Smoked BBQ Half Chicken
Quick & easy this is the go-to recipe if you want to make delicious chicken halves on your Yoder Smokers.
Quick & easy this is the go-to recipe if you want to make delicious chicken halves on your Yoder Smokers.
Smoked BBQ Half Chicken Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 whole chicken
- Plowboys Yardbird Rub (or favorite bbq rub)
- Plowboys KC Crossroads BBQ Sauce (or favorite bbq sauce)
Directions
- Remove the backbone of the chicken by using a sharp knife or a pair of kitchen scissors and cutting down each side of the backbone from neck to tail. Flip chicken over and split in half by cutting between the breasts. Apply a little extra pressure with a sharp knife to cut through the breastbone.
- Remove any excess skin & fat 4-pat chicken as dry as possible with paper towels to help crisp the skin up during the cooking process.
- Season with Plowboys Yardbird Rub or your favorite bbq rub. (you can spray the chicken with a little cooking spray to use as a binder for the rub while also helping crisp the skin during the cooking process)
- Add chicken halves to 350° smoker. When chicken breasts reach an internal temp of 150°, warm up Plowboys KC Crossroads BBQ sauce (or your favorite bbq sauce). Glaze chicken halves with the warmed bbq sauce when the breasts reach an internal temperature of 155°
- Pull chicken off the smoker when the breasts reach 165° 10-allow chicken to rest for 5-10 minutes and begin breaking it down
