Hi everyone.....well I am enjoying my 4 rack electric smoker with some great results.....added pictures of the chickens I am doing tonight but also did pulled pork butt and chicken legs.
Experimenting with rubs as well....one question I find sometimes coming out a bit black and I am thinking it is the rub....if there are other thoughts please share.
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I haven't fully smoke/cooked a chicken in the Bradley for several years, and I can't recall how dark they would come out. But a few answers to the following questions may help member to resolve the issue.
1 - Did the rub have a high sugar content?
2 - What temperature did you cook the chickens at?
3 - How much smoke and what type of smoke did you apply?
4 - How long did the chicken take to cook?
5 - What was the final internal temperature (breast and thigh if you measured both areas)?
6 - Did the skin taste like it was burnt, or did it have an off taste?
7 - Did the drip tray have a lot of burnt on residue?
Thank you for your reply and questions.....sorry was away for a few days and so not able to reply.
1 - Did the rub have a high sugar content?
One had sugar in the rub and the other had no sugar
2 - What temperature did you cook the chickens at?
Set for 230 and hit it for most of the time that is what the recipe called for
3 - How much smoke and what type of smoke did you apply?
Smoked for 2 hours and used maple I think
4 - How long did the chicken take to cook?
Just over 3 and a half hours although could have come out at 3 hours I think
5 - What was the final internal temperature (breast and thigh if you measured both areas)?
Above suggested marks - don't remember the exact
6 - Did the skin taste like it was burnt, or did it have an off taste?
Maybe a little
7 - Did the drip tray have a lot of burnt on residue?
Not sure what is considered a lot as still new but it did not seem like a lot
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Don't know if this would matter but was your vent all the way open? Sometimes if not to much moisture builds up which is also known as black rain.
Quote from: watchdog56 on October 09, 2018, 07:07:15 AM
Don't know if this would matter but was your vent all the way open? Sometimes if not to much moisture builds up which is also known as black rain.
I kept it about half open and saw smoke coming out.
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Usually with chicken you want to keep it all the way open to get the moisture out. Mine is full open all the time for everything I smoke.