Baked in the South

Ingredients 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon paprika 1 teaspoon garlic powder 1 teaspoon black pepper 1 whole chicken, cut up Applewood chips for smoking, as needed Directions In a medium size bowl, mix together the dry ingredients. Rub the seasoning over the pieces of the chicken. Place wood chips and charcoal in the smoking tray of the grill. If you don't have this option you can make a packet out of aluminum foil and punch a few holes in the top of it with a fork and place directly on the hot coals. Place the chicken on a hot grill over medium-heat meat side up. Grill over the wood chips for 1 hour and 30 minutes. Serve with Big Bob Gibson's White Barbecue Sauce  

  I will be blogging about our holiday recipes over the next few weeks.  We had so much good food and this ham was on the menu Christmas Eve.  Kai's dad Dave roasted this ham in the big green egg smoker at 225 degrees for about an hour per pound.  This ham was about 8 pounds, so it smoked for about 8 hours.  It was amazing!    

"Big Green Egg" Southern Smoked Baby Back Ribs Recipe & Tutorial If you aren't familiar with "The Big Green Egg" it is a large, green, egg shaped smoker that makes the most delicious food on the planet!  It can be use as both a grill and a smoker.  We make everything from burgers & hotdogs, grilled pizza, to whole smoked chicken and whole racks of ribs!  We even do our 20 lb. Thanksgiving Turkey on this bad boy! You can cook anything on this thing and the website has tons of recipes along with great customer support to help you learn how to use your egg.  They have several different sizes and the smaller one seems like it can do all the same things as the larger one, which is what we have.  Except maybe the 20 lb. Turkey... Here are the specifics: LARGE The Large EGG is the most popular size and a favorite to handle the cooking needs of most families and gatherings of friends. Accommodates all EGGcessories for baking, roasting or smo...