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barbecued chicken

Barbecued Chicken

Grady
This is a recipe for barbecued chicken cooked over indirect heat on a gas grill. IT goes great with my DR Pepper BBQ Sauce
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 2 hours
Course Main Course
Cuisine American
Servings 6

Ingredients
  

  • 3 to 4 pound chicken
  • 1 cup wood chips

Rub

  • 4 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 2 teaspoon sweet paprika
  • 1 teaspoon brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon black pepper
  • ½ teaspoon onion powder
  • ½ teaspoon garlic powder
  • ½ teaspoon celery seed
  • Mop Sauce
  • ½ cup white vinegar
  • ¼ cup Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 tablespoon rub
  • 2 cup BBQ sauce

Instructions
 

  • If chicken comes whole cut into pieces. Combine rub ingredients and mix well. Set aside 1 tablespoon rub for mop sauce. Coat chicken with remaining rub and refrigerate 1 to 2 hours.
  • Soak wood chips in water for at least half an hour. Set up grill for indirect cooking by turning on burners on one side. Put wood chips in aluminum foil. Poke holes in foil and put on hot side of grill.
  • When chips start smoking add chicken to cool side of the grill. Every ten minutes base with mop sauce. After one hour start checking temperature. Chicken is done when the breast are 165 degrees and thighs are 175 degrees. Before remove baste with BBQ sauce and let cook for 2 to 3 minutes.
Keyword BBQ, Chicken, Gas Grill, Smoked Meatloaf