smoked chicken

Potatoes and baby carrots in chicken broth, surrounding beer can chicken stuffed with celery and garlic. There is no beer can here, just a stand. Cooked a little over 2 hours at 280-300, in the Even Embers charcoal drum. For $250 its a hell of a smoker. I stopped using rubs on my BBQs lately...

As I've mentioned in a few posts I watch closely my calories and carbs on my weight loss journey. Many nights I eat the same meal which I'm ok with. I intermittent fast so have a large meal in the evening and then a snack meal later. This week my main meal is one lbs of ground chicken browned...

I set up the Webber kettle for I direct and ran this cook at about 285°f for just under 3 hours. Used 3 or so chunks of red oak for smoke. Seasoned liberally with a course garlic salt inside and out. Pulled it once I started getting reading in the 175-185°f. The sunshine really made the...

smoked chicken wings

I've been making these twice a month so we have smoked chicken for snacks, regular salads, and a weekly Cobb salad (which is on the menu tonight). They keep well for 6 or 7 days, then we have a week without, then it's time to smoke another batch. This time I smoked a couple extra and will...

I do love fried chicken. I do hate frying chicken. Frying chicken is messy and adds a lot of fat to chicken. To get around this, a lot of us do a “fried” chicken in our ovens and smokers. Oven chicken can make a nice crispy “fried” chicken, but can it give the thick crunchy coating you get with...