Just got my first smoker

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(02-27-2021, 08:41 PM)WeezyBengal Wrote: Put some chickens on today - 315 for about 2 hours. I put some olive oil on them, put two different rubs on, and then put a can of beer up their butt. I basted with butter halfway through. They turned out juicy and delicious. Honestly, I'm not sure I will do whole chickens again though. They were kind of a pain in the ass and I'm not sure it was worth it. The yield on a chicken also isn't near as much as something you would get from a pork butt or bigger cut of meat.

I mean the chicken breast off this thing was definitely better than what I can do in the oven...but I wouldn't say ground breakingly better.

Also, I'm not convinced the beer up the butt thing does anything. There was as much liquid in the can when I took them off as there was when I put them on. Im not convinced it actually evaporates up into the chicken.

They look great. Did you soak them in a brine?