
DIY: Smoking Your Own Turkey at Home
If you have a backyard smoker, charcoal grill, or even a kettle grill, you can smoke your own turkey from scratch. Hey Grill Hey provides an excellent step-by-step tutorial for smoking a turkey at home on different grill types.
Smoking your own bird takes effort, but gives you total control over wood flavor, seasoning, and doneness. Apple, cherry, pecan, and maple pair well with complementary woods like hickory or oak. Maintain an even temperature around 225-250°F and smoke for about 30 minutes per pound.
Mail Order Smoked Turkey Options
Ready-to-eat mail order smoked turkeys provide convenience along with gourmet flavors. Two top online sellers include:
Burgers’ Smokehouse Smoked Turkeys
Burgers’ Smokehouse offers premium smoked turkeys ranging from 8-22 lbs. Choose hickory smoked, honey glazed, herb roasted, and more. Their bone-in and boneless turkey options ship refrigerated or frozen.
Butterball Fully Cooked Smoked Turkey
Butterball’s whole smoked turkey comes precooked so it just needs reheating. They are smoked over a blend of hardwoods for tender, juicy meat with authentic smokehouse flavor. The turkeys ship frozen.
What If I Can’t Find a Smoked Turkey?
If you strike out finding a pre-smoked turkey, don’t worry! You can buy an uncooked turkey and smoke it yourself at home. While smoking a raw turkey takes longer, you can customize the flavor and wood smoke to your tastes.
An awesome smoked turkey is worth seeking out. With so many options – from online ordering to butcher shops to DIY smoking – you can enjoy wood-fired flavor for your next turkey day feast.
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FAQ
Can I buy a ready cooked turkey?
You can buy a whole, fully cooked smoked turkey frozen from butterball. Just heat it up, or thaw and carve if you want to eat it cold.
Does Butterball make a smoked turkey?
Butterball Smoked Whole Turkeys are fully cooked and ready to eat. They can be used in recipes calling for cooked turkey without prior heating.
Do walmart sell smoked turkey?
They sell a two-pack of smoked turkey legs at Walmart and they are amazing. Smokey, tender, and hit the spot for a meat and potato kind of meal. Today I have the bones, which had tons of meat still on them, simmering in a pot of lentils. I love anything that will stretch for two meals.