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pumpkin smoking on the grates of a Z Grill pellet grill
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Smoked Pumpkin

Smoked pumpkin adds great smoke flavor to this favorite fall ingredient. Eat it as a side dish like a squash or use it in a recipe. Pureed smoked pumpkin makes delicious desserts!
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Servings 2
Calories 124kcal
Author Mads Martigan

Ingredients

  • 1 Pie Pumpkin
  • 2 tablespoon Olive Oil
  • ½ teaspoon Kosher Salt

Instructions

Cutting Pumpkin and Removing Seeds

  • Using a sharp knife, slice the pumpkin in half. You want to slice it right down the middle, a little offset from the stem.
    1 Pie Pumpkin
    slicing a pumpkin in half using a large meat slicing knife
  • Scoop out the insides, including the seeds and pulp, with a large metal spoon.
    a metal spoon scooping out the seeds and pulp from a pie pumpkin
  • Scrape the inside of the pumpkin to remove all the strings that are attached to the walls. Repeat with both halves.
    two halves of a cleaned out pumpkin

Seasoning the Pumpkin

  • Use a fork to prick the flesh of the pumpkin.
    pricking the flesh of a pumpkin with a fork
  • Brush the inside walls of each half of the pumpkin with olive oil using a silicone basting brush.
    2 Tbsp Olive Oil
    a silicone basting brush brushing olive oil on the inside of a cleaned out pumpkin
  • Season lightly the inside of each half with salt.
    ½ Tsp Kosher Salt
    half of a cleaned out pumpkin oiled and salted

Start the Smoker

  • Start your smoker and let it run through the start up process. Then set the temperature to 350°F. If your smoker does not go this high, set it to the highest temperature it will go.
  • Load the wood pellets, wood chips, or wood chunks into the smoker or grill, depending on what type of grill you are using.
  • Light pellet tube smoker or firebox, if using.
    wood chunks in a firebox set inside an aluminum foil loaf pan
  • Oil the cooking grates to prevent sticking.

Smoke Pumpkin

  • Once the smoker is preheated, place both halves of the pumpkin onto the grates, skin side down.
    pumpkin halves on the grates of a pellet smoker
  • Smoke the pumpkin until the flesh is fork tender, which takes about 1 hour at 350°F.
    fork going into the flesh of a smoked pie pumpkin
  • Carefully remove the pumpkin to a cutting board to cool before eating or using in a recipe.
    smoked pumpkin on a cutting board

Nutrition

Serving: 8oz | Calories: 124kcal | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 10g | Sodium: 582mg | Potassium: 0.3mg | Calcium: 1mg | Iron: 0.1mg