smoke a whole chicken rotisserie dry rub recipe masterbuilt smoker hi it's alaskagranny I'm a
huge fan of Masterbuilt smokers I had one for many years that had a digital control on the
top and I started having problems with that so I got rid of it I ordered just a plain old analog
Master Built smoker it's less expensive and it just has a simple dial temperature but it also
has the thermometer on the front it has all the components for basic smoking and I've really been
enjoying using this basic Masterbuilt smoker just as much as the previous smoker that I had
let me show you today I have an easy recipe for how to smoke a whole chicken with a rotisserie
dry rub seasoning on it it's so simple you just need a few simple dry rub ingredients a
whole chicken and a smoker and there you go you can see this chicken was two dollars and nine
cents a pound it's a six pound chicken for 12.92 but it was a bargain buy one one get one free
rotisserie chicken seasoning mix combines parsley onion powder paprika salt pepper garlic powder
and Thyme so into a dish measure one tablespoon of parsley one tablespoon of onion powder one
tablespoon of paprika a half a tablespoon of salt one half tablespoon of pepper one half
tablespoon of garlic powder and one teaspoon of thyme then you can stir them together and if you
like put them into a Shaker but make sure that your shaker has big enough holes that
the seasonings will fit through the holes because parsley for example is larger size particles than
other types of seasonings make sure you remove any excess Packaging and reach inside for any
parts that are in the cavity sometimes they're in a packet and sometimes they're in there loose
and now we're ready to sprinkle the chicken with our seasoning mix
now I've rinsed it patted it to dry made sure there's nothing
left in the cavities and I'm going to start with a Sprinkle into the cavity
both ends
and now I'm going to sprinkle it liberally all over the chicken you want to make sure
that you get under the legs under the wings all over the front and the back
just keep sprinkling it every little nook and cranny of your whole chicken
I think that about does it now you want to take your wings and you want
to tuck the little tips under so just fold them down and tuck them under
both wings fold them and tuck them under
don't worry if they crunch a little bit okay
thank you
and our chicken is ready to go into the smoker one of the things that I do when I'm setting
up my smoker I put a little aluminum tray into the water tray to help make it clean up better
I load up my chips and then I put a little piece of foil over the wood chip lid simply because it
drips a lot and it's inconvenient to have to clean it up and just putting a little piece of foil over
the top of the chip tray doesn't affect the a way that the food is being smoked preheat your smoker
on high for about 20 to 30 minutes to make sure it gets nice and warm I want to smoke my chicken
about 225 250 somewhere in there and it needs to go for four to six hours it all depends on your
outside temperature the size of your chicken and like if it's windy today it's windy it could make
a difference so the weather outside is going to make a bit of a difference the colder it is the
longer it takes so keep an eye on your chicken keep your thermometer handy and check it every
few hours until it comes up to the temperature that you want if you have a probe that you can
put in it to measure the temperature without opening the smoker that's ideal
it's registering about 250 so I'm going to go ahead open it up place the chicken on the
middle rack close it up and then try to adjust the temperature possibly down to medium to help
it go around 225 degrees stay back when you open it I got smoke right in my eyes
you want to smoke your chicken until the internal temperature of the thickest part
of the meat without touching the bone reaches 165 degrees then you want to take
your chicken out set it aside to rest for about 30 minutes and then it's going to be delicious
that means that look delicious now it needs to sit for about 30 minutes
tender moist juicy Smoky delicious a whole chicken smoked in the Masterbuilt
smoker with a rotisserie rub is absolutely delicious tender moist and yummy the length
of time that you need to smoke your chicken definitely will depend on the size of it so
the larger it is the longer it will take the six pound chicken took about six hours at 225
degrees and it's absolutely delicious if you enjoyed my video I hope you'll share
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