Chicken Quarters On Pellet Grill
Traeger wood pellet grills traeger wood pellet grills can be used to cook anything from chicken to pies.
Chicken quarters on pellet grill. Cut off any excess fat from the back of the pieces season with your favorite rub place skin side up and cook. Today i m cooking on a yoder pellet grill but any grill or smoker will work for this recipe. Increase traeger temperature to 350 and continue to roast the chicken until the internal temperature in the thickest part of a thigh is 165 or the chicken is golden brown and the juices run clear about 50 to 60 minutes. Many recipes call for a combination method.
Arrange the chicken on the grill grate and smoke for 1 hour. Giving love to the whole chicken. Often when i make smoked chicken leg quarters i ll grill veggie foil packets and a dessert too. Smoked chicken quarters on the pellet grill felt good to get back to smokin some yardbird parts.
The key to good chicken is maintaining a temperature of 275 300 degrees. Additionally my husband originally bought this wood pellet grill for himself to use but i slowly took it over. All it takes is a smoker a recipe like this one for alabama chicken leg quarters and a smoker grill. When the chicken reaches 155 degrees f about 50 minutes for my cook glaze with the chili lime sauce.
After hitting my mak 2 star hard for a year and a half the igniter decided to bite the dust gfi kept popping when i turned the mak on. Pin this post for later. Using a combination of spiceology togarashi and korean barbecue this recipe for easy grilled chicken leg quarters is delish. Cooks tend to forget that chicken legs can be the unexpected star of any picnic or dinner party.
Place the chicken quarters on the pellet grill. 1 hour of smoke time then 30 60 minutes of cooking time at a specified temperature. While the chicken is cooking mix all of the glaze ingredients together in a pot over medium to medium high heat and simmer for 5 minutes.