Truss the legs together with butchers twine and secure the wings. Brining a chicken for roasting or smoking is much like grilling or frying.
Brine is simply a salt and water solution used to enhance texture flavor and moisture.

Chicken brine before smoking. Since smoking a chicken is a lengthy process it can dry out a chicken. Forluvofsmoke gave some great tips. Prepare the dry brine by combining the ingredients together in a small bowl and mixing well with a whisk.
Just preheat the oven to 400 and roast for 45 minutes just like in the smoker. Once the bird is salted place it on a baking sheet and cover it and place it in the refrigerator for 15-20 minutes. Fill a two cup measuring cup with one cup hot water.
If you havent already try a brine before you smoke that chicken. Adding sugar will help produce a more golden brown skin due to carmalization. Again a wet brine will contain the classic mixture of water salt and any spices you wish to include.
Prepare either a wet brine or dry brine to retain moisture and add flavor. David and I use this versatile pork and poultry brine for smoking meat. Then add salt until it reaches one and a half cups.
Besides adding smoke flavor the brine adds most of the moisture to this dry brined chicken and relies less on the smoker than normal. I will definitely dry brine chicken for all of my future birds smoked. Yes we may be a little late to the brining.
Brining is best for poultry and fish since these meats contain very little fat which in make meats richer and juicier. What does brining do to meat. Get your smoker set up for indirect heat and set the temp at 300.
This brine is especially good when smoking meat such as chicken wings turkey breast pork shoulder bacon-wrapped pork loin and even duck. My latest find from Meathead is a nifty way of measuring water and salt for a brine. Rinse off the bird and pat it dry.
Using a chicken brine though can help lock in moisture while adding additional flavor. I like to brine poultry as well.
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