Lynn Dollar
TVWBB Emerald Member
My favorite way to smoke poultry is Chris's Hot and Fast method from the Cooking Topics page. Tried this a few years ago and have not had the need to do anything different. Chicken is best with direct heat, IMO, as hot as I can get the coals. And the WSM is perfect for direct heat.
But first, I had to visit Kosmos Q Competition BBQ here in OKC. Kosmos has rubs, sauces, smokers , grills , gloves ... whatever ya need. And does a lot of YT vids. I picked up some rubs for the yardbird and later cooks .
I spatchcocked and halved the birds. Then used Parkay squeeze butter as a slather and used a different rub on each half.
Upper left is my long time fav, Plowboy's Yardbird
Lower left is Cavender's Greek Seasoning
Upper right is Kosmos Sweet Honey Pecan
Lower right is Kosmos Dirty Bird
I didn't get any pics on the WSM, temp was in the high 30's when I smoked these birds last week. If ya wanna know what they looked like on the WSM, just go look at Chris's pics , it was much the same
The WSM was ran wide open , with no water pan, allowing the drippings from the yardbird to hit the coals below.
Part of the final results, the Dirty Bird was not yet done and still out on the WSM when I took this pic. Right side is the Sweet Honey Pecan. Upper left is Cavenders, lower left is Plowboys .
We ate the Dirty Bird. It was very very good. This was my first use of Kosmos rubs ( even though he's right here in town ) and I gotta say, Dirty Bird is pushing Plowboys to be my favorite rub for yardbird.
The other three were food saved for later, but Mrs Dollar and I regret not cutting a wing off each half and doing a side-by-side tasting of each rub. Will do that next time.
But first, I had to visit Kosmos Q Competition BBQ here in OKC. Kosmos has rubs, sauces, smokers , grills , gloves ... whatever ya need. And does a lot of YT vids. I picked up some rubs for the yardbird and later cooks .
I spatchcocked and halved the birds. Then used Parkay squeeze butter as a slather and used a different rub on each half.
Upper left is my long time fav, Plowboy's Yardbird
Lower left is Cavender's Greek Seasoning
Upper right is Kosmos Sweet Honey Pecan
Lower right is Kosmos Dirty Bird
I didn't get any pics on the WSM, temp was in the high 30's when I smoked these birds last week. If ya wanna know what they looked like on the WSM, just go look at Chris's pics , it was much the same
The WSM was ran wide open , with no water pan, allowing the drippings from the yardbird to hit the coals below.
Part of the final results, the Dirty Bird was not yet done and still out on the WSM when I took this pic. Right side is the Sweet Honey Pecan. Upper left is Cavenders, lower left is Plowboys .
We ate the Dirty Bird. It was very very good. This was my first use of Kosmos rubs ( even though he's right here in town ) and I gotta say, Dirty Bird is pushing Plowboys to be my favorite rub for yardbird.
The other three were food saved for later, but Mrs Dollar and I regret not cutting a wing off each half and doing a side-by-side tasting of each rub. Will do that next time.