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No More Dry Chicken! Top Tips for Juicy Chicken on the Grill
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Jun 5, 2025
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no more dry chicken No more tough
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chicken I'm going to show you the method
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and the way where every bite is tender
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and juicy right off the
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grill Now I remember a long time ago
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when I thought I knew how to cook but I
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really didn't know how to cook and I'd
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throw some chicken breast out there and
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them things are thick and I'd cook them
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till I thought they was done They so dry
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you could have thrown them against a
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brick wall and took a chip out of it No
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more dry chicken meat on the grill I'm
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going to show you a method which the
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French used so many years ago and we are
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going to create a steaming method that
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we're going to cook that chicken with
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But then we're going to finish it up on
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the hot side of that grill But one of
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the biggest tips I got for you to not
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overcook that chicken is a good meat
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thermometer A probe where you'll know
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you're cooking it to where you want it
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And at chicken what is that 165°
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Fahrenheit And hey what am I using
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chef's temp Easy to read quick read Hey
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this is essential when you're cooking
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chicken especially not to overcook it to
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where it becomes so dry you can't even
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chew it up You want to be sure and check
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want to check that temperature or it's a
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longer cook and you use their probe and
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you got it programmed on your phone or
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if you use the Brizzo so where you're
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controlling that air flow to get the
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grill every time Be sure and check these
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folks out and don't forget about the 25%
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off cuz a good probe makes good chicken
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So let's talk chicken I
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mean is that that it mage he says pretty
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close dad Now when I'm cooking chicken
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anymore I cook thighs And pardon me I
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should have gloved up So I'm just going
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to glove up Now to me a thigh has so
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much more flavor Always think it's
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really a more tender part of the chicken
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Mage said he prefers thighs if you're
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making chicken nuggets right because
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they are really good And folks I'd have
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had to buy a 16pack about this long to
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get some that was skinless And then
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that's probably going to charge me some
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extra money for having them skinless So
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if I'm frying chicken I'll leave the
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skin on it But if I'm going to grill it
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like this I usually take it off We will
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trim a little excess fat off that
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one I think it looks pretty good You can
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see the bone in there Now if you was to
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want to take that bone out all you do
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just take a knife run it down that side
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of the bone that side of the bone It'll
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peel right out You're saving yourself
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some money when you buy bone in versus
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boneless because the butcher has had to
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to have handled it So I'm always looking
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to save money These package of thighs
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was $3 cheaper than a package of these
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chicken breasts and they were the exact
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same weight So hey I'm always looking
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for something we can save money on to
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maybe buy a pup treat Ain't you mage you
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know I've cooked chicken so many
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different ways and what I'm going to
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show you is the best way to keep it
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tender Now you can also season chicken
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however you want like right before you
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put it on the grill that way or make a
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marinade as you're
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cooking This is one of our favorite
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marinades Shen come up with this not
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long ago It's a honey garlic marinade
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that's so good to put on chicken And
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folks when you make it you need to get
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it ready ahead of time because the
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chicken needs to set a minimum of an
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hour but at least four hours long And
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we're going to start out with olive oil
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Make sure it is a good olive oil That's
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what we like to use Then we're going to
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use white wine vinegar Then we're going
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to use garlic powder So next comes the
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onion powder red pepper flakes oregano
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Then we're going to add some honey cuz
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we need that sweetness in there A little
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salt and a little black pepper And stir
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that up really well Make sure it's mixed
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because that honey is going to want to
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sit there at the bottom Put your chicken
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in one of them little Ziploc bags Pour
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it over the top Seal it up set it in the
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fridge It'll be the happiest chicken you
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ever seen I've done these two ways We're
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going to marinate one breast and one
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thigh And then we're going to see if we
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have any flavor difference for me and
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Shen But also is there any effect for
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tenderness since there's not an acid in
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the marinade that's going to break the
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chicken down So let's get these two in a
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baggie They need to set like I say at
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least an hour We'll go ahead and put
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this one and this one in
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there And then you hope that stays open
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while you pour the marinade in
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there This is a way I've always got
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chicken to be the most tender if it was
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a breast Now you can see this There's
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It's not a skin but folks it's pretty
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dry on top It's sort of like a membrane
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that's on there And if you don't break
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that membrane
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down you're not going to get as much
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flavor in that chicken You don't have to
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do much to it We're not flatten it out
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like you might have seen in our video
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when we did the chicken fried chicken
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We're just going to break that membrane
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down a little to where all the seasoning
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will accept there pretty easy And we're
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going to probably call that enough I'm
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going to pull it out here and let you
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look at
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it
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Now it got bigger and it got a little
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flatter I am going to trim just a tad
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bit of that fat off
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there I have a subject right down here
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that has been working so hard
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today So hard
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So any more oh there's a little subject
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right there
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Chicken is on the aluminum foil It is
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We're going to have just a little bit of
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this Not much We're going to give them a
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quick little massage Don't take much But
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you can see how it made them glisten
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Anytime that I'm cooking chicken whether
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it be in the skillet in the in the
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smoker on the grill whatever it's always
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going to get mosqu seasoning that we use
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If you need a substitute for this get
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you a little salt pepper garlic powder
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and a little bit of ancho chili powder
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And it's just like saran wrap The wind
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wants to blow So we going to give it a
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generous
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coating Turn them
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over Okie dokie Now
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then for the finishing touches of this
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masterpiece we going to put us some KY
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Gold butter on
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there Remember I told you we was going
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to steam this a little but this butter
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is going to really help We're going to
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put you right there I'm going to save
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you for alternate use here in just a
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minute We're going to fold him up
