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Thanksgiving Smoked Fatty (Turkey, Stuffing & Cranberry BBQ Sauce)

If you love everything that comes with a traditional Thanksgiving meal, this smoked fatty is for you. It’s got mashed potatoes, stuffing, and cranberry sauce wrapped in seasoned ground turkey, then rolled up in a bacon weave and finished with a cranberry BBQ glaze. It’s smoky, sweet, savory, and way more fun than it has any right to be.
Fatties are also one of my favorite “get creative” BBQ cooks. Once you learn the basic roll-up process, you can swap the fillings, seasonings, and sauces a hundred different ways. This Thanksgiving version started as a weekend experiment with a buddy—brainstorming different fatty combos—and this one was easily the most creative of the bunch.
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Prep Time 1 hour
Cook Time 2 hours 30 minutes
Resting Time 10 minutes
Total Time 3 hours 40 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine BBQ / Holiday
Servings 8
Calories 400 kcal

Ingredients
  

Fatty

  • 1 lb ground turkey
  • 1 cup mashed potatoes
  • 1 cup prepared stuffing
  • 3/4 cup cranberry sauce
  • 1 tbsp poultry seasoning
  • 13 strips bacon

Cranberry BBQ Sauce

  • 1 cup cranberry sauce
  • 2 tbsp cider vinegar
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar
  • 2 tbsp molasses
  • 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • 1 tsp onion powder

Instructions
 

  • Prepare mashed potatoes and stuffing (let cool slightly).
    1 cup mashed potatoes, 1 cup prepared stuffing
  • Preheat smoker to 225°F (maple, hickory, or apple).
  • On a sheet of foil, create a bacon weave (7 strips one direction, 6 the other).
    13 strips bacon
  • Mix half the poultry seasoning into the ground turkey. Put turkey into a zip-top freezer bag, seal, and flatten evenly.
    1 tbsp poultry seasoning, 1 lb ground turkey
  • Slice the bag open (down the middle of the top, then across the bottom) to create a flat turkey rectangle.
  • Use the bag to roll turkey into a log; seal/pinch ends.
  • Add fillings near one end (leave space on edges): mashed potatoes → stuffing → cranberry sauce.
    3/4 cup cranberry sauce
  • Transfer to bacon weave and roll up using the foil. Set seam-side down.
  • Sprinkle with remaining poultry seasoning.
  • Smoke until internal temp reaches 145°F.
  • Make cranberry BBQ sauce: combine sauce ingredients in a pot, bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer 15 minutes, stirring often.
    1 cup cranberry sauce, 2 tbsp cider vinegar, 1/4 cup brown sugar, 2 tbsp molasses, 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce, 1 tsp garlic powder, 1 tsp onion powder
  • Brush fatty with cranberry BBQ sauce at 145°F and continue cooking until 165°F internal.
  • Rest 10 minutes, slice, and serve.
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