Smoked Whole Chicken

 Rossy is always looking for new ways to smoke a yummy chicken!!!  This was (ew close your ears) "moist" and yummy -- a little too smoky so go light on the wood since chicken takes on a lot of smoke flavor.

Ingredients:

2 whole chickens, cut in half

1 pack of thighs

Brine:

Turkey oven bag

1/2 cup kosher salt

2/3 cup sugar

red onion

garlic

peppercorns

Boil 1 gallon of water and then add: Salt, sugar, red onion, garlic, peppercorns.

Put brine mixture in refrigerator till cool.

Then pour into a plastic bag for 8-16 hours

Remove chicken from brine, pat with paper towel, and store in fridge for 1 hour.  Then sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper.

Smoke chicken at 225 degrees for 2.5 hours with apple wood -- done at 165 degrees