Chicken and scalloped potatoes

[Robert T]

My daughter asked me last night if I would make chicken today. Of course I will!
Two chickens, one for dinner and one for salads and stuff next week.
Rubbed the chickens with butter and seasoned with Johnny's seasoned salt, pepper and garlic powder

Set up the fire with light apple wood smoke

No peek for two hours. Then rotated the birds

Meanwhile, started frying potatoes and onion with salt and pepper.

Added cheese and cooked about an hour

Took the chickens off at four hours at 165 degrees and let rest about 20 minutes

Warmed some French bread

Plated with the potatoes, bread and broccoli

The chicken was tender and juicy. The skin had a great crisp and I think this was due to rubbing entire chicken with softened butter before seasoning. Thanks for looking!

 

[Tony R]

Well done my friend.
Those potatoes look great.

 

[RogerS]

Wow Robert it's 5am and I'll take a plate. Well done!

 

[Mike Coffman]

That is a delicious looking plate of food Robert! Great cooking!

 

[Rich Dahl]

My kind of meal, nicely done Robert.

 

[Mike Cosgrove]

Awesome meal!

 

[Bill Schultz]

Beautiful birds and plate Rob, taters look excellent. Well done bud

 

[Brian Dahl]

That is a pretty plate of chicken, Robert!

 

[Frank H]

The roasted chickens are always sublime , as we all know....and those look to be no exception. I really like the idea of making the scalloped potatoes (a big fave at our house) in the cast iron pan on the grill. That must have imparted a nice extra layer of flavor to those spuds. And warming the bread on there too...way to take advantage of that fire to its fullest. Really nice looking meal there.

 

[Dwain Pannell]

You gotta love cooking outdoors! Nothin like taking the simple yard bird, potato, and bread to the next level. Well done!

 

[B.Lasky]

Very, nice. Can't beat a cast iron skillet.

 

[Tim McCann]

Good looking plate!

 

[Paul Kastner]

I sure like the simplicity yet you know it had great taste.

 

[Chris E]

looks pretty brown and crispy skin for 165 cook. Nice job.

 

[Dan CANADA]

What a nice looking plate.

What temp were you cooking the chickens at? Must have been in the "smoking" range because they went for 4 hours.

 

[AlWielgosz]

Ahh very nice and you said one for was for later on.....nice use of grill time.

 

[Robert T]

What a nice looking plate.

What temp were you cooking the chickens at? Must have been in the "smoking" range because they went for 4 hours.

They cooked around 200-215 for the first three hours and then I opened all the vents fully for the last hour. I took out my Maverik sensor after I added some charcoal but I would estimate around 375.

 

[Gregory R]

The chickens look wonderful but oh those potatoes!!! Just sinful!!! Well done Robert!!!

 

[Mildo]

Nicely done Robert.

 

[MikeD125]

Great looking birds!