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Sticky smoked sweet potatoes on a white plate

Smoked Sweet Potatoes

Sweet potatoes fanned out and basted with butter and a sweet BBQ rub. Then smoked with high indirect heat until caramelized and tender on any grill, pellet grill, or smoker.
Whether you've got a Weber kettle, a Traeger or Pit Boss pellet grill, or even a Masterbuilt electric smoker, we've got you covered!
5 from 2 votes
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 2 hours
Total Time 2 hours 20 minutes
Course Appetizer, Potato, Side Dish, Vegetable
Cuisine American, Australian, barbecue, BBQ, Smoked
Servings 6 people
Calories 650 kcal

Equipment

  • A Smoker or Pellet grill -OR-
  • A Gas or Charcoal Grill setup for indirect heat
  • A Foil Lined Baking Tray
  • A Meat Slicing Knife
  • A Basting Brush
  • Hickory, Maple, and/or Apple pellets, woodchips, or chunks

Ingredients
  

  • 6 Medium Sweet Potatoes
  • 1 stick Salted Butter softened
  • ½ cup Dark Brown Sugar
  • Your Favorite Sweet BBQ Rub

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the smoker, or grill setup for indirect cooking, to 325°F. If using a pellet grill, load the hopper with pellets, turn on the grill, and set the temperature for 325°F.

Prepare the Sweet Potatoes

  • Slice the potatoes about ⅔ of the way through, every ⅛ of an inch from one end to the other, creating a "fan."
    6 Medium Sweet Potatoes
    slicing a raw sweet potato
  • Soften half a stick of the butter in the microwave but do not melt. Add about half the dark brown sugar and a tablespoon of your favorite sweet BBQ rub and mix together with the softened butter.
    1 stick Salted Butter, ½ cup Dark Brown Sugar, Your Favorite Sweet BBQ Rub
    melted butter, sugar, and rub for smoked sweet potatoes
  • Place the potatoes on a foil lined baking tray and baste them with the butter/rub mixture using a basting brush. Try and make sure to get the mixture in between every slice.
    basting butter on sweet potatoes to smoke

Smoke the Sweet Potatoes

  • Once the grill or smoker is near its temperature, add your wood chips, wood chunks, or pellets into a pellet tube smoker and place over the direct heat and close the lid.
  • Once the grill or smoker is up to 325°F and producing smoke, place the entire baking tray with the sweet potatoes into the smoker, or on the cool side of the grill.
    a pan of sliced sweet potatoes going in a smoker
  • Every 30 minutes, baste the smoked sweet potatoes with more softened butter, sugar, and rub. You can also baste the melted butter that has collected at the bottom of the pan. Make sure to get in between each slice. Then close the lid again. Smoke for about 2 hours total.
    basting butter on smoked sweet potatoes
  • Check for doneness by piercing the potato with a knife or fork. It should pass through effortlessly when they are finished. Or you can use an instant read thermometer and look for an internal temperature of 200-210*F.
    an instant thermometer showing 200°F on smoked sweet potatoes
  • Remove the tray from the grill or smoker using oven safe BBQ gloves and place somewhere to cool for 10-15 minutes before serving. Sprinkle with more dark brown sugar once cooled if you wish.
    smoked sweet potatoes with brown sugar

Nutrition

Calories: 650kcal
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