halfed chicken and ABTs

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Smoking some halfed chicken i picked up this morning. one with spog and the other came with a rub already on it from the store, so i figured why not try it also gonna throw on some abts with fresh jalepenos from the garden. Simple cream cheese sharpwhite chedder and bacon

 

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Looking good so far!

 

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Well there it is my sat. Dinner. The abts were out of this world i never had them before and did not realize how great they are. They will def ve a once a week thing from now on. For the chicken, my smoker had a mind of its own today and did not want to get up over 250 no matter what i did so at about 1 1/2hr mark i took out my water pan and opened her up all the way. And bam therr was the 325 i was looking for. The brest meat on the chciken tured out a tad dry but the rest of it was super moist and i must say it was one of the best chickens ive had in a long time!!

 

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I dont know why all the pics keep posting i cant figure it out

 

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Great color on the chicken! Those ABT's look tasty as well!

 

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Those chickens look extremely good--beautiful color.

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Thank you

 

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I really need to get some jalapeños in the ground. Man those ABT's look tasty! I wouldn't turn down those birds either!

 

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I normally pickle 90% of my jalepenos but i was saw that everyone on here makes these abts. Now i know why they make them!!! And we do alot of chicken around my house my kids refuse to eat red meat (2 girls ages 3&5). My wife and i love to use whatever smoked chicken we have left over and make chicken salad it has that snokey flavor in the back round.. soooo good

 

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Very nice spread . all looked great . What kind of rub was the store bought one , was it good?



Ones I've tried are always too salty..



Have fun and . . .

 

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• Aug 2, 2015

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Great combo, ABT's are great with anything.

 

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The chicken was prepacked with a rub already on it. All it said on the packing was bbq rub. The rub wasent very heavy more like a lite dusting and to my surprise it was actually pretty good not very salty at all and just a tiny bit of heat

 

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What was you total cook time for those half chickens? They look super tasty. I am planning on smoking some half chicken later this week and have never smoked chicken before. How can you help them stay moist?

 

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Wow this looks great.  I wanted to make some ABTs tomorrow but didnt know what to make with them!  Still deciding but this looks like a win!

 

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The chickens took right around 3 1/2 hrs but like i said the first two were around 225° then i got the heat up to 300°

 

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You can prob wrap them in some bacon that would help keep them moist. Whenever i do halved or whole chicken the only part that ever get dry is the breast and it only sometimes and that being a tad dry doesnt bother me because i like to pick the meat from everywhere else on the bird anyways!