Go to Smoked Chicken

Smoke Dawg · May 28, 2017

I get requests every year for Smoked Turkey and this year I was asked if I would smoke up some chickens
I used my Turkey recipe and method and this is what we did!

No excitement in making the brine or injecting the birds. All birds were pumped full of brine on Friday night and then stuffed in a cooler with frozen ice bottles and topped off with brine for a 12 hour soak.

This is them opened up on Saturday and ready to bag and hang

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I used to just tie them up and hang but sometimes the arms and legs would be in full flight position at the end of the smoke. Fellow Brethren Chris (Oifmarine2003) sent me some stockinet’s to try and I now use them every time. Here they are hanging before the fire is started.

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Time to light the fire

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And get smoking

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Elly May Approves and stands guard!

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A few hours into the smoke

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Taking on the smoke nicely

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Just about done – Need to get to 165° internal

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Done and removed from the smokehouse

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Cooling before refrigeration

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Gotta have one for a taster

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This was sooooo good we just sliced off hunks and ate with our fingers! (I love this Old Hickory garbage sale knife find!)

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This morning we wanted Chicken sammiches. The meat was still very moist even when cold

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Slightly toasted bread, Mayo, spicy mustard, Cheddar cheese, Chicken, Avocado, Sweet spicy pickles, onions, and pickled jalapenos.

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Plated in our finest China with MSD’s tatoe salad sprinkled with Johnny’s Salad Elegance

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This Sammich did not suck – I will have more of these babies!

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Thanks for Lookin
SD

BillN · May 28, 2017

Oh yeah! looks amazing, nice work.:thumb:

Smoke Dawg · May 28, 2017

BillN said:
Oh yeah! looks amazing, nice work.:thumb:

Thanks Bill, I usually do these in cold weather so the heat added some different challenges.

IamMadMan · May 28, 2017

Awesome chicken..... Great tutorial..

bwram1 · May 28, 2017

Awesome! :clap2:
I gotta build me one of those smokehouses. Or see if Jeannie will build me one. :heh:

Smoke Dawg · May 28, 2017

IamMadMan said:
Awesome chicken..... Great tutorial..

Thank you! Coming from someone as knowledgeable and talented as you, this is a great complement. :thumb:

Smoke Dawg · May 28, 2017

bwram1 said:
Awesome! :clap2:
I gotta build me one of those smokehouses. Or see if Jeannie will build me one. :heh:

Thanks Brad, They are a lot of fun and you can do a lot with them. There are many smaller ones too.

Jeannie's always looks so pristine. I don't know how it stays so clean looking?

Springram · May 28, 2017

Just plain WOW!

c farmer · May 28, 2017

Oh my, that all looks amazin. I have to try netting birds. The look it give them is fantastic.

Smoke Dawg · May 28, 2017

Springram said:
Just plain WOW!

Thanks - A bunch of birds hanging always looks good

c farmer said:
Oh my, that all looks amazin. I have to try netting birds. The look it give them is fantastic.

Thank you Adam - Yes, besides keeping everything all tucked in nice, it give a cool looking cross hatch that is very tasty looking. They say we first taste with our eyes?

wihint · May 28, 2017

Wow that is a wonderful looking cook!

hurricanedavid · May 28, 2017

A thing of beauty!:thumb:

Smoke Dawg · May 28, 2017

wihint said:
Wow that is a wonderful looking cook!

Thank you Bill!

hurricanedavid said:
A thing of beauty!:thumb:

Thanks David!

Titch · May 28, 2017

Perfect weather here to try that,Love the look of it,
Never had smoked chicken

Smoke Dawg · May 28, 2017

Titch said:
Perfect weather here to try that,Love the look of it,
Never had smoked chicken

Give it a try Titch, just might have to hang from the other end! :laugh:

Fwismoker · May 28, 2017

Nice lookin all the way around.

Smoke Dawg · May 28, 2017

Fwismoker said:
Nice lookin all the way around.

Thanks Keith!

Another great complement coming from the Chicken King!

oifmarine2003 · May 28, 2017

Great looking birds!! Glad the netting is working out for you!!

rdstoll · May 28, 2017

I love that smokehouse...you just have to throw sticks on the fire like every hour like a stickburner?

Smoke Dawg · May 29, 2017

oifmarine2003 said:
Great looking birds!! Glad the netting is working out for you!!

Hey Chris - How is it going buddy? Hope and the family are doing well! - Them boys keeping you on your toes?

rdstoll said:
I love that smokehouse...you just have to throw sticks on the fire like every hour like a stickburner?

Thanks - Yes pretty much. I run a remote thermo on the deck so I can see at a glance if the temp is rising, dropping, or staying steady without going out to the smokehouse. Once you get it lined out, just doing the same thing at the same interval keeps it running smooth

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