If you don't know how to cook on open fire you learn quick enough with power outages. Normally start with briquettes which I find last longer than charcoal, add some wood for flavour too.
Chicken is delicious off the fire, must be properly cooked through, good instruction on how to !LOLZ
Sometimes if I am in a hurry(or lazy) I will put the chicken in the oven on a low temp while the wood burns down to coals and then finish it off on the fire. The low temp in the oven makes sure that it is cooked through and that the marinade pulls into the meat. Hmmmmm...
Most I know pre-cook chicken due to coals losing heat before meat is cooked through close to the bone, still one of the tastiest to enjoy! Also have friends who fire cook then microwave to make sure it's done properly.
