How To Grill BBQ Chicken

By: LeRoy Coffie

Break Studios Contributing Writer

You are having a party or dinner and you want to know how to grill BBQ chicken. BBQ chicken is delicious and popular. Learning how to grill BBQ chicken is easy. Learning how to grill BBQ chicken for you and your friends is a personal choice and taste.

What You Will Need:

Chicken
Gas or charcoal grill-charcoal for charcoal grill
Aluminum foil
Your favorite BBQ sauce
Salt and pepper
Utensils
Butter brush
Knife
Meat thermometer

Choosing the chicken is the most important part in learning how to grill BBQ chicken. Choose chicken pieces that fit your family and friends. Breast meat, legs, and thighs are all favorite pieces. Buy chicken breast that is already boned and ready to go. Buy the other chicken meat without fat and skin. You are not making fried chicken. Make sure you wash and dry all of the raw chicken. Cut off any excess fat.
Turn your grill on high. If you are using a charcoal grill, get the charcoal nice and hot. Make sure you put aluminum foil over the grill before it gets hot. Juicy chicken draining straight into your grill will make a mess and can often cause grease fires. Aluminum foil keeps part of the mess in one place, on the aluminum foil.
Prepare your chicken. Sprinkle salt and pepper on both sides of the chicken. Put the chicken on the grill and begin to grill the chicken. Let the chicken cook a little bit on high. Now you are ready to learn how to grill BBQ chicken.
Take your favorite BBQ sauce and pour it into a bowl. If you opted for a recipe, mix it up beforehand. Take your butter brush and wipe the BBQ sauce on the grilling chicken. Let the chicken cook. Keep the grill open and watch the chicken as it cooks. Flip the chicken every five minutes. Each time you flip the chicken, put another coat of BBQ sauce on the chicken. You want to BBQ sauce to soak into the chicken.
If the chicken cooks too fast, turn down the grill to a lower level. Continue to cook the chicken until there is no pick on the inside. Some people use a meat thermometer to check on the temperature; this is optional. If using a meat thermometer, make sure the chicken reaches a temperature of 160 degrees. Regardless of the meat thermometer, make sure your BBQ chicken has no pink in the middle before you take it off the grill. Take a fork and hold down the chicken. Take a knife and cut through the chicken. Look inside and make sure there is no pink meat.
Your grilled BBQ chicken is good and ready to eat. You cooked it right by continuously wiping more BBQ sauce on your chicken as it cooked. You picked the best pieces of chicken. Your friends and family will love your BBQ chicken.
Make sure you have another bowl of BBQ sauce on the table for your family and friends who like that extra delicious sauce on their grilled BBQ chicken. The secret to great grilled BBQ chicken is starting with the best chicken and using a sauce the whole family loves. Do not use another recipe unless you believe it fits your family. Grilling BBQ chicken is easy. Grilling BBQ chicken for your family takes love and understanding of your family.