My First Smoke in my 045 | Cookshack

Former Member

2 days ago I did the initial seasoning on my new SM045 which went great and today I got to do my first smoke and it came out fantastic. Nothing fancy, I just took two 5 pound whole chickens, one for me and one for a friend, rubbed a light coating of garlic infused olive oil on them, gave them a coating of Cookshack Chicken Rub and popped them into the smoker along with 4 ounces of apple wood and set the temp to 225 degrees. The aroma coming from the smoker once they really started to cook was amazing. 4 hours later the Maverick wireless remote and the Cookshack meat probe indicated the birds were done. After removing the birds I wrapped them in foil and delivered my friends bird to him. My buddy unwrapped his bird and we carved it up and proceeded to give it a taste. OMG it was juicy, tender, had a wonderful smoke flavor and was just absolutely delicous

I left my buddy to enjoy his present and I raced home to enjoy my chicken. I dont remember when I've had a better dinner

I couldn't have made this great meal without all the great info and advice available on this wonderful forum.

5/23/108:59 PM

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Former Member

Man, that sounds great. Congratulations to you on your first smoke.

That was really nice of you to smoke a bird for your friend too.

5/23/1011:28 PM

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Thanks. My friend really enjoyed it. He's always stopping by to give me fresh caught striped bass and bluefish so it felt good to be able to give him something I knew he'd really enjoy

The wife and I are off to Costco in about an hour to get more stuff to smoke.... I can't wait to fire up the smoker again !!

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That sounds so good! I might start the weekend with something similar!

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