Thanksgiving is just around the corner and, if you haven't already, you need to nail down your plan for smoking the turkey. We've done a lot of great birds over the years and any one of them would be a huge success at your dinner table but, this year I sort of went nuts and mixed my original rub (purchase recipes [...]
Happy November! It's that time of year again where we start thinking about the Thanksgiving bird and all of the many wonderful ways it can be prepared on the smoker. Family and friends will be getting together for lots of eating and good times and NOW is the time to make sure you have it all together. Fortunately for you, [...]
One of the best parts of the chicken is the legs and thighs in my opinion but when smoking the skin often ends up less than appetizing although it does a great job of protecting the delicious juicy meat inside. These bacon wrapped chicken drumsticks are made by removing the chicken skin, seasoning with my very own original rub recipe [...]
Smoked cornish hens are wonderful just as they are and you won't find a more delicious way to serve chicken. These are usually served whole however, an alternate way to prepare them is to cut out the backbone and open them up before cooking them. This allows them to cook faster and more evenly. It's really easy to do and I'll show [...]
Smoked cupcake chicken is a recipe that was made popular by Myron Mixon in the competition circuit. It is a way to make smoked chicken thighs so that they come out uniform, juicy and properly seasoned for the judges. I made a few changes as I usually do but the basic method remains the same and it's definitely a great recipe [...]
A couple of Thanksgivings ago, we learned what great things bacon butter can do to poultry and here we are doing it again on a smoked chicken with the addition of some chives. The original rub recipe seasons the butter which goes under the skin and the Texas style rub recipe seasons the outside of the skin just perfectly (purchase recipes [...]
These smoked drunken drumsticks are brined in beer then seasoned with Jeff’s Texas style rub recipe (purchase recipes here) for a flavor that will please the most persnickety taste buds. The chicken legs are then smoked at higher than normal temperatures to help crisp them up and finished perfectly by brushing on a beer barbecue sauce using my very own barbecue sauce recipe as the [...]
These smoked chicken thighs are stuffed with lots of white cheddar and jalapeños, seasoned with Jeff's original rub (purchase recipes here) and wrapped in bacon to hold it all together. Get the Recipes for Jeff’s Rub and Sauce My original rub is the absolute best seasoning you will find for these smoked chicken thighs. It's low on salt and really big on flavor! [...]
This is the first newsletter recipe of 2016 and I wanted to start it off with something wonderful. I didn't have to think too long to decide it had to be smoked chicken quarters. I am still running the Traeger pellet smoker through a lot of paces so I turned up the heat on this one to get some good [...]
In this smoked turkey recipe, I will show you how to speed up the process of smoking a turkey by butterflying it, commonly called "spatchcocking the turkey". This causes the turkey to cook a lot more evenly, makes it easier to carve and often helps the skin to get more crispy especially if you are able to cook it a [...]
