Dialed In

[Georgia Chad]

Hi guys,

      Got a couple of yard birds under my belt now and am amazed and satisfied with the results.  Did a small bird last night and it came out fantastic.  Here is how it went down.

• Brined overnight 1 lemon, 1 cup salt, one gallon water
• Dried it off, rubbed with Olive oil, garlic powder, italian seasoning, cayenne pepper, cracked black pepper
• Smoked with Cherry for two hours
• Oven set at 250 (holding around 220 due to the outside temp) for 3 hours until IT hit 170
• FTC for one hour

and TaDaa


It came out great!  My wife thought it was possibly the best bird she ever ate.  I thought it was a bit salty, but still great.  Only thing I didnt like was the skin was not crispy at all.

I got to thank a lot of you on here.  I never would have done everything this way if I hadn't read how well it has worked for most.  You guys are some really impressive cooks on this board

Thanks!!
-Chad-

[beefmann]

congrats.. keep up the good work

[TedEbear]

It sounds like everything went pretty well.  If you want the skin crispy you need to put it in your oven for the last 1/2-1 hour.