I have a 4.5 lb. chicken that I am going to smoke today. My OBS gets up to about 225 and I was going to smoke for 2 hours. I am then going to transfer to my oven and finish off for about an hour at 375 to get the chicken up to temp and to crisp up the skin.
Does 2 hours at 225 and 1 hour (approx.) at 375 sound about right? I am just trying to time the rest of my meal so I can plan. Any experienced chicken smoker help is much appreciated.
RA
Probably a good guess. Just cook it to temperature and you should be fine. I have heard others go with 400 in the oven. I like to finish my chicken in TBE. The basket fits in the bradley so it goes straight from the smoker to the cooker without having to mess with it.
I don't have a TBE so it is the oven for me. I am teetering between stand up or racked for the chicken. My last one was stand up so I may rack this one to compare.
RA
Oven would work just fine.
Oven did work fine but temp got to 160 super fast. I hit 160 in less than 30 minutes. I think with a bird that small I may have to limit it to 1.5 hours of smoke. Nice to get some oven time to crisp up the skin.
RA
You could also leave your smoke time at 2 hours and set your house oven to 350. More smoke time and a lower cook temp in your house oven. ;)
Quote from: KyNola on May 22, 2012, 07:16:08 PM
You could also leave your smoke time at 2 hours and set your house oven to 350. More smoke time and a lower cook temp in your house oven. ;)
I have done this before and worked GREAT!
- Sugar