Big "D" Smoked Chicken

Big "D" Smoked Chicken is a gluten free, dairy free, and fodmap friendly recipe with 8 servings. This recipe covers 44% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains approximately 108g of protein, 100g of fat, and a total of 1566 calories. It works well as an expensive main course. If you have paul's barbecue sauce, paul's chicken rub, beer, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 10 hours and 30 minutes.

Instructions

Rinse chickens, and pat dry.

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Chicken

Place lemon juice in a small bowl; add oil in a slow, steady stream, whisking constantly. Coat outside skin and inside cavities of chickens evenly with lemon juice mixture; sprinkle evenly with Paul's Chicken Rub, and rub into chickens. Wrap each chicken tightly with plastic wrap, and chill at least 6 hours.

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Lemon Juice

Whole Chicken

Wrap

Cooking Oil

Dry Seasoning Rub

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Plastic Wrap

Whisk

Bowl

Soak wood chunks in water for at least 30 minutes.

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Water

Prepare smoker according to manufacturer's directions, substituting beer for water in water pan. Bring internal temperature to 225 to 250, and maintain temperature for 15 to 20 minutes.

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Water

Beer

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Frying Pan

Drain hickory wood chunks, and place on coals.

Place chickens, breast sides up, on upper cooking grate, and cover with smoker lid.

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Chicken

Smoke chickens, maintaining the temperature inside smoker between 225 and 250, for 2 hours.

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Chicken

Remove lid, baste with half of Paul's Barbecue Sauce, and, if necessary, add more beer to water pan. Cover with smoker lid; smoke 1 to 1 1/2 more hours or until a meat thermometer inserted into thighs registers 18

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Barbecue Sauce