Charcoal-Grill-Roasted Turkey Breast

Name: Charcoal-Grill-Roasted Turkey Breast
Yield: Serves 6 to 8
Ingredients: 1/2 cup, table salt; 1 (5 1/2 to 7 pounds),, bone-in, skin-on turkey breast, prepared according to illustrations below; 3 , wood chunks (3-inches each), or 3 cups wood chips; 2 tablespoons, unsalted butter, melted

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated September/October 2012

Notoriously dry turkey breast is tricky enough to roast indoors using a predictable heat source (the oven). So how do you keep it moist and tender on the grill?

SERVES6 to 8

TIME2½ hours, plus 12 hours brining and 20 minutes resting

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Grill-roasting a turkey breast makes a nice change from the same old oven-roasted holiday bird. And unleashing the smoky fire of the grill on mild-mannered turkey breast is bound to add great flavor. The problem is that unlike fatty pork bu...

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