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now We just want to try to make us a
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tent
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Got the Legacy Hasty Bake fired up here
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We're going to get our temperature just
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right We're probably going to run pretty
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close to 350 down here on this hot end
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anyway And all the coals are down here
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on this one end Probably that far from
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the end Now you're thinking to yourself
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why did I see him throw that applewood
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in there when he's got this in tinfoil
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and tinfoil does not let smoke in well
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folks remember them chickens we
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marinated there we're going to put them
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down here on the indirect end So they're
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going to get some smoke flavor So see
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y'all getting a bonus I'm showing you
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two ways to cook this chicken But I
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think it's time we get them on the
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fire So you can see this apple wood is
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doing its job It's making some smoke Now
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these two going right over the fire They
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are Remember them we
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marinated they going to go down here on
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the indirect end I like to try to shake
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some of that marinade off of them put
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them down here to where they're just
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going to lay there and be so oh so nice
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But I also like to give them just a
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little
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shake of mosquite before we shut the
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door And we tell them night
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night We need to shut the lid so we
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can control the heat just a little It
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won't take long on this end We'll
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probably let them in the tin full run
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I'd say maybe 8 to 10 minutes We're not
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going to turn them over because if we
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turn them over some of that liquid and
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that steam is going to try to run out
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there if we didn't have that foil sealed
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up good So we'll keep eye on it When we
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think we're getting close we'll even
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break out the chef's temp and we'll see
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what our temperature is
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Well everything's been on about 12
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minutes I come over here about I'd say
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halfway through that and went ahead and
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flipped that thigh over and the chicken
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breast Check the temp in the thigh He's
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way ahead of the breast because remember
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that breast is thicker But we need to
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check everybody So let's just get this
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open We're gonna let the smoke clear
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just a minute so I can see
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it
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Now let's go ahead and check this
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chicken breast first That's not in the
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full He is at
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106° Our little thigh And don't hit the
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bone He's about 125 now Things are
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sizzling right along over here And I
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think the breast is on this end So we're
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going to see if we get lucky Oh we was
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might be ahead of the game here We want
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this to try to get to like 145 150 and
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then we're going to take them out of
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there But if Shan will come over here I
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want you to see in here what has been
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taking
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place That is a lot of goodness taking
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place right there So we're going to go
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ahead and get these little fellas out of
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here and put them right here for the
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time
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being This juice that is in here folks I
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like to reserve
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it We're going to pour it over right
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there at the last We may have to heat it
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just a little We're at 146 right here
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It's really important that you get a
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quick read because that burns the hairs
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off my knuckles And this is why I like
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chef's temp It's going to give me right
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there We are on the
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money So I'm gonna slow these down just
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a tad cuz we're waiting on these fellas
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right
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here So we're going to turn him over
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There's some color developing It is So
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my goal here is to get everybody to
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about 145 to 150 Then we're going to go
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back over toward the fire Going to give
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them a good sear Going to give them just
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a little char right there on top to get
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that flavor We want everybody to be at
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165 We'll let them rest just a minute
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and then we're going to
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eat You know we've been cooking chicken
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this whole time And Duke he didn't even
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know what was going
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on He's in a coma
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I like a chicken in the hen house laying
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eggs but this is the best way I like
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chicken right here Now I showed you two
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different methods and I'm going to give
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you another tip that I should have gave
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you on these two that wasn't wrapped in
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full Because if you're doing these all
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together and you want it to come off at
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the same time start these fellas about
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15 minutes before you put these on
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Because these in the tinfoil the
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steaming method you're getting a quicker
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cook time on them Now right there you
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seen me save this juice that was out of
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that tinfoil and I just got some of it
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basted on right there to last But also I
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basted these with a little barbecue
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sauce Now you want to do that at the
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last two because most barbecue sauces
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have either white sugar or brown sugar
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in them and they're going to burn if you
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put them on there too quick And we're
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going to slice him right here So which
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one is this this come out of the tinfoil
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on this side of of the river here Now
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I'm I'm thinking this is just right for
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me
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So tender and so much flavor So we had
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this bite of thigh that come out of the
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tin full This one was cooked indirect
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and then direct So we going to slice him
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here Your marinade Shar shines through
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on here I get that honey the
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garlic Have a bite of that I think you
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should
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Wow Isn't that Oh my gosh Yes So if I
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have to pick a favorite out of this
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thigh cooked both ways there's just so
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much more tender flavor in a bite of
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thigh than there is a chicken breast So
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I'm going to have one
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more
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Dooker make me
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want do the chicken dance
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I ain't got no more time for chicken We
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got time to eat chicken Cook them Let me
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know what you think Which one y'all like
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best but I've had some pretty good help
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Duke finally did wake up when he seen it
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was time to come eat There you go Dooker
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Mage has been working the
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hardest And woo woo Thank you Hey I'd
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like to give a big shout out and a thank
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you to Chef's Temp for sponsoring this
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video Folks they have so many great
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don't forget that 25% discount code down
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there It will make you a better cook But
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it is with pride privilege and honor
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that I tip my hat to all the servicemen
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and women and all the veterans that have
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kept that old flag of flying Rest of you
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get on in here cuz I'm getting hungry I
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ain't eat all
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day God bless you each and everyone And
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I'll see you down the tenderest chicken
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trail ever
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Well the chickens have rinsed to the
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chickens have went to roost in the
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little ce The chickens are went to roost
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Luh No Get in a flower bed No
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