Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-Q Chicken with Alabama White Sauce
This smoked chicken recipe with Alabama white sauce is a classic BBQ favorite. Juicy meat and tangy sauce come together over Kingsford™ Charcoal Briquets for an authentic BBQ experience.
Cooking for 4 people
Ingredients
- 2
whole chickens, butterflied
- 1 tbsp.
salt
- 1/2 cup
oil (e.g., vegetable oil, olive oil)
- 2 tsp.
cracked black pepper
Alabama White Sauce
- 2 1/2 cups
mayonnaise
- 1 1/2 cups
distilled white vinegar
- 2 tsp.
fresh lemon juice
- 2 tbsp.
coarsely ground black pepper
- 2 tsp.
sugar
- 2 tsp.
salt
1Food Prep
Start by removing the 2 chickens from the packaging. Check the cavities and remove any giblets.
Use kitchen shears, sturdy scissors or a chef’s knife to cut all along each side of the backbone, and remove the spine from each chicken.
Place each chicken cut-side down on a cutting board and press down firmly along the top of the breastbone to flatten it out. Pat your chicken dry.
Liberally season both sides of each chicken with salt.
2Grill Prep
Fuel: We recommend Kingsford™ Original Charcoal Briquets
Method: Two-Zone Method
Temp: 300°F (Low Heat)
3The Cook
When you’re at temp, put cooking oil on a folded paper towel. Grab the oiled paper towel with long-handled tongs and oil the grate thoroughly.
Put each spatchcocked chicken skin side up, over the cooler side of the grate, and cook until the skin on the chicken is golden brown, about 1 hour.
Once the skin has browned, flip the chickens to cook skin side down, basting both sides with the oil.
Sprinkle the cavity of each chicken evenly with the cracked black pepper and cook the chicken until the internal temperature of the thickest part of the thigh reaches 180°F on a digital meat thermometer, about 1 hour.
As the chicken nears doneness, combine the ingredients for the Alabama White Sauce in a large bowl.
Once cooked through, remove each chicken from the grill and submerge them into the bowl of white sauce.
Remove the chicken from the sauce, and cut in half between the breasts, and then quarter them by cutting between each breast and thigh.
Serve with the remaining white sauce on the side.
Credit: Recipe created by world champion pitmaster Chris Lilly of Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-Que on behalf of Kingsford™ Charcoal.
For safe meat preparation, reference the USDA website.
FAQs
Cook over indirect heat for about 60–90 minutes until the internal temperature reaches 165°F in the thickest part of the thigh.
It’s a tangy blend of mayonnaise, vinegar and spices that pairs perfectly with smoky grilled chicken.
Arrange Kingsford™ Charcoal Briquets in a two-zone setup and adjust vents for airflow. Add fresh briquets as needed.
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