Smoked Whole Chicken

Step 1: Mix together 1 cup water, salt and sugar in a sauce pan and bring to a boil; continue to boil until salt and sugar are dissolved.

Step 2: Cool completely in refrigerator.

Step 3: Place the chicken, onion, garlic and pepper corns in a pot large enough to hold the entire chicken.

Step 4: Pour the beer and cooled brine over the chicken; add enough water to just cover the chicken.

Step 5: Brine refrigerated for 4 hours.

Step 6: Remove the chicken from the brine and pat dry inside and out.

Step 7: Prepare smoker and smoke at 250 degrees for approximately 4 hours or until meat thermometer reads 180 degrees in the thickest part of the breast.

Step 8: Your chicken will be nicely browned outside. The meat does stay pink around the bones but the juices will run clear inside the chicken.