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Perfect Smoked Oysters with Butter and Lemon

Mads Martigan
These delicious smoked oysters are cooked to perfection and then finished with melted butter, lemon, and white wine.
Adaptable for any grill or smoker, whether you are using a pellet grill like a Traeger, Camp Chef, or Pit Boss, an electric smoker like a Masterbuilt, or just a conventional propane grill like a Weber. 
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine American
Servings 6
Calories 350 kcal

Equipment

  • Grill with Smoker Box or a Pellet Grill OR
  • Electric, Propane, or Charcoal Smoker
  • Oyster Shucking Knife

Ingredients
  

  • 24 Fresh Raw Oysters
  • Salt and pepper
  • Seafood Seasoning
  • Melted Butter, lemon juice, parsley optional
  • a Garlic White Wine Sauce optional

Instructions
 

  • Wash and Rinse your Oysters
  • Shuck open your Oysters with a good shucking knife and season with your salt, pepper, and your favorite seafood seasoning.
    shucking an oyster
  • Fill the hopper and start up your pellet grill, or start your smoker, or gas grill and start to bring temperature up to 200 degrees. Set up your cooking area for indirect heating.
    pellets in the hopper of a pit boss pellet grill
  • Add your smoking wood to the smoker (or smoking box if using a gas grill and continue to bring temperature up to 225 degrees F.
    adjusting the thermostat control knob on a masterbuilt propane smoker
  • Place the oysters, in the shell, gently on the cooking grates of the smoker or grill and close the lid.
    putting oysters in a smoker
  • Maintain the smoker or grill at 225 deg F. for about 30-40 minutes and remove the oysters when they are firm or the internal temperature reads 140 deg F.
    a pit boss pelet grill making smoke and cooking
  • Add melted butter, lemon juice, and parsley, or your favorite white wine garlic sauce and serve immediately. You can also incorporate the smoked oysters into a smoked oyster dip or pasta dish.
    smoked oysters coming out of the smoker

Nutrition

Calories: 350kcal
Keyword bbq, Charcoal, Masterbuilt, oysters, pellet grill, pellet grills, Pit Boss, pit boss oysters, seafood, shellfish, smoked, smoked oysters, smoking on gas grill, traeger, traeger oysters
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