I haven't smoked any chickens for a while and thought I would try spatchcocking them.
Here are the victims, about 5 lbs each.
Cut out the spine with shears
Here is a pic of it layed out.
Brined them overnight
Out of the brine, rinsed, dried and dusted with rub.
Ran the UDS at close to 300 burning RO lump and pecan & apple chunks. Here they are after hitting 170 internal.
These were by far the best chickens I have ever smoked. I made some slight changes to my usual brine. Not sure how much the spatchcock helped other than cooking time. But these birds were outstanding!
Thanks for looking
Here are the victims, about 5 lbs each.
Cut out the spine with shears
Here is a pic of it layed out.
Brined them overnight
Out of the brine, rinsed, dried and dusted with rub.
Ran the UDS at close to 300 burning RO lump and pecan & apple chunks. Here they are after hitting 170 internal.
These were by far the best chickens I have ever smoked. I made some slight changes to my usual brine. Not sure how much the spatchcock helped other than cooking time. But these birds were outstanding!
Thanks for looking