Recipe calls for 2 ounces of hickory for one chicken.
I am smoking four chickens.
8 ounces wood? 2 ounces? Or something in between?
Thanks
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Not more than 2oz on chicken, no matter how many there are.
Take into account just how much you like smoke flavor. I've found it's easy to oversmoke chicken. Like Cal said, I'd go 2 oz or less. Like most meats, you're going to have to take the plunge, evaluate and adjust to your own taste.
From your post I thought you might have been considering scaling up the wood to match the increase in meat. I've found that's unnecessary.
From your post I thought you might have been considering scaling up the wood to match the increase in meat. I've found that's unnecessary.
Some Cookshack owners with well seasoned smokers don't add any wood at all. The residual seasoning does the trick.
Yep,my 160 will do thighs with no extra wood added.
Yep, like everyone has stated, your smoker doesn't know if you're smoking one chicken or ten chickens. A set amount of wood will produce a set amount of smoke, no matter how full or empty the smoker is.