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Decided to have a light summer dinner consisting of Apple<\/a> Smoked Chicken and a Zucchini Casserole using Zucchini Squash from the garden.\u00a0 Since I would be using the same amount of Apple<\/a> Pellets in my MAK 2 General Pellet Smoker-Grill to smoke a Spatchcock Chicken or 2 I decided to maximize my Apple<\/a> Pellets and smoke 2 Spatchcock Chickens.\u00a0 Never hurts to be frugal!!<\/p>\n

Rubbed under and on the skin of the Spatchcocked Chickens with Annies Roasted Garlic EVOO<\/a> and also applied a liberal amount of Fagundes Seasoning<\/a>.\u00a0 On the right of the chickens you can see the chicken livers and hearts ready to be saut\u00e9d with a bit of garlic.\u00a0 Makes for a great appetizer!<\/p>\n

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SETPOINT on the MAK 2 Star<\/a> to SMOKE (180\u00baF) for 2 hours of Apple<\/a>\u00a0wood BBQ pellets with the skin side down.\u00a0 Have done skin side up and down but my preference is skin side down.\u00a0 After the 2 hour smoke I bumped the temperature to 325\u00baF until the Internal Temperature<\/a> at the thickest part of the breast reached 168\u00baF.\u00a0 Rested the Spatchcock Chickens under a foil tent for 20 minutes before serving.<\/p>\n

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The Money $Shot$ … A healthy serving of the Zucchini Casserole with half an Apple<\/a> smoked chicken breast … Mighty tasty!!\u00a0 Half a chicken is plenty for the wife and I.\u00a0 She enjoys the leg and thigh and I wolf down the breast!!<\/p>\n

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Vacuum<\/a> sealed 3 chicken halves … Like I said … “Maximizing my Apple<\/a> Pellets”.<\/p>\n

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