Smoked Buttermilk Leg Quarters (w/ Q-View)

alelover · May 8, 2011

Harris-Teeter had leg quarters for .97 a pound this week. And the weather forecast for Sunday was perfect. Great day for a smoke.

Washed and dried the chicken. Removed what I think was the femoral artery. Wish I got a pic of it but my hands were pretty slimy at that point.

Got my ingredients together. Very simple recipe.

Rubbed the chicken with the dry ingredients.

Put them in a big stainless bowl.

And cover with a 1/2 gallon of buttermilk.

Cover and refrigerate overnight.

Be back later when we get fired up. Also doing meatloaf and ABTs today as well.

SmokinAl · May 8, 2011

richoso1 · May 8, 2011

Sounds like the start of a great smoke and Q too. Buttermilk is my choice of brine for chicken.

Save the planet... it's the only one with Q.

venture · May 8, 2011

Nice start. Gotta love that buttermilk.

Good luck and good smoking.

alelover · May 8, 2011

Chicken given a quick rinse. A little S & P and Cavender's and off to the smoke.

Sittin pretty at 225 all the way across.

alelover · May 8, 2011

Chicken after 2 hours. Meatloaf is in another post.

alelover · May 9, 2011

Pulled the chicken at 170-180.

It was delicious. Pulled apart real easy.

Bearcarver · May 9, 2011

All looks great Scott !!!!

One question: How long after seasoning, do you put them in buttermilk? I'm just thinking the buttermilk would remove the seasoning flavors.

I'm not big on fowl, but I could go for some of this in a hurry!

Bear

alelover · May 9, 2011

About 15 minutes. I was in a hurry. The seasonings mixed in with the buttermilk. They came out great. Tender juicy and delish.

rdknb · May 9, 2011

I have never marinated in buttermilk, well chicken that is. When grilling blue fish I do. I will have to give that a try. Looks great

roller · May 9, 2011

Looks real good . I like the Buttermilk idea. But I would be wanting to put me some corn bread in it....

alelover · May 9, 2011

I don't think you'd want to be dippin in it after the raw chicken sat in it all night.

fpnmf · May 9, 2011

Looks delicious!!!

Craig

jirodriguez · May 9, 2011

Nice job, I love using buttermilk marinades. I usually just season the buttermilk.... lol. Now what was in the foil taco on the top rack?

roller · May 9, 2011

Before !

alelover · May 9, 2011

Those are peanuts Johnny.

alelover · May 9, 2011

Roller said:
Before !

venture · May 9, 2011

Another who seasons the buttermilk.

That is a nice looking smoke!

Good luck and good smoking!

alelover · May 12, 2011

I like that buttermilk thing. I've been eating the chicken and the meatloaf all week. Here are some leftovers for your viewing pleasure. Some good internal muscle fiber views. I steamed them for about 10 minutes on low steamage in my custom made steamer.

Here 's one without it's skin. I do low and slow so the skins like leather when I get done. But that's OK I'm fat enough.

Here's a little piece sliced off. A nice pinkish hue.

Well let's dig in and see some muscle.

Pretty delish about now. Did I mention I like that buttermilk thing? Oh and that drumstick. It never stood a chance.

OK., I think were finished.

Did I mention I like that buttermilk thing?

Thanks for watching.

SmokinAl · May 13, 2011

Looks awesome Scott!

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