Chicken Thighs (Hickory Smoked)
First I gotta say, I'm not usually big on chicken, however these thighs were the best chicken I have ever eaten.
I'll give a short Step by Step, just to show how I did mine:
I started out with 9 Chick Thighs.
Brined them for 6 hours in a Poultry Brine I got from a Buddy of mine.
Coat well with a good rub on top of EVOO.
Then I wrapped them in plastic wrap & put them in the fridge.
The rest went like the following:
1:15PM--------------Fill AMNPS with Hickory Pellets, and light one end.
1:30PM--------------Pre-heat MES 40 to 225˚, and put AMNPS in bottom left.
1:45PM--------------Remove Thighs from fridge, and put all 9 Thighs on one grill rack.
2:00PM--------------Put full rack of Thighs in 2nd position of smoker, and empty rack above it.
3:30PM--------------Change heat to 250˚.
3:30PM--------------Also flipped all thighs over, and lost one to my crummy porch floor (Thigh last seen flying over pet cemetery into woods).
4:15PM--------------Change heat to 275˚.
4:30PM--------------Put Stuffed Taters (Mrs Bear made) in pan on top rack.
5:00PM--------------Remove All from smoker.
Thanks for looking,
Bear
Thighs soaking in Poultry Brine:
Through the Looking Glass:
Better look of what's going on:
Stuffed Taters ready for Half hour in smoke:
Everything pulled from smoker:
Closer look at thighs:
Taters smoked & ready to eat:
Bear's first helping:
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First I gotta say, I'm not usually big on chicken, however these thighs were the best chicken I have ever eaten.
I'll give a short Step by Step, just to show how I did mine:
I started out with 9 Chick Thighs.
Brined them for 6 hours in a Poultry Brine I got from a Buddy of mine.
Coat well with a good rub on top of EVOO.
Then I wrapped them in plastic wrap & put them in the fridge.
The rest went like the following:
1:15PM--------------Fill AMNPS with Hickory Pellets, and light one end.
1:30PM--------------Pre-heat MES 40 to 225˚, and put AMNPS in bottom left.
1:45PM--------------Remove Thighs from fridge, and put all 9 Thighs on one grill rack.
2:00PM--------------Put full rack of Thighs in 2nd position of smoker, and empty rack above it.
3:30PM--------------Change heat to 250˚.
3:30PM--------------Also flipped all thighs over, and lost one to my crummy porch floor (Thigh last seen flying over pet cemetery into woods).
4:15PM--------------Change heat to 275˚.
4:30PM--------------Put Stuffed Taters (Mrs Bear made) in pan on top rack.
5:00PM--------------Remove All from smoker.
Thanks for looking,
Bear
Thighs soaking in Poultry Brine:
Through the Looking Glass:
Better look of what's going on:
Stuffed Taters ready for Half hour in smoke:
Everything pulled from smoker:
Closer look at thighs:
Taters smoked & ready to eat:
Bear's first helping:
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