Cooking a whole chicken.. best way?

pelirocco

Spatchcock
Takes  much less time to roast in oven

hatful-of-hollow

A small chicken takes about 55 mins in my air fryer at 200 degrees, breast side down for the first half an hour, then turning over for the remainder. Lovely crispy skin from that method. Then I use my SC to make stock from the carcass.

joedenise

To cook a whole chicken in SC I cook for about 8 hours on Low; or could be cooked for 4 hours on High although I've never done that myself.

Floss

joedenise said:

To cook a whole chicken in SC I cook for about 8 hours on Low; or could be cooked for 4 hours on High although I've never done that myself.

I did one on high for about 5 hours yesterday, I need to remember to put more than 2 scrunches of foil as the bottom was almost confited by cooking in its own juices!

joedenise

I always use at least 4 balls of foil or alternatively 2 halved onions @Floss.  

Wraithlady

I did it with 2 lemons, cut in half width-wise then cut off the pointy bits to make a flat surface.

The chicken was nice, but the stock was lovely!

Floss

Thank you! It was, as always, delish though and the stock is morphing into leet & tattie soup as I type.

Brie

If it was me I'd put it on the bbq, spatchcocked is quick and easy but sitting on it's @rse is nice too if you have the tools to prop it up.  You can get a accessory that allows you to add wine or beer or whatever liquid  and will hold the bird in place - the simpler version was to use a tin of beer - hence the idea of beerbutt chicken. 

Note to self - get off my B and get the propane sorted!!

CapricornLass

Another one for spatchcocking the chicken.  Admittedly we have a pair of poultry shears which makes the job very easy, and I then make a stock out of the backbone.  We cook ours in the little oven, and find the chicken doesn't take as long to cook as it would if it was in its original state