Chicken Practice...3's charm?
 

Did my last practice run with chicken thighs yesterday and had trouble right out the chute. This is what I was dealing with...

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So I figure...If I can make these turn out so-so I"ll be OK with good thighs. I was very happy with the taste and skin. A couple of them that weren't too badly butchered turned out OK. I feel pretty confident in my process, rub, and sauce. Now all I need are some decent thighs! :-P Here are a few more pics just for the hell of it. :biggrin:

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Yes...I remembered to pull the toothpics...:twisted:

I'm seeing some major progress there. Looks like you have the concept and technique down now. Just gotta find some big ole thighs with a lot of skin to trim down.

I think you did a good job considering what you started out with. My 3rd practice will be Wednesday. I hope I can say I'm happy with the skin. It's driving me nuts.

You might consider trimming more meat away, leaving more or longer skin to work with. Looks appealing. Even pieces look and score better. Saw twelve thighs in a box not long ago. That is smaller than what I turn in, but it looked good. Steve.

you need a drip pan on the plate setter, man

That's was my first thought also.

JD with those thighs, I would suggest triming more aggresively. remember the judges only need enough to get a fair and decent sample. the 12 thighs mentioned above were in a thread here recently. I believe it was Paul's team The Pickled Pig that trims them enough to get 12 to a box.
Color looks good and the last picture tells me they are juicy, how was tenderness?

I agree...my bad. :icon_blush: I will never abuse the egg again...:-P

Very good...my wife actually liked them...and that is saying a lot! :-P