I brined it for 24 hours in a modified Smokin honey brine. I used � the salt and added a heaping tablespoon of poultry seasoning. I sprinkled it with some fresh ground pepper and a little more poultry seasoning after rinsing it multiple times.
The trick to keeping the skin from splitting was to ramp the temp. I stumbled on this because I was wanting the most smoke flavor I could get from the 2-3 oz. of Hickory suggested on this forum. I started with about 125 F for about 30 minutes, then up to 150F or so, then to 200F then to 250F where I smoked to an internal temp of 170 (thigh)
It was awesome. Thanks for all who replied with kind words.
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