Chicken brine

[uncle bucks bbq]

Would anyone be willing to share a compition brine for chicken with me? Would be great!
Thanks, Mike

[Old Dave]

Brine for 12-14 trimmed chicken thighs.... all fourteen pieces placed into one double 1 gallon freezer bags. Time in brine 3 hours.

32 oz clean water
1/4 cup pickling salt
2 teaspoons tender quick
1/3 cup honey
3 bay leaves
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon pickle spice

[uncle bucks bbq]

Thanks alot. Do you smoke your chicken with this recipe as well?
Thanks,
Mike

[Old Dave]

Mike,

Winning competition chicken has many steps and smoking is just one of them. I use just a small amount of smoke wood with my chicken as it is very easy to over smoke it.



This is winning chicken and it has the following steps.

Trimmed to size
Scraped skin
Pinned skin
Brined
Marinaded
Rubbed
Grilled
Braised for bite thru skin
Glazed on the cooker
Selected for the box

All cooking was done on a Backwoods Party cooker.

[uncle bucks bbq]

Thanks alot Old Dave still cooking but looking awsome!
Mike