Name: Smoked Whole Chicken with Homemade BBQ Sauce
Ingredients: 32 oz bottle Ketchup; 4 Garlic cloves (or 1 Tbsp minced/powder); 1 cup Brown sugar; 1 cup Apple cider vinegar; ½ cup Worcestershire sauce; 4 oz Bourbon (or ½ can of your favorite beer); 1 Tbsp BBQ seasoning; 2 tsp Cayenne pepper; 2 tsp Smoked paprika; 2 tsp Onion powder; 2 Tbsp Frank's Red Hot; ½ cup Honey (habanero honey used); ⅓ bottle Apple cider adult beverage; 1 Whole chicken; Sunday Best Rub (or any rub) (as needed)

Ingredients

BBQ Sauce

Full sauce recipe lives on its own page (it gets reused elsewhere on the site):

Maple Bourbon BBQ Sauce ingredients

32 oz bottle ketchup
4 garlic cloves (or 1 Tbsp minced/powder)
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup apple cider vinegar
½ cup Worcestershire sauce
4 oz bourbon (or ½ can of your favorite beer)
1 Tbsp BBQ seasoning
2 tsp cayenne pepper
2 tsp smoked paprika
2 tsp onion powder
2 Tbsp Frank's Red Hot
½ cup honey (habanero honey used)
⅓ bottle apple cider adult beverage

Full BBQ Sauce page →

Chicken

Whole chicken1
Sunday Best Rub (or any rub)as needed

Instructions

Mix the sauce

Combine all BBQ sauce ingredients. Taste and adjust as you go — make it to your liking.
Simmer

Simmer for about an hour, stirring every so often.
Prep the chicken

Pat the chicken dry, then season with the Sunday Best Rub or your rub of choice.
Oven for crispy skin

Cook on a rack over a pan at 425°F until internal temp reaches 160°F.
Or grill it

Grill at 350°F until internal temp reaches 160°F.

Uses the Sunday Best Rub

Season with the Sunday Best Rub — or any rub you like.

Instructions

Mix the sauce

Simmer

Prep the chicken

Oven for crispy skin

Or grill it

Uses the Sunday Best Rub