Over smoked whole chickens

[woodcutter]

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• woodcutter
• Jul 22, 2012

I'm looking for advice on smoking whole chickens. After reading some of the poultry threads I decided to give it a try. I brined the chickens in the refridgerator for 16 hours, rinsed and put a light rub on them. I preheated my smoker to 275 and gave them smoke for almost 3 hours until the breast was 167. I put them in a 425 degree often for 10 minutes to crisp the skin (which worked well). They turned out far too smokey. Should I have removed the smoke at some point or foiled them?

 

[minx boy]

well from your picture, it looks like your have too much smoke going in there, what you want is a thin blue smoke, not the white smoke, white will impart a bad taste to your food. make sure that the wood is not wet and let it catch before putting your food on the pit. Maybe you did all this, but from the picture, there is way too much white smoke in there, it should be only a small amount of blue smoke.

 

[woodcutter]

Thanks. It was suggested that I purchase an AMNPS because I also have problem with even temperatures. I ordered one on Friday.
 

 

[minx boy]

ah ok that is a good idea! Im not the best smoker by far, but I do know that less smoke is better usually, maybe you just had some smokey wood in there :)

 

[chef jimmyj]

Too much Smoke and what wood did you use? Some are much Stronger than others...JJ

 

[woodcutter]

Dry oak chunks. I did have a lot in the pan. The picture does look like white smoke but it was blue.
 

 

[chef jimmyj]

Oak is usually pretty mild. When using chunks I would place 1-2 in the smoke pan of my Meco...JJ

 

[woodcutter]

I had considerably more than 1-2 chunks. That is my problem. Thanks for all the help!

 

[oldschoolbbq]

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• oldschoolbbq
• Sep 28, 2012

When opening the Smoker , it should have enough smoke to waft out lightly .

Have fun and...

 

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[so ms smoker]

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