Smoked Half Chickens

[Gobblez]

I believe chicken is the ultimate meat for absorbing smoke flavor, with pork running a close second. Brine the halves (4) overnight in a simple brine consisting of a gallon of water, 3/4 cup of kosher salt and 2/3 cup brown sugar. Rinse, pat dry, season with salt/pepper/garlic powder. With chicken in the smoker warm to desired temp, for me 225 degrees. Then add soaked wood chips and cook for approximately 2 hours or until deep thigh reaches 165 degrees. At 160 degrees I'll kick the heat up to 300+ (propane smoker) to try to crisp the skin. The breast meat will be juicy because of the brine.

[HunterGKS]

Looks good. Our local VFD has a yearly fund raising chicken BBQ coming up om 09/12. I don't know if they brine,
but the chicken sure is tender & tasty.

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Any suggestion to prevent the rubbery skin . My smoker maxs out at 275.

[Hoobilly]

Any suggestion to prevent the rubbery skin . My smoker maxs out at 275.

Maybe slap on a gas grill on high for a minute or two?

[spider316]

Rubber skin is kinda normal with perfectly smoked chicken, plain and simple. If you want crispy skin, it's high heat to singe it but keep it from burning if you're gonna slather it with sauce and eat it. Those halves are perfect, I would've flipped em skin side down and did the sauce of choice across the top. There's a difference between BBQ and Smoked fixins !

[Gobblez]

Any suggestion to prevent the rubbery skin . My smoker maxs out at 275.

Maybe slap on a gas grill on high for a minute or two?

This is what I would do.

[ICDEDTURKES]

Any suggestion to prevent the rubbery skin . My smoker maxs out at 275.

Chicken skin crisps at 312 I think that's the temp, pretty sure..

But there are other factors, one is the cooker, I can do chicken in oven 425, still get rubbery skin... In the Cyclonic French Fry Machine 380 will yield crispy bite through skin.. Moisture I side the unit..

Another thing you can do is peel the skin back scrape fat from skin, make sure skin is towel dried and not use EVOO on skin..

Brice gave you the easy fix