Recipe #4: Fancy Chicken with Cheese

Fri, July 5th 2013  - Oak woodchips

• Mistakes

• Be careful not to tear the skin while applying rub deep under

• Tore the skin of the breast while trying to reach my hands deep inside the Drumsticks from the front

• To avoid this, pull the legs up toward the breasts while applying rub under the skin

• Tried to heat finished product in oven to be sure it was done #fail

• Oven heat pulled out nearly an inch of liquid from the meat, completely dried it out

• Steps/Notes

• When it was time to turn the chicken, I used two large forks to pull it out onto a foiled cookie sheet

• Basted the “current” side

• Rolled it over, basted the “other” side

• The returned it to the smoker

• It worked well

• Result

• Ruined the chicken be re-cooking it in oven

• Tips for next time

• Basting the back of the chicken was nice because I could be more reckless with the liquid, not worrying as much about washing away the rub / spices.

• Might consider putting foil over the tips of the legs/wings to avoid charred ends