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Competition Chicken

Russell Bird
Try this recipe if you’re ready to step up your BBQ game and challenge yourself with a true competition-style technique.
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Prep Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Course Main Course
Cuisine Poultry
Servings 6 people

Ingredients
  

  • 12 each Bone in skin on chicken thighs try and get the sizes to be a close a possible
  • 8 oz Chicken Stock
  • ¼ cup Kosmos Q Wood Fired Chicken Injection
  • ¼ cup Motley Que Chicken Fixx
  • 2 tbsp Big Poppa Smoker’s Happy Endings Finishing Rub
  • 1 cup Flavored infused olive oil olive oil infused with garlic, sage and thyme
  • 4 oz Honey may substitute agave
  • ¼ cup Apple Juice
  • 16 oz House of Q Competition 5 Star Sauce

Instructions
 

  • Scrape chicken skin and trim thighs into rectangles
  • Inject with marinade and refrigerate for 1 hour
  • Trim skins, season inside, and rewrap around the thighs
  • Place thighs in muffin tin and smoke at 300°F for 30 minutes
  • Make a glaze with BBQ sauce, honey, and apple juice
  • Remove thighs from tin and grill skin-side down at 350°F until 150°F internal
  • Dip in glaze and return to smoker until 160°F
  • Dust with finishing rub and serve