First smoked chicken, wish me luck!

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Smoking my first chicken today, pics to follow. (If I can figure out how to load them)
 
Here is the bird pre-cook.
 

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Looks like you are off to a great start....

Keep us posted on your cook..
 
All right!

Smoked chicken is one of my favorite things. Looking forward to the finished pictures.

Good luck!
 
Little over half way there, getting excited.
 

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High temp to get crispy skin... Looks good so far...
 
Ok here are the final pics, the bird was great, took it out of the smoker at 165° and threw it on the grill with a little sauce, to Caramelize the sugars. Thanks for looking, and the advice, I think next time I will pull it at 155° and put it on the grill, to get the skin a little crispier.
 

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Well I did smoke a pork shoulder two weeks ago, and last weekend I did three racks of ribs and some bourbon baked beans. But really I did a lot of research before hand, and I am using a maverick 733 to monitor temps. I also do have several years of experience cooking in commercial kitchens when I was much younger. But I will take the complements any way I can get em'. :-D
 
Looks good to me. My first "smoked" chicken was black and rubbery. Literally. Too low temp, fire wasn't burning clean yet, too much smoke. It was horrible. I think I still burp some of it up every now and then...

:mrgreen:
 
THoey1963 said:
Looks good to me. My first "smoked" chicken was black and rubbery. Literally. Too low temp, fire wasn't burning clean yet, too much smoke. It was horrible. I think I still burp some of it up every now and then...

:mrgreen:
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Haha, yeah, I've been very pleased with the results so far, really glad I bought the maverick, and the SMV seems to hold temps really well. I am sure the purists will cry blasphemy, but I like the simplicity of it. Although it isn't quite as set and forget as say the Bradley's. I mean, I still want to feel like I did something at the end of the cook.
 
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