Chicken Question

[chandlersmoking]

I am smoking a beer butt chicken today.  I have a DBS and set my temp to 300.  Seasoned my chicken and put it in smoker.  It has been in about an hour and the IT temp is 106.  Should I leave the temp the same and wait till IT reaches 170?  Is there such a thing as cooking to quickly?

[KevinG]

It depends on what you're looking for, you can cook faster and it will turn out just like an oven cooked chicken. If you cook slow, you need a brine and this usually has more of a ham type flavor to it.

[chandlersmoking]

Well i seasoned it with a garlic and beer seasoning and put in fridge overnite.  Stuck it on my beer holder with the beer in it.  I am smoking it with cherry wood pucks and I guess I was surprised it heated up that quick.  I guess I was wondering if the smoker would get the IT to spec if it was at 250.

[smoker pete]

If you cook your chicken at 250º it will reach your desired IT of 170º.  Should take around 3 - 4 hours.  I learned from others on the forum to pull my yardbird out when the thickest part of the breast reaches 165º which means that the legs/thighs would be at 180º.  I also make sure that my vent is wide open.

I have an OBS but will a DBS reach 300º?

[chandlersmoking]

yes.  You can set it at 320.  I have it at 300 and the temp is 235 and the bird is up to 136. 

[chandlersmoking]

So far so good.  IT is 160.  When its done what temp should it cool down to for cutting up. 

[chandlersmoking]

I am very happy with end product.  Ill post some pics if I can figure it out.

[chandlersmoking]

[chandlersmoking]

  Got it

[Keymaster]

Good looking Yard bird !!! how did you like the flavor?

[TestRocket]

That's a pretty bird you got there! It looks to me you got it figured out. Congrats! Oh and that shinny inside glare will go away soon! Haha!  ;D

[smoker pete]

Where did you get that slick looking Beer Butt chicken holder?  Never seen one like that.  Looks like a nice toy tool to have  ;D

[chandlersmoking]

I got that from Cabelas.  Works great.  The flavor was pretty good.