smoked chicken - damn tasty

TN_Sister_State

Just smoked my first chicken from peaceful pastures. If you are local to middle tn you have to check out this farm. All animals are fully pastured with no antibiotics and no gmo grain crap feed. Their ducks get nothing but what they eat in the pasture and their pork is Tamworth heritage breed. Worth checking out for killer product. This chicken was amazing.

TN_Sister_State

Forgot to mention no hormones or antibiotics either. Just joined their csa as well. The pork is absolutely killer as well.

TN_Sister_State

http://www.peacefulpastures.com/category/poultry

Legume

Chicken looks great, how long / what temp?

blukat

Looks good, what kind of rub did you use and what did you stuff in the cavity?

TN_Sister_State

I smoked it about 4.5 - 5 hours around 230 and stuffed one onion and one green apple in the cavity with lots of my rub. This is the rub I used and will continue to use on chicken. Its was delicious. 

Ingredients
1 tablespoo salt
1 tablespoon paprika
1 tablespoon garlic powder
1 tablespoon garlic salt
1 tablespoon black pepper
1 tablespoon crushed red pepper flakes
1/4 tablespoon cayenne pepper
1/2 tablespoon dried thyme
1/2 tablespoon dried oregano
4 tablespoons brown sugar

johnkitchens

I bet it was great! 

icunrse

That looks amazing!

Tinyfish

Thats a show bird...look at his form.

Egginspector

If you ever have leftovers on the carcass, you can pull it and make chiken salad sandwiches out of it!

theyolksonyou

Egginspector said:

If you ever have leftovers on the carcass, you can pull it and make chiken salad sandwiches out of it!

Or tacos, or quesadillas, or salad, or fajitas, or, or, or.  Love leftovers. 

Bayarad

That's the purdiest bird I've seen in a long time!  I've been spatching them since I learned on this forum!  Haven't smoked one in years but am ready to again after looking at that!  Well done!