I was going to do my first ever smoke yesterday afternoon, it was gonna be a 3 lb. chicken. I put the chicken in a brine on Friday night and it brined for 24 hours. Saturday night at 8pm I rubbed in down with a cinnamon chipotle rub I purchased at a local butcher shop. I was planning on putting it on my smoker when I got home from church and smoking it 225 for the afternoon. When I woke up the forecast was for off and on rain all afternoon, so needless to say I was bummed so I decided to slow cook it in the oven. Of course it didn't rain at all in the afternoon so I was pretty mad but atleast I was able to do all the prep work on the chicken so next time that won't be an issue. However, I must say that bird was the best bird I had ever had. It was moist and had a wonderful flavor. I had a batch of BBQ sauce that I made earlier in the week with it. There was some left over that I pulled and the wife and I are gonna have pulled chicken sandwiches for dinner tonight.
