smoking chicken breasts

[scaredcat]

Newbie here... how long will it take to smoke chicken breasts?  I heard the fire should be around 325

 

[fwismoker]

Most people smoke chicken from 275 to 325,350...personally i go 275 to 300.    It's not a low and slow meat. Your final target temp for poultry is 165, which means for a small piece like a breast you can take it out of the smoker maybe 162 or so and wrap/rest it for 15....it will climb easily to 165. 

 

[scaredcat]

how long will it take? trying to judge my time.  Seems like maybe an hour?

 

[fwismoker]

how long will it take? trying to judge my time.  Seems like maybe an hour?

If it's 300 then yea that or less but just keep an eye on the temp...165 it should be plenty juicy. 

 

[scaredcat]

turned out great!!

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• scaredcat
• Jan 27, 2013

 

[smokeusum]

turned out great!!

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• scaredcat
• Jan 27, 2013

I'm getting ready to throw a bunch of breasts in the smoker -- it's cold, and well, it's meat in the fridge so it should be smoked! Did you just put a BBQ sauce on them or what? :)

 

[scaredcat]

I used a southwest rub and some pepper.  Smoked it until it got to about 160 degree, then put bbq sauce on for the rest of the time.  Very moist and tasty