A whole chicken on the grill

So tonight, we cooked two whole chickens on the grill. Well, almost whole chickens. We cut out the backs to lay them open whole on the grill.

If you have a pair of kitchen shears, it’s really quite simple.  I started at the tail and cut along the side of the backbone. Then I did the same thing along the other side of the backbone. Don’t try to cut through the backbone, just along either side.

Here you can see where I cut the backbone out. Next break the wishbone to flatten the chicken out.
 

Once flattened out, I rubbed some olive oil on the skin then salt, pepper and garlic powder, threw it on a hot grill and cooked it on low for about one hour. Always check your meat with a meat thermometer to make sure it is done.

That left us with some deliciousness for dinner with plenty of leftovers for the week for quesadillas, sandwiches, Buffalo chicken pizza or just warmed up grilled chicken.