Brined Chicken Quarters

[smoker pete]

Found some Chicken Quarters at my local grocery store for 88¢/lb ... couldn't pass them up.  Three meals for the two of us for under $5 ... doesn't get any better than this!!

Brine:

• ½ gallon water
• ½ cup sugar
• ¼ cup pickling salt
• 1 cup Mr Yoshida's Teriyaki Marinade & Cooking sauce
• 3 tsp Garlic Juice ( 1 tsp = ½ clove )
• 3 Tbsp Poultry Seasoning (thyme, sage, marjoram, rosemary, black pepper, nutmeg)
• ¼ cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Brine Chicken Quarters in the fridge for 5 hours.  Allow to drain/dry on rack while preheating MAK 2 Star to 350ºF for 30 minutes using Pacific Pellet Gourmet Hickory BBQ pellets.  Cooked at 350ºF for approximately 1¼ hours until IT reached 180ºF.  Rested under foil tent for 20 minutes before serving ... Scrumptious !!!

         

[Hub]

Those look really good, SP.  I just got back from the store with a very similar purchase.  I'm going to do mine in the PBC, though, just because I haven't done leg/thigh quarters in it yet.  These things are almost always some of the best value meat in the store 

Hub

[smoker pete]

I'm with ya, sorta
they had thawed fryers on sale for .77¢#, limit two with $10 purchase
put two $3 chickens on the stands in the OldSmokey

Great lookin Yardbirds Captain    Gotta love it when they put things on sale ...

[Smokin Don]

The leg quarters to me are the best part of the chicken and you did them justice Pete! Nice color!!! Don

[sliding_billy]

Nice bird.

[TMB]

Really nice lookings legs Pete! 

Really I enjoy the breast meat more but those do look really good.

[TwoPockets]

Good looking quarters, the legs and thighs are my favorite parts of chicken.

[muebe]

Great color on those legs Pete!

[deestafford]

What beautiful color.  Dee