I cut the backbone out of it to make it lay flatter and hopefully cook more evenly. I used SPG for the base rub and followed up with The BBQ Rub for some color. Took 3.5 hours to cook and I made some buffalo chicken dip out of the breast meat. Ate the rest of the chicken at work for lunch.
By the way, I did wait 20 minutes after getting the chicken off the grill before I cut into it. Looks like I immediately cut it, but I typically wait up to 30 minutes, but it was getting late and everyone was hungry so I only waited 20 minutes, which I think is long enough anyway for something small like this chicken.
To see the burn in and biscuit test on this pellet grill, here is that video:
To see the unboxing and assembly:
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:19 Spatchcocking the chicken
01:03 Turning on the smoker
01:31 Seasoning the chicken
02:10 Putting it on the grill and probing it
02:49 1 hour after Xtreme Smoke
03:11 Thighs cooking too fast
04:37 Checking back in
04:52 Final temp check and getting it off
05:15 The TASTE TEST!
06:02 Checking out the buffalo chicken dip
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