Smoked Chicken by Rodney Scott

The oven and the pit are very different, obviously. When you taste this chicken, you’ll have a hard time going back to your oven.

Photo by Jerrelle Guy

Excerpted with permission from Rodney Scott’s World of BBQ: Every Day is a Good Day by Rodney Scott and Lolis Eric Elie.

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