Crispy Smoked Chicken!!!!!

jannie23

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Just curious what people are doing to get a crispier skin on their chicken? I know you wont get a "fried" crispy, but at least something bite thru and that doesn't just pull off.
 

GAnewbie

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Just curious what people are doing to get a crispier skin on their chicken?
This is one of the biggest challenges I have had, so I'm still learning the best result I have had...

Whole chicken. Spatchcock chicken, dry with paper towel, Give an extremely lite dusting with baking powder and place in the refrigerator. This I think dried out the skin to allow to crisp up. Once bringing the chicken close to desired temp I opened the grate to sear the skin until chicken done.
 

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If you have a horizontal smoker/pellet grill it might be easier to crank it and crisp it later on, but if you have a vertical, it might be tough. I am resigned to the best I can hope for is doin bite through skin instead of crisp.
 

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I've had pretty good success by bringing my smoker to high, putting the chicken on, skin side down till browned up. 10-15 minutes maybe. Then removing the chicken, get the grill down to smoking temp, put chicken back on and smoking to 165 degrees.
 

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