First chicken

[mrgoose]

Greetings, I did my first full chicken today. Looked super out of the smoker. The meat was excellent. I think I can use the skin to recap my tires. I wondered what you all meant by rubbery skin, now I know. The meat was tasty, moist and cooked to near perfection.

 

[Limey]

Ron, welcome to the forum. You need a dog-they love the skin!

 

[mrgoose]

Our cats thought it was quite tasty. It did keep the meat moist and tasty. Not quite as good as grandmas cast iron skillet fried chicken was 50 years ago.

 

[DivotMaker]

I consider chicken skin a disposable moisture barrier for the gold inside!  Pics next time, Ron - we love pics around here!

 

[BedouinBob]

I have no dog or cat so I reverse sear it and enjoy!!! 

 

[rettaps]

slightly disappointed to read this about the skin, i LOVE skin on whole chicken.
anybody have a way of getting the skin tender like baked chicken?

 

[DivotMaker]

slightly disappointed to read this about the skin, i LOVE skin on whole chicken.
anybody have a way of getting the skin tender like baked chicken?

You'd have to foil it, to get it tender...which kind of defeats the purpose of smoking it.

 

[Walt]

I love the skin. There are a couple of ways to achieve good to great results. I usually remove the skin after the smoke and spread out on a baking stone & put in the oven to crisp up (great results). With whole chickens I preheat the smoker with the wood box out & set the auber to 375. Once the box reaches 250 open her up & place the chicken and wood box in & close. @ this point I also turn the James Jerky Drier on & no water pan. The final level of crispness is good. If you are cautious it is not a problem, no different than opening a preheated oven.

 

[DivotMaker]

That's an interesting way of doing the pre-heat thing, Walt!  I like it!  I'm going to have to try it...since I think I've tried just about every other method to get crispy skin!   I know I gave up on it, for a stress-free life, but I'm not afraid to get back on the crispy horse again!! ;D