Smoked Buttermilk Leg Quarters (w/ Q-View)

[alelover]

Harris-Teeter had leg quarters for .97 a pound this week. And the weather forecast for Sunday was perfect. Great day for a smoke.

Washed and dried the chicken. Removed what I think was the femoral artery. Wish I got a pic of it but my hands were pretty slimy at that point.

Got my ingredients together. Very simple recipe.

Rubbed the chicken with the dry ingredients.

Put them in a big stainless bowl.

And cover with a 1/2 gallon of buttermilk.

Cover and refrigerate overnight.

Be back later when we get fired up. Also doing meatloaf and ABTs today as well.

 

[SmokinAl]

 

[richoso1]

Sounds like the start of a great smoke and Q too. Buttermilk is my choice of brine for chicken.

Save the planet... it's the only one with Q.

 

[venture]

Nice start.  Gotta love that buttermilk.

Good luck and good smoking.

 

[alelover]

Chicken given a quick rinse. A little S & P and Cavender's and off to the smoke.

Sittin pretty at 225 all the way across.

 

[alelover]

Chicken after 2 hours. Meatloaf is in another post.

 

[alelover]

Pulled the chicken at 170-180.

It was delicious. Pulled apart real easy.

 

[Bearcarver]

All looks great Scott !!!!

One question: How long after seasoning, do you put them in buttermilk? I'm just thinking the buttermilk would remove the seasoning flavors.

I'm not big on fowl, but I could go for some of this in a hurry!

Bear

 

[alelover]

About 15 minutes. I was in a hurry. The seasonings mixed in with the buttermilk. They came out great. Tender juicy and delish.

 

[rdknb]

I have never marinated in buttermilk, well chicken that is.  When grilling blue fish I do.  I will have to give that a try.  Looks great

 

[roller]

Looks real good . I like the Buttermilk idea. But I would be wanting to put me some corn bread in it....

 

[alelover]

I don't think you'd want to be dippin in it after the raw chicken sat in it all night.

 

[fpnmf]

Looks delicious!!!

  Craig

 

[jirodriguez]

Nice job, I love using buttermilk marinades. I usually just season the buttermilk.... lol. Now what was in the foil taco on the top rack?

 

[roller]

Before !

 

[alelover]

Those are peanuts Johnny.

 

[alelover]

 

Before !

 

[venture]

Another who seasons the buttermilk.

That is a nice looking smoke!

Good luck and good smoking!

 

[alelover]

I like that buttermilk thing. I've been eating the chicken and the meatloaf all week. Here are some leftovers for your viewing pleasure. Some good internal muscle fiber views. I steamed them for about 10 minutes on low steamage in my custom made steamer.

Here 's one without it's skin. I do low and slow so the skins like leather when I get done. But that's OK I'm fat enough.

Here's a little piece sliced off. A nice pinkish hue.

 Well let's dig in and see some muscle.

Pretty delish about now. Did I mention I like that buttermilk thing? Oh and that drumstick. It never stood a chance.

 OK., I think were finished.

Did I mention I like that buttermilk thing?

Thanks for watching.

 

[SmokinAl]

Looks awesome Scott!