Smoked Whole Chicken

Our easy recipe for a simple Smoked Whole Chicken makes dinner simple and delicious! You can eat this as the main dish or turn it into a soup, stew, pasta, or casserole!

Course Traeger Recipes

Cuisine American

Keyword smoked whole chicken

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 2 45

Total Time 2 55

Servings people

Calories 628kcal

Author Nicole Johnson

Equipment

Ingredients

3 pound whole chicken
¼ cup avocado oil
6 tablespoons butter cut into pats
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon onion powder
1 teaspoon garlic powder
½ teaspoon pepper
½ teaspoon paprika
2 tablespoons OWYD chicken rub

Instructions

Preheat your smoker or pellet grill to 200°F.
Remove the chicken from the packaging and check the cavity for any giblets/necks or anything else that doesn't belong in there. Remove if you find anything.
Rub the entire exterior of the chicken with the avocado oil.
Place the pats of butter under the skin of the breasts between the meat and the skin.
Coat the chicken with all of the seasoning and the OWYD Roasted Chicken Rub.
Place the chicken in a grill-safe baking dish and put it in the smoker. Let it smoke for 2 hours.
After 2 hours, turn the heat on the grill up to 375°F. Let it cook until the internal temperature reaches 165°F.
Remove from the grill and let rest, tented, for 10-15 minutes.
Slice and serve hot!

Notes

If you don't have OWYD Chicken Rub, get some! But you can skip it in this case and you'll still have a great chicken at the end. Sub in your favorite poultry rub or double the amounts of the other seasoning.
The carcass from this chicken makes incredible chicken stock! Don't throw it out. Toss it into a large stock pot with an onion and some celery. Cover and let cook for 3 hours. Thank me later.
This is my favorite recipe to use when I make homemade chicken noodle soup. Remove the meat from the bones and put into a large container in the fridge. Use all the bones and other bits in the stock.

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