It’s fantastic for cooking smoked chicken, whether it’s the chicken thigh, chicken leg, or chicken breast.
Unlike ordinary grilled chicken, it has this excellent smoky flavor that makes it taste so good.
But we understand that the cooking process and prep work may seem a little overwhelming at first.
You might have concerns the types of racks you’ll need or the type of wood pellets to use
Use Your Pit Boss Pellet Grill to Smoke Chicken Legs
Your Pit Boss pellet smoker’s cooking grate will be able to hold chicken drumsticks just fine.
So even though chicken legs are a lot smaller than a brisket, you won’t have to worry about them falling through the grill grates.
Where to Place Chicken in The Smoker?
You should keep the meat away from the open flame and instead cook them using indirect heat.
If you cook the chicken legs at high heat for an extended amount of time, they will develop an undesirable leathery texture.
You can also just place the chicken pieces over direct heat at the very end of the cook so that it develops those nice grill lines.
However, you should make sure that your smoker grill’s lid is left open for this process.
Should You Wash Chicken Legs?
While it seems like a smart idea to wash the meat before patting your chicken legs dry, you actually shouldn’t.
Doing is not only gets rid of most of the meat’s flavor, but it can increase the bacteria count on the meat’s surface.
Since white meat must be properly cooked through before it can be eaten, you won’t have to worry about trying to get rid of any bacteria during the preparation phase.
So long as the chicken achieves an internal meat temperature of 165 ℉, everything should be fine.
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