Whole smoked chicken / Dave's injection method

[chopsaw]

Only way you will ever understand how good this is , is to try it . Fantastic .
Injected and in bag 24 hours , then dry in fridge 24 hours . 48 hours cure time will give it a hammy flavor .
Ready for smoker .

I battle MES 30 temps for some reason .
Finally got an even 240 , took about 3 1/2 hours total
Out of smoker , I rested over night in the fridge .



Broke down ,

The skin was actually good when it came out of the smoker . After resting over night I had to toss it .
Have a roll of paper towels close by , you're gonna need them .
Chop

 

[Rings Я Us]

I did one a while back. Only injected the thickest parts a little.. and then put it in wet cure brine for about 16 ,hours. It was very very juicy..

Cool looking bird in a net.. Lol nice!

 

[daveomak]

Nice smoke on the yard bird... Glad you enjoyed the injected flavor...

 

[ab canuck]

That is a good looking bird..... Point

 

[motocrash]

Beautiful bird chop! I bet that would be great skinless too.

 

[SmokinAl]

Your chicken looks delicious!
Al

 

[indaswamp]

Bookmarked...

 

[okie362]

I missed something. What was it injected with?

 

[Wayne Troyer]

where do you get those nets. I like that, have a problem with my birds falling apart before I'm ready.

 

[gmc2003]

Nice bird chopsaw. Hammy flavored chicken umm. Have to give it go this summer.

Point for sure.

Chris

 

[chopsaw]

I missed something. What was it injected with?

Dave omaks ham injection .
https://www.smokingmeatforums.com/threads/home-cured-ham-recipe.270779/

 

[chopsaw]

where do you get those nets. I like that, have a problem with my birds falling apart before I'm ready.

Got mine from sausage maker .
https://www.sausagemaker.com/netting-s/1929.htm

 

[GaryHibbert]

Thats a good looking chicken. What did it weigh in at? And what size netting did you use? I plan to order some but "I know nothing" about netting.
POINT
Gary

 

[chopsaw]

Gary , that chicken was 8lbs. I used size 28 . It says 8" diameter but it will stretch more than that . I used it on the picnic ham I did . Stretched it over a 10 1/2 " pot . Picnic was 12lbs .

 

[GaryHibbert]

Great. Thanks for the quick reply.
Gary

 

[Wayne Troyer]

Got mine from sausage maker .
https://www.sausagemaker.com/netting-s/1929.htm

Thanks a lot.