Gateway Drum Smoker - Chicken Halves

In this weeks video I fire up the Gateway Drum Smoker and hang some Chicken Halves! Hanging chicken halves in a barrel is my absolute favorite way to cook a full bird! The flavor you get from the chicken juice hitting the coals is absolutely awesome! I used Jealous Devil lump charcoal for the fuel and ran the Gateway at 300 for about 1.5 hours. I rubbed the chicken halves with Tailgaters BBQ Party Rub and gave each of them a coat of Blues Hog Champions Blend BBQ sauce to finish them off! The flavor combo of those 2 things together is real nice and I highly suggest that you give it a try! Don't forget to check out Hiawatha Woodworks for all your custom cutting board needs and to use code "MadHorse20" to save 20% off your order! Hope this video helps ya out and if you really want to see some educational/cool content I highly suggest you check out The BBQ League!
Have a great week everybody! 🍻
Links
Gateway Drum Smoker - www.gatewaydru...
Tailgaters BBQ Party Rub - www.sucklebust...
Blues Hog BBQ Sauce - blueshog.com/
Hiawatha Woodworks - hiawathawoodwo...
The BBQ League -
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[@jaybooth4815]

Those are some mighty fine yard birds Brian! So juicy when cutting into them. Looks delicious! Thanks for sharing how you cut them up. Oh, that tomahawk steak looked amazing. Cheers bro!

[@MadHorseBBQ]

Thank you Jay! And not a problem, just happy that dang bee didn’t get me lol. Have a great weekend! 🍻🍻

[@jaybooth4815]

Brian I just picked up 2 half chickens from my local butcher. I don't have a drum smoker but my Weber Summitt will do nicely. Probably gonna use some Burn Pit sweet heat on them. Cheers!

[@MadHorseBBQ]

Oh heck ya Jay those will turn out real nice!

[@DeadBrokeBBQ]

Great job Brian!! I love that pit dude!!! Barrel chicken is si dang good! Have a great weekend!!

[@MadHorseBBQ]

Thanks Jeff! I agree! The drums make some killer chicken! Cheers bro! 🍻

[@scottpost6741]

Those may have been the juiciest birds I have ever seen Brian. WOW!! Thanks for sharing and keep em' coming!

[@MadHorseBBQ]

Hey thanks Scott! I love hanging birds! Turn out great every time!

[@hinds90]

10:45 man oh man the amount of juice that poured from those chickens

[@MadHorseBBQ]

They were fairly edible.

[@TomHorsmanAmateurBBQ]

Awesome lookin Bird!

[@MadHorseBBQ]

Thanks Chief!

[@brittsbackyardbbqngrill]

Barrel cooked chickens and cook enough to make the BEST Chicken salad...Nice cook...

[@MadHorseBBQ]

Thank you!

[@ChickenFriedBBQ]

nice looking yard birds!

[@MadHorseBBQ]

Thanks Bill I appreciate that!

[@RGsFood]

Man there was a ton of juice when you first took off the chicken to sauce them! Good lookin birds👍

[@MadHorseBBQ]

Hey thanks Ryan! The gateway did a real nice job on them! 👊🍻

[@4MzBBQandGRILL]

Great looking birds 👍

[@MadHorseBBQ]

Thanks Bro!

[@TOTLBBQ]

Where did you get your charcoal basket from?....do you have a link for it?

[@MadHorseBBQ]

The coal basket comes with the drum. Check the description for gateways website.

[@TOTLBBQ]

Thanks for the info

[@chrisk181]

Can you do a video on hanging ribs on the gateway? There isn’t many on here surprisingly.

[@MadHorseBBQ]

I sure can!

[@bernardgagnon1626]

I have a Gateway Drum, and St-louis style ribs turn out perfect every time.
1 hour hung
1 hour wrapped simply with butter.
Temp 275°

[@smitty8350]

Yeah and please do share the break down of a chicken lol.. i "cut" mines the same way lol

[@Bayareabbq]

I want a Brian shirt ,😊👍...comeback Brian...been a long while

[@MadHorseBBQ]

Hahaha maybe someday! Happy Thanksgiving!

[@diesel6594]

You dried it out bro

[@MadHorseBBQ]

Ok