- Feb 18, 2014
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New to the forum and this is my first post here...
I am relatively new to smoking...been cooking on my WSM 22.5 for about 8 months. Today I am going to do a rack of baby backs, about a half a dozen each bone-in chicken thighs and drumsticks, plus a couple of skinless boneless breasts. Rather than fire up the smoker, I plan to do these on the OTG 22.5.
I plan to contain the fire to the left with a small water pan above and the meat to the right...building a foil wall extending above and below the grate. I am thinking that the ribs may only take about 1.5 to 2 hours to cook with no foiling and, while they are resting, the chicken may take 45 minutes or so. Does this sound about right? I have never smoked chicken other than whole beer-can style, and never skinless or boneless like the breasts. With the legs/thighs, I am shooting for a crispy bite-through skin so I know I'll need to ramp up the heat.
Also...would it be better to put the water pan on the charcoal grate beneath the chicken than to have it on the cooking grate above the fire?
Thanks to any and all who can offer some insight regarding this evening's cook.
I am relatively new to smoking...been cooking on my WSM 22.5 for about 8 months. Today I am going to do a rack of baby backs, about a half a dozen each bone-in chicken thighs and drumsticks, plus a couple of skinless boneless breasts. Rather than fire up the smoker, I plan to do these on the OTG 22.5.
I plan to contain the fire to the left with a small water pan above and the meat to the right...building a foil wall extending above and below the grate. I am thinking that the ribs may only take about 1.5 to 2 hours to cook with no foiling and, while they are resting, the chicken may take 45 minutes or so. Does this sound about right? I have never smoked chicken other than whole beer-can style, and never skinless or boneless like the breasts. With the legs/thighs, I am shooting for a crispy bite-through skin so I know I'll need to ramp up the heat.
Also...would it be better to put the water pan on the charcoal grate beneath the chicken than to have it on the cooking grate above the fire?
Thanks to any and all who can offer some insight regarding this evening's cook.