Dry-Rub Barbecued Chicken

Since young battery chickens are so bland today, they need to be either marinated or, as I learned at a barbecue competition in Huntsville, Alabama, seasoned with a spicy dry-rub before being grilled. (Even organic chickens, which may or may not have a bit more flavor, benefit from a dry-rub when being barbecued.) Indirect, slow cooking over fairly mild wood chips (not hickory) is the best way to produce optimum flavor and maintain the chicken’s moistness, so be sure to use a drip pan and t