chicken parts

Porkchop

cut up 2 whole chix last nite and put em in the fridge with some rub to "marinate". i remember a post somewhere that suggested that putting meat on the kooker dry rather than wet/damp was better for crispy skin. i had the idea that if i dusted the pieces with flour and then put them on at about 350-400, i would get something good. will i? or will i get a doughy mess? anybody ever try this?

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Porkchop,
I have not tried this but if you have a two whole chix cut up, why not try it on a couple of pieces and see what the result is and let us know.[p]Matt.

Porkchop

yeah, i will at least try that. just looking to see if anybody else has had success with this approach so i can get all excited about it for dinner!

Marvin

Porkchop,
No doubt about it: if the skin is dehydrated a bit from leaving in the fridge overnite, the skin cooks crispier. If you also spray it with olive oil as its put on the grill, it gets a great color to go along with the crispy skin. I'll look forward to your test with flour.

Porkchop

here's the report. dusted 1/2 a chicken w/flour, put all in a 250 kooker after it set all nite in my rub. after i put it on the grill, i shook some more rub on top of all of it and let the kooker come up to 400 fairly slowly. lots of hickory smoke. [p]no appreciable difference, but it was the best chicken yet. as good as it tasted, it's appearance was the most striking. a beautiful deep red, crisp, with some nice grill lines. wish i had one a them digital cameras.

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Yo Porkchop,
Which chicken looked the most striking? With flour or without or both came out great?[p]Thanks for scoop!
Matt.

Porkchop

all came out awesome! man, i was so pleased. just this candy-apple red color, but not like a glaze so much. next time i do chicken, it will be like this. the flavor was very nice as well. only thing i might do differently is let the pieces air dry or put them on a grate or something in the fridge so they don't sit in juice all nite. they were damp when i put them on, so i applied some more rub right there on the grill to dry them up.