Garlic Chicken from my local Chinese restaurant ranks high on my list of favorites so I decided to brine half a Chicken using liquid Garlic along with a Marinade & Cooking Sauce.  Not that I expected to duplicate the delectable flavors of Chinese Take-Out but it inspired me to work on another easy brine recipe to add to my repertoire. Read More

Hickory smoked Chicken is hard to beat but one of my passions is to develop various easy brine recipes to enhance the moisture and flavors of Chickens in various shapes and sizes when  smoked/grilled on a MAK 2 Star Wood Pellet Smoker-Grill and/or an Infrared Roaster (SRG). Read More

Here’s a quick and dirty delectable meal consisting of a Brined fresh Foster Farms Chicken and Baked Potatoes.  The basic brine consisted of ½ gallon of water, ½ cup of Kosher Salt, and ½ cup of Sugar.  Brined the chicken parts for 2 hours in the fridge.  Patted the chicken dry before rubbing  Annie’s Roasted Garlic EVOO and McCormick Grill Mates Montreal Chicken Rub On/Under the skin.  The baked potatoes were rubbed with Annie’s Roasted Garlic EVOO and Fagundes Seasoning. Read More

So how does one roast a topless Chicken?  Easy … hang it upside down in a Char-Broil Infrared Smoker, Roaster, Grill (SRG)!!  A couple of weeks ago I carved out the upper part of a chicken to smoke/cook a nice Bone-In Chicken Breast and this is the bottom half consisting of Leg Quarters and backbone.  Rubbed Annie’s Roasted Garlic EVOO and Plowboys BBQ Bovine Bold On/Under the skin. Read More