# Cooking a while chicken

**URL:** <https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/cooking-a-while-chicken/19361>\
**Category:** Anova Precision® Cooker\
**Created:** [January 8, 2019, 11:04pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/cooking-a-while-chicken/19361 "2019-01-08T23:04:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Mrnkkhojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@Mrnkkhojo](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/Mrnkkhojo)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2019, 11:04pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/cooking-a-while-chicken/19361/1 "2019-01-08T23:04:42Z")

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There are no instructions as to how long and at what temp to cook an entire chicken. Please tell me how to do this. I am very new to this form of cooking.

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**Author:** ![Brian1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Brian1](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/Brian1)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2019, 12:08am UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/cooking-a-while-chicken/19361/2 "2019-01-09T00:08:26Z")

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> **[ChefSteps](https://www.chefsteps.com/activities/whole-poached-chicken)**
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**Author:** ![Ember](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.anovaculinary.com/ember/32/729_2.png) [@Ember](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/Ember)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2019, 6:04am UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/cooking-a-while-chicken/19361/3 "2019-01-09T06:04:07Z")

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Not sure that I’d go down the whole chicken route. Most people tend to like their white meat and dark meat handled differently.

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**Author:** ![chatnoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecd19e/32.png) [@chatnoir](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/chatnoir)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2019, 2:24pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/cooking-a-while-chicken/19361/4 "2019-01-09T14:24:33Z")

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Why do it?

Even a spatchcocked chicken will require some compromise in your time and temperature decision.