Smoked whole chicken recipe?

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I am heading to the store in a little bit to pick up some whole chickens and get the smoker going.

I have no idea how I want to cook them.

I will probably inject them and concoct a nice whiskey/bourbon spray.


Anybody have any ideas? I'm tired of the 'drunk' chicken and want to try something different. I love to experiment, but I have some people coming over and don't want to mess it up.

thanks in advance!
 
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Here are a couple marinades I have used in the past, but the chickens were quartered when they were in the marinade. I won third place with the lemon chicken marinade in a BBQ contest one year.

Number 1

Patio Lemon Chicken

1/4 cup (50 mL) fresh lemon juice
3 cloves garlic, crushed
2 tbsp (25 mL) olive oil
1/4 tsp (1 mL) freshly ground pepper
1 tbsp (15 mL) oregano, crumbled
4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
Combine all ingredients except chicken in a heavy zip-lock plastic bag. Add chicken and squeeze bag to coatchicken with marinade; seal bag. Allow chicken to marinate 20 minutes, turning bag occasionally. Removechicken from marinade; discard marinade.

Number 2

2 Cup Soy Sauce
1 Cup Sesame Oil
1/2 Cup Sugar
2 tblspn. Cracked Black Pepper
1 medium onion finely chopped
1 clove minced garlic
 
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Captain Crunch said:
Here are a couple marinades I have used in the past, but the chickens were quartered when they were in the marinade. I won third place with the lemon chicken marinade in a BBQ contest one year.

Number 1

Patio Lemon Chicken

1/4 cup (50 mL) fresh lemon juice
3 cloves garlic, crushed
2 tbsp (25 mL) olive oil
1/4 tsp (1 mL) freshly ground pepper
1 tbsp (15 mL) oregano, crumbled
4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
Combine all ingredients except chicken in a heavy zip-lock plastic bag. Add chicken and squeeze bag to coatchicken with marinade; seal bag. Allow chicken to marinate 20 minutes, turning bag occasionally. Removechicken from marinade; discard marinade.

Number 2

2 Cup Soy Sauce
1 Cup Sesame Oil
1/2 Cup Sugar
2 tblspn. Cracked Black Pepper
1 medium onion finely chopped
1 clove minced garlic
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you didn't reply quick enough!!! I already picked some stuff up and gonna do it the old way w/ tony's, garlic and onions inside the bird, and a concoction of lime juice, whiskey, and water to spray them throughout cooking.
 
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justin22g said:
These bad boys are gonna be good... got them smokin at 220 and have been on for a couple hrs...
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If u get this (or anyone else)...... what kinda smoker do u have? Been thinkin of getting one myself... Also, wheres the best place to get wood chips?

:0corn

Also anymore info would be appreciated.. how long does it take to fire those suckers up? average cooking time for different meats/poultry, etc.?
 
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rawli007 said:
If u get this (or anyone else)...... what kinda smoker do u have? Been thinkin of getting one myself... Also, wheres the best place to get wood chips?

:0corn

Also anymore info would be appreciated.. how long does it take to fire those suckers up? average cooking time for different meats/poultry, etc.?
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Any smoker should work.... just make sure it has a side fire box. I use whole hickory logs... a lot cheaper because all you have to do is get a little charcoal going, and then throw a couple logs on.

Mine is usually ready to go in about 30-45min. Cooking time varies on how you want it cooked. I am thinking about going to get some ribs right now... i'm bored and have nothing to do. I will probably cook them for 3.5 hrs....

make sure you have a water pan in the grill part so the meat won't dry out.
 
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Cool.. thanks.. i thought about getting one of those little indoor ones that Emeril uses sometimes...... but i wanna be able to do a whole turkey/chicken, etc. so i wanna bigger one :)

:chew: :chew: :chew:
 
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alot of turkey and chicken action with these

fryers.:00hour

Just don;t get drunk and tip it over.
 
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Scott-Atlanta said:
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alot of turkey and chicken action with these

fryers.:00hour

Just don;t get drunk and tip it over.
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yeah.... i would REALLLLLY suggest an electric one.

One of my buddies almost burned his house down using one.

If you are using a gas fryer... MAKE SURE it isn't aroudn anything that can catch on fire.
 
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Morris said:
I don't use mine alot but you can't beat the deep fried turkey!! :00hour
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I don't know where all of you are from... but you can't beat a good crawfish boil... or low country boil.


Some person stole my fryer out of my driveway a couple weeks ago... but for the Don Imus situation, I cannot commit on the race of this suspect.

hint hint.


I was gone for 15 minutes... and my neighbors said he was a pretty quick lil one.... only taking him 7-8 seconds to get it in his car and leave....


the way i see it.... if he needs it that bad, its worse than me... so hopefully he's fryin him a turkey right now... BUT, oil is SO expensive... so i doubt it.
 
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Morris said:
I'm a little farther north than you and I don't use mine alot..

so how do you save the oil from day to day or a week at a time. You're right it is expensive.
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if you have an extra fridge.... throw it in there.


other than that.... put the top on the pot and hopefully the oil will keep.
 
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Scott-Atlanta said:
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alot of turkey and chicken action with these

fryers.:00hour

Just don;t get drunk and tip it over.
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Best turkey i ever had was fried..... i would totally get drunk and tip it over, though.. :mj07:

:mj06:
 
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