Hey Puna, heard of this?
http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2011/07/grilling-huli-huli-chicken-recipe.html
Huli Huli chicken. Comes from your neck of the woods. Ever tried it? I think it might be in the lead for 'thing I'm grilling this weekend.'
There is a guy who sells huli huli chicken from a BBQ trailer on the side of the road to my home. He's there Tuesdays and Fridays. Huli huli means turn turn. His trailer is a flat bed with 8" sides and a tall roof overhead. It has 5 rotisseries on it, 8 birds to a spit. He cooks over a kiawe wood (Hawaiian mesquite) fire. It is the best BBQ chicken I know of. He reloads the rotisseries twice, and sells out every time.
The secret is in the marinating. He won't give me his marinade recipe. I've tried to emulate it, but I can't quite get it right. There are a lot of huli huli recipes around; his has something different.
At $10 a bird it's just too easy to stop and pick up a couple for dinner. They average about 4 pounds per bird precooked weight. They are juicy and the meat falls off of the bone. He offers homemade sauces on the side. Sometimes I use them. Mostly I like the chicken straight up.
Ah yes, it's Tuesday... I see a six-pack of Torpedo and huli huli chicken for pau hana (work is done) this evening. Definetly one of the good things about living in Hawaii!