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Recipe Discussions => Poultry => Topic started by: waycoolcat on April 19, 2014, 05:16:31 PM

Title: First whole smoked chicken
Post by: waycoolcat on April 19, 2014, 05:16:31 PM
I was inspired by Barbquebec's spatchcocked chickens the other day and did my first whole birds. I marinaded them overnight, applied rub, smoked over cherry for 2 hours and 20 minutes and finished in the oven to  bring them to 170 degrees IT and crisp up the skin.
(http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h83/1waycoolcat/Bradley%20Smoker/photo_zps8fa9e554.jpg) (http://s62.photobucket.com/user/1waycoolcat/media/Bradley%20Smoker/photo_zps8fa9e554.jpg.html)
Title: Re: First whole smoked chicken
Post by: barbquebec on April 19, 2014, 05:24:14 PM
...what...no invite..looks GOOD!!  8)
Title: Re: First whole smoked chicken
Post by: Saber 4 on April 19, 2014, 05:31:50 PM
Looks like a tasty success to me.
Title: Re: First whole smoked chicken
Post by: Smoker John on April 23, 2014, 02:56:59 PM
those birds look great
Title: Re: First whole smoked chicken
Post by: cardsfan626 on May 03, 2014, 06:55:30 AM
What did you marinate them with overnight?
Title: Re: First whole smoked chicken
Post by: tailfeathers on May 03, 2014, 07:01:02 AM
Fine looking fowl! Great job, especially for your first whole birds. Only problem I can see here is it doesn't appear as though you left much room for improvement! (Not that there's anything wrong with perfection right off the bat)
Title: Re: First whole smoked chicken
Post by: waycoolcat on May 03, 2014, 09:32:52 AM
It was a recipe out of "Smokin with Myron Mixon". I marinated them in 8 cups of chicken broth with 2 2-ounce packets of Lipton dry onion soup mix overnight. Then used his "Basic Chicken Rub" and put them in a foil pan with some apple juice. Even the breast meat was very moist at the end of the cooking process.
Title: Re: First whole smoked chicken
Post by: Old Smokey on May 26, 2014, 12:27:52 PM
Waycool, looks great! Can't wait to try it! What temp was the smoker and oven? How long in the oven?
Thanks
Title: Re: First whole smoked chicken
Post by: waycoolcat on May 26, 2014, 02:25:05 PM
Old Smokey, the smoker was set to 250* F, and I put the oven at 350*F. It was over a month ago since I made them so I don't remember the amount of time in the oven, but it would vary the next time anyway. The important thing is to get an oven temperature probe, or an instant read thermometer and stick it into the meaty part of the thigh, not touching bone and make sure it gets to an IT (internal temperature) of 170*- 180*F.
Title: Re: First whole smoked chicken
Post by: Old Smokey on May 29, 2014, 02:37:59 PM
Waycool, Thanks for your reply.  One last question, did you put the chickens in the pan before placing in the smoker or before putting in oven.?
Thanks,
Title: Re: First whole smoked chicken
Post by: waycoolcat on May 29, 2014, 03:11:12 PM
I put them in disposable foil pans before putting them in the smoker. I get "half steam table" pans at Sam's Club. You get 30 of them for about $6, then I just throw them away instead of cleaning them and I don't have to scrap the smoker racks and V-pan. The smoke gets to them just fine except along the backbone.
Title: Re: First whole smoked chicken
Post by: OldHickory on May 30, 2014, 03:30:26 PM
Quote from: Saber 4 on April 19, 2014, 05:31:50 PM
Looks like a tasty success to me.
Looks that way to me too.