Think of it as a giant scotch-egg, without the egg (but you can fill it with anything you like even egg). My last one had cooked garlic mushrooms, cooked diced ham & blackpudding. If you use mince you end up with meatloaf and there is nothing whatsoever with a good meatloaf.
If you want a quick & easy to do WOW factor for non BBQ enthusiasts, look up cupcake chicken on youtube or this link to kievs
viewtopic.php?f=65&t=2545&p=21867#p21867.
If you want to go traditional with the kievs, after the chicken has set-up on the bbq/smoker and you know it's going to hold its shape, roll in pre-cooked breadcrumbs** and let it finish on the smoker.
**Pre-cooked breadcrumbs. Cover a baking tray with stale breadcrumbs, add butter (flavoured if you like) cook in a medium to high oven stirring every now and again until the breadcrumbs have turned a golden brown, cool and use. I don't know how well these keep as I've never had a surplus.
