Chicken for Pullin'

caustin919 · Nov 23, 2014

Wifey is allergic to turkey so each year she gets to pick the protein to replace it. Everyone else eats a big delicious t-bird. This year we settled on pulled chicken. It's her favorite thing to order at our local BBQ spots and I was looking for an excuse to fire up the Yoder. Even if it's overcast with a drizzle every now and then.. I have to take advantage of a 50 degree day in Michigan in late November. I'm also going to use the bones and scraps to make stock for Thursday.

Fired up the Smoker and burning mostly apple today.. might have to supplement with oak.

Got four birds that are between 5.5 and 6 pounds each. The plan is to make a bit for her thanksgiving meal and then vac-u-suck for packages for winter meals. All spatchcocked and rubbed with my house mix.

The inspector general always at my side keeping a close eye on me.

More pron later...

FatCoyote · Nov 23, 2014

Looks good, I hope your not also cookin' the big guy watching over your every move.

caustin919 · Nov 23, 2014

FatCoyote said:
Looks good, I hope your not also cookin' the big guy watching over your every move.

haha she's safe.. she's always by my side but she's a great dog.

caustin919 · Nov 23, 2014

With all the thanksgiving day food in the house, the only chilled space I had last night was on top of the beer in the kegerator.

Convenient cause I was gettin thirsty from all the fire prep and what not. So I pulled a mug of Smoked Pumpkin Porter from my favorite local spot Sherwood Brewing Company.

Happy Hapgood · Nov 23, 2014

Excellent back up plan in every way!

caustin919 · Nov 23, 2014

Cruising along

Decided to throw a nekkid fattie on. Plain Jimmy Dean chub with Cherry BBQ rub from Spice Merchant in Traverse City.

I also decided to bast the baste the chicken with a mixture of Cherry Republic Montmorency cherry preserve, melted butter, and chicken stock.

And the next beer of the day is "Swaney Double Red" an Imperial Red Ale from Old Mission/Jolly Pumpkin.

DetTigersFan · Nov 23, 2014

Lookin good so far. Cute dog too.

jermoQ · Nov 23, 2014

Cool!

:biggrin: Everything looks good! If your inspector general does does his job well, do you pay him with a wing?

FatCoyote · Nov 23, 2014

Still lookin' tasty

SmokinAussie · Nov 23, 2014

Nice Smoker by the way!

CHeers!

Bill

caustin919 · Nov 23, 2014

SmokinAussie said:
Nice Smoker by the way!

CHeers!

Bill

Thank you! Cheers!

caustin919 · Nov 23, 2014

Birds coming off. The skin looks darker in the picture than it actually is. So they ended up cooking between 225 and 250 until the internal temp in the breast was approaching160. I flipped them over and moved them closer to the firebox for about 10 minutes at the end to finish off the skin. I know a lot of folks cook poultry at a higher temp.. but I really like how the extended time rendered out all the fat in the skin.

The fattie was outfarkingstanding.. especially after I brushed on some of my Rye Cherry BBQ Sauce. The family helped me get rid of this pretty quick.

The total weight precook was about 23 pounds. Not including the wings (wich I didn't take off the bone) the final chicken yield was about 7 pounds.

FatCoyote · Nov 23, 2014

Well done and looks very tasty. What do you think you will make out of that wonderful pulled yardbird??

Big George's BBQ · Nov 23, 2014

That looks great. I am sure the Inspector General Approved. Have a Great TD

smoke ninja · Nov 23, 2014

Wow % 30 yield. Who would've thought.

caustin919 · Nov 23, 2014

FatCoyote said:
Well done and looks very tasty. What do you think you will make out of that wonderful pulled yardbird??

For tonight we made some simple tacos. Corn torillas, finished with white onion, salt, lime juice and cilantro. Oh and a little drizzle of Frontera Habanero Rum hot sauce. Plus a couple of the wings brushed with the Rye Cherry BBQ sauce and broiled a couple of minutes.

Big George's BBQ said:
That looks great. I am sure the Inspector General Approved. Have a Great TD

Thanks. She did approve. We don't give her our food very often.. so when she got her muzzle around a piece of that chicken skin.. I though she was going to wag her tail OFF.

FatCoyote · Nov 23, 2014

Very cool... It sure looks tasty.

Chicken for Pullin'

caustin919

Knows what a fatty is.

FatCoyote

is one Smokin' Farker

caustin919

Knows what a fatty is.

caustin919

Knows what a fatty is.

Happy Hapgood

somebody shut me the fark up.

caustin919

Knows what a fatty is.

DetTigersFan

is one Smokin' Farker

jermoQ

Babbling Farker

FatCoyote

is one Smokin' Farker

SmokinAussie

somebody shut me the fark up.

caustin919

Knows what a fatty is.

caustin919

Knows what a fatty is.

FatCoyote

is one Smokin' Farker

Big George's BBQ

somebody shut me the fark up.

smoke ninja

somebody shut me the fark up.

caustin919

Knows what a fatty is.

FatCoyote

is one Smokin' Farker

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