[aklemm]

The preference for white meat is almost pathological. Constantly I hear (I cook and teach people to cook) people complain that they can't get chicken right, that it's dry or rubbery. And then they REFUSE to cook or try thighs instead, which are forgiving and tasty.

[bluejekyll]

When roasting a whole bird, I love to use the turn method. Some people turn the bird three times, I just do it once and find it's awesome (same for turkey).

Basically, cook the chicken upside down for basically half the time, and then finish it breast side up.

Juicy breast meat every time.

[exclusiv]

I smoke whole birds including turkeys in my Big Green Egg. When doing a whole bird - breasts get to temp much quicker so you can put ice packs on the breasts before you cook to try and get all parts to hit ~160 degrees at the same time. I don't turn it at all, I use a Sittin Turkey/Chicken ceramic holder to keep the bird upright and moist from the liquid inside.

You probably don't have room in your oven to do a turkey upright but it works well on a grill and you can easily do a whole chicken upright in the oven. You can pour beer or other liquid and spices into the center of it to keep it moist. It's just a better beer can chicken. Highly recommend.

Good suggestion on turning in oven though if you aren't upright - less is more. Same with steaks and burgers.

[dclowd9901]

Well, you can make breast meat juicy and awesome, but it's just much more difficult, especially with the ridiculous size pieces you get nowadays.

[Declanomous]

I've never liked the taste of chicken very much, especially white meat/eggs. The smell of normal eggs that have been cooked is nearly enough to make me vomit.

Despite this fact, I still ate chicken and eggs, because it can be rather healthy.

A couple of years ago I had an organic free range egg for the first time and it was incredible. It didn't smell anything like normal eggs, and it tasted like actual food. It's hard to describe, but normal eggs almost smell/taste like a hospital to me.

A little while after that I was picking up some chicken breasts, and the organic ones at the supermarket were on sale. Given my experience with the eggs, I thought I'd give it a shot.

The difference between the organic chicken breast and a normal chicken breast was incredible. For one thing, there was fat, and it actually looked like fat. And the breast was pretty small, but it was super tasty.

Altogether, that experience totally sold me on organic food.