Cajun Butter injected whole chicken w-q/view

[chisoxjim]

Injected this whole bird last night with Tony C's Cajun butter. Rubbed it this a.m. with my rub. GOnna smoke @ 250 til its done on the WSM with lump and hickory.









tequila, Jim Beam,and Miller is flowing, back with pics later.

 

[jacksmoke]

Damn, that's gonna be good! The bird is going to be tasty too.

 

[chisoxjim]

im hopin so, first time using the Tony C's as an injection.

 

[werdwolf]

Look'in good, I will be check'in back to see how it turns out.

 

[uncle_lar]

looking good Jim, we got the smokes going in north central Illinois today!

 

[chisoxjim]

thanks lar,

gotta take advantage of this balmy mid 30's weather...

not that January stopped any of us.

 

[sumosmoke]

Did you inject a bottle's worth of sauce into the chicken? I'm anxious to see how this tastes.

 

[r 12]

that injection sauce is good to deep fry birds with

 

[chisoxjim]

about half a bottle, and this bird was really good. took about 3.45 hours, and rested for about 30 minutes before pulling. Made some good tacos.

im downloading pics now, be up in a few minutes.

 

[chisoxjim]

here are the pics. Really one of the better chickens I have smoked. THe injection really made the meat stay moist, and flavorfull. Made some real nice chicken tacos, and Im guessing a real good chicken salad sandwich for lunch today.

just out of the smoker:



after 30 minute rest:



pulled with tongs:



wings:



crisp skin, I rubbed the bird with veg. oil before my rub hoping that would help crisp it up. Also rubbed the inside of the bird with my rub. Smoked it the whole time on the lower rack of the WSM @ about 250... RO lump, and hickory.

thanks for looking

 

[bamahoov]

Good lookin bird Jim! How big was it?

 

[chisoxjim]

thanks.

I think it was just under 5 lbs., just enough for a family of 3 with some leftovers.

 

[beer-b-q]

They look great...

 

[bmudd14474]

Its amazing that something so simple as a yardbird can be cooked so may ways and to taste different. Gotta love the yardbird. Great Job.

 

[richoso1]

Congrats on what looks like a great smoke and Q. Nice color to the bird too.

 

[chisoxjim]

thanks,

I think the veg oil under the rub did the trick gettig some crispy skin. even though it was on the lower grate of the WSM the whole time inches above the water bowl.

 

[mballi3011]

Now thats a good looking hunk of chicken there Jim. Did your injection take and was it really juicy and did you get much flavor out of the injection.

 

[chisoxjim]

thanks mark

that Tony C's cajun butter really did the trick. Kept the meat moist, and packed some flavor. It got a good 12 hours plus with the injection inside.

 

[triplebq]

Thanks for sharing . I saw that setup this past weekend at two different places and almost bought it . Now I will . I bet that it did indeed make some good tacos as well .

Buddy

 

[chisoxjim]

are you talking about the TOny C's marinade with the injector buddy?

That is the cheapo injector I use for my butts and didnt have any plans for the marinade it came with, then figured why not give it a try. glad I did.