Smoked Chicken Quarters | Lexington Pit Boss 540

hey welcome back to the channel cooking with  manual focus and today we're gonna be smoking   some chicken quarters so with that said easy  recipe and really it's all about prepping that   chicken so you want to get your chicken you know  trimmed up getting all the excess fat and skin off   so you want to make sure that the presentation  of your chicken quarters is absolutely gorgeous   now we're going in with some olive oil and this is  to help you know assist to crisp up that outside   skin and it's going to keep those chicken quarters  juicy now we're going to be rubbing this on front   and back and we're going to be getting it ready  for that seasoning now i'm using the sweet peeper   and this is by the smoke society has a bunch of  different flavors and spices in it that pairs   great with smoking you know meat right now you  want to season this front and back so i always   season the back of my meat first because that's  not going to be the side that i'm presenting it   to my guests right and then i hit it on that front  side because that's that presentation side so you   always want to hit the back side first and then  go to that front side so you know when you present   that to your guests you got the beautiful you know  end product and then this is you know unbothered   when you're you know putting it in the smoker  right all right so you got to remember hit those   sides too because you want every bit every bite to  be absolutely flavorful so now we're going to be   going in the smoker at 250 degrees right so really  we're just looking for you know a temperature 165   but you can take these chicken quarters you know a  little bit above that because they're not going to   dry out on you you can cook at 175 they're still  going to be juicy and tender now we're going to   be putting that probe that thermometer in there  just to kind of keep a monitor on it while we   do some other things because i was making some  other recipes right all right so look at that   so pop that top back up and you know it's coming  along good right so we got a little bit of color   going on and then what we're going to do is we're  going to hit it with some of that barbecue sauce   right all right so we got to get that  barbecue sauce on there like i said man   i'm like the bob ross of grilling so you got to  paint that bad boy on and then we're going to let   this blaze up you know the first you know glaze  of that barbecue sauce and then we're going to go   back and hit it with another you know shot of it  right so pop that top out now you can see that now   that's the second you know second glaze and then  we just like i said just painting on there right   food is art cooking is art man this is what i  love about cooking it just brings out the best in   everybody especially when you get and you present  this to your people and they bite into it and they   absolutely love it that's what makes the chef  happy right there's nothing more or better than   seeing your guests enjoy absolutely delicious food  look at those chicken quarters right there they   look absolutely delicious man and there you have  it right there you got your smoke you think of   chicken the chicken was off the chain dog look i  already started it's delicious i'm impressed with   the mac and cheese too though all right you heard  them about that mac and cheese say so check that   video out too hey i have that on the end screen  so click that end screen and you can see that   smoked seafood mac and cheese certified bussin  right there and we'll see you guys later peace

Channel: Cooking with Manual Focus

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Length: 3min 37sec (217 seconds)

Published: Thu May 05 2022