I enjoy firing up the BBQ / smoker on the weekends
Sunday morn I was trying to figure out what to smoke for dinner
We had baked fish a couple of times during last week. We had bbq steaks on Saturday night and had pork the weekend before. I had cleaned out the freezer the week before of all the Salmon to smoke it all. Only thing we hadn't had for a while was some chicken
I ran to town first thing Sunday morn and picked up a fresh young bird
I spatchcocked it and threw it in a brine at 9 am
Pulled it out of brine around 3:30, brushed on some olive oil and rubbed in a liberal amount of Clucker Dust on both sides
Smoked her on a off set smoker at 300 degrees with some cherry wood. It was done in a little better than a hour and a half .
Covered the breasts with some center cut thick bacon about half way thru the cook. Brushed on some
Chipolte sweet and hot bbq sauce the last 10 minutes of the cook.
The brining really enhances the flavor and helps with keeping the bird moist......
and besides.....the bacon is pretty darn tasty also