Used some gift cards that I got for my birthday to buy a AMNPS with the pit master blend pellets.
We had to run to Wal Mart for some groceries and decided we wanted to smoke something for supper. So I thought we would give a whole chicken a go. Since this was a spur of the moment deal, no time for brine.
Patted it dry, spatchcocked it, and put some poultry seasoning on. Fired up the MES to 275. Lit the AMNPS (stayed burning the whole 3 hour smoke, used 1 row of pellets). Put the yard bird in around 1 pm and temps steadily rose until 4pm when it hit 165. I preheated the oven to 170 because supper was not supposed to be until 5:30.
The top part of the breast was a tad dry, but the rest was delicious. Leftovers will be made into chicken and noodles.
Next time I think I will try to get some seasoning under the skin and maybe inject it.
We had to run to Wal Mart for some groceries and decided we wanted to smoke something for supper. So I thought we would give a whole chicken a go. Since this was a spur of the moment deal, no time for brine.
Patted it dry, spatchcocked it, and put some poultry seasoning on. Fired up the MES to 275. Lit the AMNPS (stayed burning the whole 3 hour smoke, used 1 row of pellets). Put the yard bird in around 1 pm and temps steadily rose until 4pm when it hit 165. I preheated the oven to 170 because supper was not supposed to be until 5:30.
The top part of the breast was a tad dry, but the rest was delicious. Leftovers will be made into chicken and noodles.
Next time I think I will try to get some seasoning under the skin and maybe inject it.