Spatchcocked yardbird on the kettle

Enkidu · Jan 28, 2013

chriscw81 said:
I actually use the Weber charcoal holders now only because they make it easier to clean up and save charcoal. Before I got the holders I used your method and it worked great. I did have to keep my lower vent almost closed to keep the temp below 400 sometimes, but not always. Man, I love my kettle! I wanna be buried with it! It's smoking a tri-tip for me right now as I type.

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You can do anything on a kettle! I am sure I will be using my UDS a lot when I build it in a couple weeks, but now, 90% of my Q'ing is done on my OTG. In the last 3 weeks, I've made 2 briskets, two butts, and 2 chickens on it. And I've even got my method down on briskets to the point where I can maintain 10-12 hours at 220 on a single load of coals with no water pan (which is great for overnight cooks when I want it done for lunchtime the next day and don't want to wake up early for a HnF cook).

I love my mini-WSM (heck, I've even cooked a packer on it) but I always seem to come back to the kettle. I imagine the UDS will be even easier to use once I have gotten used to it, but I am guessing that if I were told I could only keep one cooker (even after I have UDS experience) it would be my kettle.

cowgirl · Jan 28, 2013

Yum Chris, That's a beautiful bird! Nice job! :-D

farklf · Jan 28, 2013

I'm cracking up about the pregnant wife. I been there buddy!!!

Smoking Westy · Jan 28, 2013

Looks real good, got me itching to do another bird on the kettle.

What's the scoop with the skewers?

HankB · Jan 28, 2013

Looks good! (Yeah, you do not want to keep a pregnant woman waiting! Been there, tried not to do that!)

How did the lid thermometer compare with readings form the ET-732?

chriscw81 · Jan 28, 2013

Smoking Westy said:
Looks real good, got me itching to do another bird on the kettle.

What's the scoop with the skewers?

The skewers make it much easier to handle after its spatchcocked. It's not necessary but I recommend trying it. Sometimes I like to flip the bird during the cook(which I didn't do this time) and its a breeze with skewers.

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chriscw81 · Jan 28, 2013

HankB said:
Looks good! (Yeah, you do not want to keep a pregnant woman waiting! Been there, tried not to do that!)

How did the lid thermometer compare with readings form the ET-732?

i'm glad you asked that quesion. the few times ive cooked on this new OTG(ive had lots of cooks on the older model without a dome thermometer) i think the dome thermometer has been reading high because of its postion relative to where my coals are. when i have my kettle set up like this:

i alternate my exhaust being at the head and foot of the bird to make sure it cooks evenly. when doing that the dome thermometer always ends up right above the coals so it reads higher than the temp the food is getting. when i only have coals on one side i put my exhaust opposite of the coals and the problem isnt quite as bad. here is a pic of where the thermometer is on the lid so you can see what i mean.

now the short answer, i'm pretty sure it was gonna read higher so i didnt pay much attention to it, although i was excited to have it on the OTG. i did, however look a few times and it was reading 30-40 degrees higher than my maverick that was right near the food.

Smoking Westy · Jan 29, 2013

chriscw81 said:
The skewers make it much easier to handle after its spatchcocked. It's not necessary but I recommend trying it. Sometimes I like to flip the bird during the cook(which I didn't do this time) and its a breeze with skewers.

I wondered if it was for handling, I'll have to give it a shot, thanks!

Spatchcocked yardbird on the kettle

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