Smoked and Cured Beer Can Chicken Chicken using Pop's Brine

[emuleman]

My first attempt of curing and smoking a chicken using Pop's Brine. I couldn't be happier with the results, some of the best chicken I have ever eaten.










Check out my video showing you the whole process. I welcome your comments and suggestions!

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[Ryan]

Great color! I've never had cured chicken but cured turkey is a great treat. I didn't watch video (data overage issues) but what temp did you smoke them at?

[emuleman]

Great color! I've never had cured chicken but cured turkey is a great treat. I didn't watch video (data overage issues) but what temp did you smoke them at?

I started the smoker at 225 degrees, and let them get a good smoke for a couple of hours. At that point the chickens had an internal temperature of around 135-140 degrees. I then cranked up the temperature of my smoker to as hot as I could get it, which is around 325-350 degrees. This helped get the skin a bit crispy, and it only took around an hour or so before they reached an internal temperature of 165 degrees, I removed them, covered with a foil tent, and let them rest for about a half an hour.

I was considering smoking a cured turkey this thanksgiving, in fact I posted a question here as to whether it was worthwhile to cure a turkey, as I have never had eaten one.

http://www.smoked-meat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=42253

Richtee recommended that I try to cure and smoke a chicken first, and see if my family and I enjoy the taste of a cured bird before doing one on the big day, so that was my motivation for trying this.

My family and I were very impressed with the results. We still are kinda in amazement how delicious these chickens came out after injecting and curing them for a couple of days. I will definitely be curing a turkey this Thanksgiving, and if it comes out as good as these chickens I will be very pleased. If you haven't trying curing a bird yet I highly recommend it!

[curious aardvark]

skipped through the video to the eating part - it's quite long :-)

I do like the little smoker.

Great kids too

You know I have never cured a whole chicken - I usually throw in some cure in a marinade if I'm cooking thighs or wings, but never yet done a whole bird.
Might have to now :-)
Overall good video - just very long.

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