chicken prep before cooking

[grillwhatyoulove]

I've seen "give chicken lemon-water bath" (then rinse w/ cold water) before cooking. Anyone out there do this? * WHAT RATIO LEMON JUICE TO WATER SHOULD BE USED? *

[bigsteve]

Haven't seen that one yet. For whole chickens, I rinse with cool water, pat dry, then coat with whatever rub suits my fancy that day. For chicken pieces, I brine first.

[strcdply]

i use this:

www.bluesmoke-bbq.com/006chicken/washing_chicken.php

and i've never tasted any vinegar in my meat. i've done it several times already with chicken.