Smoked Whole Chicken

Jason Hardee, Elite BBQ Smokers

How many times have you went to the grocery store and bought one of those rotisserie chicken to take home for supper? They are good, but they just don’t have the right flavor. Well, this recipe is going to show you just how simply it is to Smoke a whole chicken that we make you never want to get one of those grocery stores chickens again. And what will make it even better is that the price. It is half of cost of those rotisserie chickens’.

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Equipment

Smoker / Grill

Ingredients

Smoked Chicken

3-4 lbs. Whole Chicken Fryer
Fire Dancer BBQ Chicken Rub

Brine

6 cups Water
0.5 cups Butchers BBQ – Bird Booster Chipotle Flavor

Spritz

3 oz. Triple 9 Apple Habanero Glaze
3 oz. Apple Juice

Instructions

Brining

Combine all the brine ingredients and mix until the solids have dissolved
Remove the Chicken from the packaging and remove the inner packaging with Liver etc.
Place the Chicken in a bag or container (breast side down) and place in the refrigerator for 4-hours

Seasoning

After 4-hours remove from the Brine and dap dry with a paper towel
Place the Chicken in a Grill Safe pan with the Breast side down.
Liberally apply the Rib to the back side of the chicken
Flip the Chicken over and apply the rub liberally to the top side.
Allow the chicken to rest until the rubs bind to the meat

Grilling / Smoking

Set the Temperature on the Pellet grill to 250°
Place the Chicken in the Grill safe pan in the Pellet Grill
Mix up you spritz
Rotate and spritz every 30-minutes to maintain the moisture in the chicken skin and ensuring that the skin is not burning
Remove from the grill when the Chicken Thigh meat reaches and internal temperature of 180° and the breast meat reaches an internal temperature of at least 165°
Allow the chicken to rest for about 10 minutes
Slice, serve & Enjoy

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