No matter what you're serving, cooking a Thanksgiving feast takes strategy and planning. Making it on the grill is a brilliant way to impart additional flavor — bet you didn't know your holiday table needed smoky Brussels sprouts and bacon still sizzling off the grates — but a grilled feast can also make prep easier. Marshmallow-crowned sweet potatoes get a s'mores-worthy toasting from the live fire; stuffing becomes rich and moist as it absorbs the dripping juices of the turkey rotating above it.

Here's the complete menu: Grilled Rotisserie Turkey with Stuffing, Grilled Brussels Sprouts, Grilled Stuffed Sweet Potatoes, and (really!) Grilled Pumpkin Pie. Click over to the recipes to get the full instructions, but use this guide as the timeline to get everything on the table at once, perfectly grilled.

Time: 2 Hours and 30 Minutes Before Dinner

Action plan: Popping the turkey on a spinning rotisserie grill attachment is a win for a few reasons: The spinning is basically built-in basting, which results in a juicy bird with a welcome bit of smokiness. And it allows you to position the bird above your stuffing, so any drippings pull double duty as they land (We'll get there in a minute.).

We rub this turkey in a mixture of salt, pepper, sugar and paprika, and position it on the rotisserie over a sheet pan or disposable aluminum pan (You should choose based on your rotisserie's clearance over the grill — your grill might also allow you to remove a grate to place the pan under the bird).

To start, cook the turkey with the grill's lid on for 20 minutes, which will kick-start the browning, then you'll lift the lid to drizzle it with some butter, then close it again for 40 more minutes before adding the stuffing mixture underneath.

Time: 2 Hours and 30 Minutes Before Dinner

Action Plan: When you start your turkey, you should also start your sweet potatoes. Nestle them in on the side of the grill, next to the turkey, over medium-high heat. They need to roast for about an hour, until they're cooked through, but still holding their shape. Start mixing the stuffing ingredients while the sweet potatoes cook — it won't take long, so don't feel like you have to rush. Then remove the sweet poatoes and let them cool a bit (until their next step), and turn your attention to cooking the stuffing.

Time: 1 Hour and 30 Minutes to Dinner

Action Plan: At this point, your turkey still has about an hour to go, which is just how long our grilled stuffing needs, too. Take your prepped stuffing mixture and carefully spoon it into the pan under the turkey. Cover the grill and let everything keep cooking for about 60 to 75 minutes — until a thermometer inserted into the turkey's thigh reads 165 degrees F. You might need to pull the stuffing sooner — check periodically to be sure it doesn't get too brown on the bottom.

During this last hour, you can keep prepping the stuffed sweet potatoes and start prepping the Brussels sprouts — see the next slide.

When everything is ready to come off the grill, leave the turkey to rest for 30 minutes, and keep your stuffing warm inside, in a low-temp oven if necessary.