A Barbecue/Smoker Question

[Mr. NiceGuy]

Originally Posted by JJ

Here is a super easy recipe that is insanely delicious:
1) Get a whole chicken.
2) Cut one side (usually the backbone side) and split the chicken like a butterfly.
3) Wash the chicken with cold running water and pat dry with paper towel.
4) Salt and pepper both sides (skin and flesh).
5) Put the chicken, flesh side down, on the Traeger.
6) Pour some beer or soda (Coke) in an open container and set it inside that smoker. You don't have to do this but it will help keep the moisture up.
The Traeger should have been preheated at 225 degrees.
Chicken should be done in a couple of hours.
I usually check with a meat thermometer about 1.5 hours into the cooking process.
When internal temp reaches about 155, I remove the bird from the smoker and let it rest for about 15-20 minutes. It will continue to cook during this time and reach 160 degrees.
What you end up with is one of the most juicy chickens you've ever had.
Enjoy!

Anyhow, just my 2 cents worth.

Tight lines. Cheers!

-JJ-

I had a "beer can chicken" cooked upright on a beer can rack with nothing but salt and pepper. It's probably basically the same as your recipe

"Insanely delicious" is a great way to describe it.



This is what the rack looked like. $8 on Amazon Prime: