Newbi Cooking Chicken

HappyBob

Greetings:

I've had my egg for a couple of months with mixed success.  Burgers I have made are the are the best I have ever had and my ribs are gettting better at each attempt.  I've tried split chicken breast a couple of times with poor results.  The skin is rubbery and the outer layer of meat is tough and tasts bad.  The inner portion of the chicken breasts tastes ok and is moist.  The 1st time I cooked at 300 degrees for a couple of hours and the 2nd time I was at about 350 for an hour.

(Happy)Bob 

Griffin

Try 400 on a raised grate.

HappyBob

I'll give it a shot.  Should I go direct or indirect heat?

FxLynch

Direct if you are using a raised grid.

pasoegg

use the naked whiz recipe on his site for spatchcook chicken.  Has easy directions and pics for prep...can't go wrong -  he has this one nailed......

hammerg26

Naked Whiz has most things nailed.

Baysidebob

How big were the chicken pieces?  Big are retired layers and lealthery skin. Lots of the "on sale" chicken I've encountered were big old hens suitable for stewing and shredding only.

KingtUT

I have pretty good luck with bone in split breasts at 400 indirect, skin side down for 25 minutes, then flip and baste for another 25 minutes. Good skin!