Injecting Through Chicken Skin

[BrianGSDTexoma]

What are your thought's on injecting through chicken skin? I been avoiding it because that what I always heard. I am starting to think it really does not matter and would be easier to distribute though I have not done. They say lets the juice out.

 

[normanaj]

I've always injected through the skin and I've never seen juices coming out. Now if you poke the bird so to speak during the cook then that's a different story altogether!

 

[tallbm]

What are your thought's on injecting through chicken skin? I been avoiding it because that what I always heard. I am starting to think it really does not matter and would be easier to distribute though I have not done. They say lets the juice out.

I feel it doesn't matter.
When I brine turkeys I inject brine through skin. When I brine and cure chickens, I inject through skin. When I have roasted turkeys I have brined and injected brine through skin.

My poultry comes out amazing. I think it does not matter one bit :)

 

[BrianGSDTexoma]

That kind of what I figured. Thanks.

 

[SmokingUPnorth]

I inject wings through the skin with no issues.

 

[SmokinAl]

I have always injected thru the skin on chicken & turkey. It’s really the only way to get the injection liquid distributed evenly. You don’t want to have pockets of intense flavor & no flavor in other places. What ever fluid runs out of the bird, I use as a mop sauce while it cooks.
Al