Cast Iron Whole Chicken

I recently saw an episode of Guy's Big Bite where Guy made a whole chicken in a cast iron skillet in his outdoor wood burning oven. Well, I don't happen to have a wood burning oven, as much as I've asked Mama Zuri for one. Instead, I decided I'd use my grill to see if I would get the same quality as I would in my kitchen oven.

I was pleasantly surprised with the results but I still feel I can go a bit further with this recipe. I've decided to post what I've done tonight but but look for updates of this recipe as I perfect it. Here we go!!

Ingredients:
3.5 lb WOG Whole Chicken
1 stick of butter (softened)
2 lemons
1/2 red onion
1 fennel bulb
1/2 red pepper
2 small potatoes
1 ear of corn (optional, I used this as a means for our dinner)
Olive oil
1 tsp thyme
1 C white wine (I used Chardonnay)
Salt / pepper

1) take the soften butter and add the zest of one lemon, the thyme, a generous pinch of salt, and generous pinch of salt ... once the butter and seasoning is mixed take the whole chicken and apply the butter mixture underneath the skin of the chicken, massaging the butter all through the chicken ... take the chicken and remove the spine with a knife or kitchen shears

2) chop the onion, fennel, red pepper, and potatoes and place them into the skillet ... place the corn in the middle of the skillet ... drizzle some olive oil over top of the vegetables and apply a good pinch of salt and pepper over top of the vegetables  ... slice the lemons and place them on top of the vegetables ... take the chicken and place it skin side down with the vegetables on top of the open cavity ... olive oil, salt, and pepper the inside of the chicken

3) heat the grill to 500 degrees (I have a four burner grill so I put the first two burners on high) and place the skillet over top of the grates of the burners that are off ... heat for 30 minutes then turn the chicken over, add the white wine, and heat again until the internal temperature reads 160 degrees (about 30 minutes)

ENJOY!