How to...Carolina Pit Cooked Chicken...

N8man · Jul 22, 2014

pick the optimum day for the cook......

gonna be cooking over live coals....no wood

half of a charcoal chimney lit, ashing over...

dumped it evenly across the top of the charcoal basket and now waiting on cooking temp....

reminder of how I roll with the chicken......

N8man said:
For those keeping score at home...
this is an original, down home, taste of North Carolina...

made at a grist mill close to where my Daddy was born and raised....
I took a cup and a half of the breader, placed it in a gallon zip lock baggie,
added a tablespoon of crushed sea salt and a tablespoon of Mike Mills Magic Dust....recipe as follows....

1/2 cup paprika

1/4 cup kosher salt, finely ground

1/4 cup sugar

2 tablespoons mustard powder

1/4 cup chili powder

1/4 cup ground cumin

2 tablespoons ground black pepper

1/4 cup granulated garlic

2 tablespoons cayenne

mixed it well into the breader then coated the chicken pieces two at a time by placing them into the baggie, zipping it closed and shaking the bejezus out of it, then using tongs I grasped the pieces while still in the baggie, shook off the excess breader and placed into a bowl for transport outside...
I cooked the chicken somewhere around 350*f for forty five minutes and checked them with my thermapen heat probe, cooking them to 170*f internal.....

chicken close to done.....

pit cooked chicken ready to eat....

gratuitous shoot of the obligatory 2lb. nekkid fatty...

Bonewagon · Jul 22, 2014

Good lookin' yardbird N8! Bet the fatty was delicious too! :thumb:

Fwismoker · Jul 22, 2014

Looks good N8. Did you see the smoker fried i made yesterday? The only thing i did different from normal was add some flour and used my dry Jamaican jerk rub but it was cooked right over the coals in the mini with no diffuser... soooooo good!

I'll try that recipe too. I'm hooked on smoker fried for sure...aint nothin like it.

Stingerhook · Jul 22, 2014

That is some fine lookin chicken.

cheapbeer · Jul 22, 2014

Great looking chicken. I have to say that I have really enjoyed all of your cook threads that I have ever read. Thanks for sharing.

landarc · Jul 22, 2014

Man, that looks terrific Cousin N8man

Boshizzle · Jul 22, 2014

Wow, I bet that's some tasty stuff! Looks delicious!

Garrett · Jul 22, 2014

Darn Tootin!!!

bluetang · Jul 22, 2014

Brother Nate, here's the deal. Thanks for introducing us to this. Since the first post, I've sampled the chit out of it. On a rainy arse night, I oven fried it.....sucked puffy green chit. Then on a whim, I fried as per instructions on the bag ....did not suck, but was no where as good as the Carolina pit cooked chicken ya showed us! I'm am healed Brother! Healed I tells ya(Br're G mod)

MJ_Tenn · Jul 22, 2014

Gonna have to try that...looks really good!

WombleNC · Jul 22, 2014

I cooked N8's recipe last weekend. I used my pork rub which is close enough to his. Got to say it turned out great. My neighbors daughter is a real picky eater and she destroyed 3 legs!!! Just make sure your fire is correct and you only got thin blue smoke. I rushed mine a bit and put it on early before it cleared and it was a little bit too smokey for my taste but was still good. I seem to be the biggest critic of my food anyway. This method is quick, easy, and well worth it! Thanks again N8

J

Grimm5577 · Jul 23, 2014

Looking good N8! Have you tried Andy's Chicken breader?
I think I might have to make some breaded chicken again tonight.

Enrico Brandizzi · Jul 23, 2014

Great looking bird but no way your fatty looks much more yummy for me!

NeilH · Jul 23, 2014

All is well!! Way to represent in good ole NC!!!

code3rrt · Jul 23, 2014

Thanks N8! Great looking chicken, gonna have to see if that product is available around here.

KC

landarc · Jul 23, 2014

I have to ask, I know nothing of this "breader" ingredient. Is it like Dixie Fry? Is it just seasoned flour?

fantomlord · Jul 23, 2014

nice lookin' chicken as usual N8man!

nucornhusker · Jul 23, 2014

Looks awesome, N8. I have cooked KFC your way at least 3-4 times since you posted your Carolina BBQ thread with House Autry I bought online and it is awesome! And the 2lb nekked fatty....

1911Ron · Jul 23, 2014

Good looking grub Brother!

How to...Carolina Pit Cooked Chicken...

N8man

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Stingerhook

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Garrett

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MJ_Tenn

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Enrico Brandizzi

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code3rrt

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