I fry chicken sometimes, but nowadays I mostly saute it boneless or roast it whole. I have an electric spit for the propane BBQ which works great. On the smoker I will stand the chicken up on a beer can, since I don't have any kind of a chicken rack. I should probably learn how to splat it, as I think that would smoke much better.
My mom always used Crisco & a big cast iron Dutch oven with a cast iron lid to fry chicken, but dad didn't care for chicken, so we rarely ate it. Dad was gone TDY a lot, and so when he was away mom would cook all the things he didn't like to eat. Fish, chicken, Mexican food, German potato salad, braunschwager, guetta, cabbage and corned beef, and sometimes we'd get BBQ.
My dad did not like to barbecue, and he did not like to eat barbecue. This may have something to do with him watching people cook dogs and rats when he was overseas.
We used to get Take Out BBQ sometimes when dad was gone, but nobody in our family was big on barbecue as far as I remember.