Chicken recipes

A whole bird flattened, dry-brined overnight, and smoked hot and fast over pecan for crispy skin and juicy meat in under 2 hours.

Crispy-skin smoked chicken wings that beat fried every time — baking powder dry-brine, low-then-high smoke, and a sticky sauce toss.

Trimmed, skin-scraped, and glazed the way KCBS judges score them — bite-through skin, tender meat, and a lacquered mahogany finish.