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This is after I cut them and butterflied them. I put some rub on them and let them set at room temperature for about an hour. I got the smoker ready and put some hickory chunks in the ECB and some lump charcoal.
This is the old Electric Smoke 'N Grill (ECB) i used. Like I said I put some hickory chunks and some lump charcoal into the smoke box. This give it a real good flavor. Once it was smoking the thin blue smoke I put them on.
The first picture is an hour and a half into the smoke. The last picture is the final result. It was 175 degrees in the breast and when I picked it up with the tongs it fell apart. It didn't last long once it rested about 15 minutes.
I had never heard of this method until recently. Tried it for the first time last week. Was fantastic. I like these birds, whole, on the rotiss, but spatchcocking it right up there with the best of methods. In fact, it is about a tossup.
Your birds look great. I can tell why they didn't last very long. Mine didn't either.
Dude, I have the electric ECB and I used both racks in the smoker without any water pan. I used my smoker box with a chunk of hickory and a couple of pieces of lump charcoal in it on the element. The smoker gets to 260 to 275 degrees. The juices fall down on the lava rocks I have around the electric element and it vaporizes back up on the chicken. I cooked them for about 1 hr. and 45 minutes. When they reached 175 in the breast I turned them over on the breasts and hardened the skin to a crisp. I took them off and let them rest for about 15 minutes. Some of the best chicken I've done in a while. Three men ate that thing in about thirty minutes and we wished we had two more cooking. Praises all around.
Looks great. If you remove the keel bone, they will lay even flatter and give you a more even cook.........but some might say not worth the extra work.