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Are you looking to make a delicious smoked dessert this fall season? Smoked pumpkin pie on smoker grills is the perfect recipe to try this year.

The process is a lot simpler than you might think. Most of the work is done before you even start the smoke. We are going to jump into the recipe for smoked pumpkin pie- you will like it so much more than the original recipe!

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The Best Pumpkin Pie You’ll Ever Try

Pumpkin pie is a tradition in most homes at Thanksgiving. When you heat it in the smoker, you get a lot more flavor and a delicious, smokey taste. This Smoked Pumpkin Pie Recipe is the perfect dessert to try out this fall- your friends and family will be sure to love it.

If you have never smoked anything before, this is a good place to start. We are going to take you through all of the steps, getting you to the best pumpkin pie you have ever tasted. Check out our recipe below to get started making your own!

I make this recipe on my Camp Chef Woodwind Wifi pellet smoker, but any type of smoker will do! You can even get away with doing this on a grill if you have a way to supplement your grill with wood fired smoke.

Getting Your Smoked Pumpkin Pie Ready

Before you start, you always want to be sure that the smoker is on. Preheat your oven or grill to 425ºF. Also, preheat your smoker to 350ºF. With the smoker, the goal is to have at least a little bit of smoke flavoring the pie.

Pour your pumpkin pie filling into the crust, then cook it in the oven or grill at 425ºF for 15 minutes.

You can tell if your pie is cooked the whole way by doing the “knife test”. You can do this by inserting a table knife, or even a toothpick, into the center of your pumpkin pie.

If your knife comes out clean, with nothing on it, then the pie has finished cooking. You want to do this when the pie is warm, as the knife test might cause the filling to crack when it is cooling.

Another way to tell if you are ready to move onto the next step is to gently shake the pumpkin pie. If it jiggles, then the filling is not completely cooked yet and needs some more time in the oven or grill. Once you are sure that your pie is done, you can move onto the next step- using the smoker!

Why Use a Canned Filling?

When it comes to pumpkin pie fillings, canned pumpkin puree works amazingly. You might think that to make a delicious pie, you need to work completely from scratch. However, when it comes to a smoked pumpkin pie, the puree really nicely.

Fresh, real pumpkins can vary in size and moisture. Which means that your cooking time might vary as well. If you want to make a consistent pie that cooks well the first time, we recommend using a filling.

You can try making your filling if you are confident, of course! We are thinking of beginners to using a smoker and how this recipe can be a learning experience for you.

What Wood to Use

When smoking your pumpkin pie, you are going to want to use either maple, cherry, applewood, or equivalently flavored pellets if you’re using a pellet grill.

Lighter woods work better with pies since they do not hide the flavors of the pumpkin pie filling. You want to choose a wood that is not going to overpower your pie. Once you have your wood or pellets picked out, then you can move on to smoking your pie, these are the steps.

Smoking Your Pumpkin Pie

You will want to let the pumpkin pie cool down for 15 minutes before you do anything else with it. After you put in your choice of light wood and the pie has cooled some, it is time to smoke the pie! Go out to your smoker with the pie and place it inside.

Once you have transferred the pie to the smoker cook the pie for another 45 minutes or until you can complete the knife or toothpick test successfully. There should be barely any pie on either of those items during the test.

You could also check it with a cooking thermometer if you have one. The pumpkin pie should have an internal temperature of 175 F when it is finished. If it is not there yet, you can always put it back in for a few minutes.

Before that, while the pie is cooking, you might want to cover the edges of the pie halfway through the smoking time. This stops the crust from burning since it is receiving the most heat. Finally, you can remove the pumpkin pie from the smoker and let it cool for at least two hours before you serve it.

Cool and Serve

Once your pumpkin pie has cooled for those two hours, you can carefully take it from the fridge and set it on a table. Cutting the pie to serve is easy- you have already likely cut pies before! All you need to do is slice it into the sizes that you want. Serving smoked pumpkin pie is simple.

Pumpkin pie goes best with vanilla ice cream or a whipped cream topping. As you can see, making a delicious smoked pumpkin pie and serving it to your family and friends is easy! If you need a recipe to try using your new smoker for the first time, then we would recommend that you give this a try.

You might want to serve your pie warm, however, your pie should cool completely before you serve it. It can be tempting, but it is better to wait. Pies can stay warm in the center when their outside is cooled. If you want that perfect slice of smoked pumpkin pie, then it is going to be much better to wait- trust us on that one!