Spatchcock BBQ Chicken Recipe - How to Smoke Chicken on a Pellet Grill

BBQ sauce

🥗Healthier: homemade BBQ sauce

💰Cheaper: ketchup + vinegar

Homemade BBQ sauce can reduce sugar and preservatives.

Start by removing the backbone of the chicken using kitchen shears, cutting down the backbone from the back.

Press down firmly on the breastbone to flatten the chicken, making a cracking sound.

Trim any unwanted fat and check for bone fragments after removing the backbone.

Inject melted salted butter into the chicken breasts for added flavor.

Place the wingtips around the back of the chicken.

Apply postal barbecue chicken rub generously to the underside and then to the top side of the chicken.

Preheat the pellet grill to 325 degrees Fahrenheit.

Place the chicken on the grill and insert a thermometer into the breast to monitor the internal temperature.

Cook the chicken for about an hour, checking the internal temperature; it should reach 159 degrees Fahrenheit.

If the temperature is around 155 to 160 degrees, you can apply barbecue sauce, but the creator chose not to for this recipe.

After about 5-10 more minutes, check the internal temperature again; it should reach 160 degrees in the breast and 185 degrees in the thigh.

Remove the chicken from the grill once the desired temperatures are reached and prepare for the taste test.

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