Whole Chickey Q View

[hbongaiii]

Been dying to cook a whole chicken on the smoker. Today is the day! Here's the Q View....

After brining in the fridge for four hours

Onto the smoker

More to come!!

 

[fire it up]

Good luck with your first chicken.
Brine it in anything special? I mean, all brines are special things but you know what I mean.

 

[carpetride]

She sure will be moist, look forward to seeing the results.

 

[hbongaiii]

Nothing special for the brine, just:
salt, brown sugar, cayenne pepper, tony chachere's, thyme, cumin, black pepper and some worsterchire sauce.........

 

[hbongaiii]

here's the flip...........

added the fatty

 

[werdwolf]

5:52, done yet?

 

[isutroutbum]

Lookin' great! Keep the pics coming!

 

[mballi3011]

Looking good so far. whats in the fattie? sounds like a nice brine in there such be quite tastey.

 

[sumosmoke]

What kind of wood are ya using to kiss those meats? Looks like a good chicken smoke is about to be had. Nice job so far!

 

[hbongaiii]

The fatty is made with Johnsonville Hot and Spicy Bratwurst with sauteed mushrooms and Kroger Mexican Cheese mix. I used some apple to 'Kiss' em with.

Here they are just before I took them off the ECB:

Here they are just before we commenced to eatin' em(That is the reason why I'm just now posting the pics) They were done at 5:10pm. I started em at 225, then an hour and a half into it I boosted it up to 300. The last hour was at 350.

Man, did the chicken come out JUICY!! I put the taters in at the same time as the fatty and they came out PERFECT too!! I've already been put in charge of Thanksgiving!!

 

[pineywoods]

Looks awesome nice job

 

[rickw]

Good looking smoke.

 

[mikey]

Nice lookin' yardbird, fatty & spuds!!

 

[bbq lover]

good looking bird and fattie

 

[isutroutbum]

Great looking meal! That chicken is making my mouth water . . .

Thanks for posting more pics!

Best,
Trout

 

[ronp]

All I can say is NICE.

 

[visilor]

Looks great. How did the skin come out on the bird? I bet boosting it to 350 really helped.

 

[pops6927]

Great Job! Know what's better than smoking a chicken? Smoking two of 'em... leftovers! lol!

 

[porked]

Nice lookin' bird.

 

[hbongaiii]

Boosting the temperature made all the difference with the skin. MMMMMmmmmm. Nice and crispy. Honestly, I don't think I've had a better bird!!