A lot of people are intimidated by the idea of buying a whole roaster chicken at the grocery store and removing the backbone to spatchcock it for even, simple cooking.
Let me assure you it’s really easy and whole chickens are a tremendous value for a versatile protein.
Here’s my chicken on the Weber 26 which I let cook offset the coals while the wife and I did spring cleanup yard work-




Here’s a simple video explaining the technique-