We were at Market Basket and they had Spatchcock chicken on sale so I thought that for father’s day I’d try gas grill smoke. Then we went to whole foods across the street for our berry fix only to find something unusual, the chicken was 50 cents cheaper at whole foods.

Oh well a few less cherries and I made up the difference.

Anyway I marinated the chicken in buttermilk for about 3 hours. I usually have the powered form in frig. I also prefer longer buttermilk timing but whatever. If you’ve never tried the butter milk on chicken I strongly recommend.

Dried with paper towel, rubbed some olive oil and then a dry rub , extra salt and pepper.

I prepared cherry wood chips in a tin foil pouch with a few holes punched in, placed on one side of grill on top on I think they are called flavor enhancers and replace the grill. on the other side i put a foil tray with water in it, turned on the grill high on chips and medium to heat up the water on the other side. after a few minutes I turned the water side off the middle to low and kept the chips on high.

The temp stayed around 275 the smoked started billowing out and when that dissipated I slathered the chicken with some BBQ sauce. all in all it took a few hours until the temps where around right 165ish for breast and 180 for thigh. I let it sit in cutting board for a while before cutting up. I crisped up the chicken wings and Sofie, Gail and Mike came over with ribs so we heated those up. Lyn made an Orzo salad I made some corn.

Oh, It was Sofie approved

Sofie Approved