BBQ Brethren "Mini" Throwdown

R2Egg2Q · Sep 13, 2011

I have 3 cookers that meet the criteria of “Mini” for this throwdown and I hard time deciding which to use.

So I wedged a 5 lb vertical chicken rubbed with a mix of SM Cherry and SM Season All on the Small BGE along with some red potatoes, red onions, gooseneck squash, and carrots

which is a pretty tight fit

brined a couple of Cornish game hens and lightly seasoned with the same mix of Simply Marvelous rubs and spatchcocked one on the WGA

and cooked the other one beer can style on the Mini BGE along with more veggies

The “little ones” made for a pretty tasty dinner

I strugged to pick a bird for a TD vote pic as the butterflied chicken has better color but I couldn't resist sharing my first (& hopefully last) time to post a TD pic with a V8 :crazy:. Hmmm, I think I may have found my ticket to the elusive Zero's club.

Gore · Sep 13, 2011

Great work, John. I love the chicken, but I might recommend next time, adding warning labels or cooking boneless. Seems those bones are a hazard for some of the Brethren. I, on the other hand, like living dangerously.

deguerre · Sep 13, 2011

Smokey Joe Porkchops

Well, I managed to find some center cut porkchops with some really decent fat content.:grin:
What to do? GRILL! They were rubbed with Simply Marvelous Sweet Seduction (Great on pork!) and allowed to sit in the fridge overnight. After bringing up to room temp it was time to fire up the Smokey Joe. I set up the Joe indirect with a small foil pan and some more foil to have about 1/3 area for the 1/3~1/2 chimney of lit coals. The chops were seared on both sides then cooked indirect. At 120 IT I glazed the chops with Big Ron's BBQ Sauce. This stuff is the a perfect compliment to the Sweet Seduction as it's very savory with a touch of sweet and a little heat. (Get some of this as well as the SMSS - you will NOT be disappointed) After the chops went a little further they were flipped and the second side was glazed and cooked to 145 (Meant to pull at 140 but, well, you know) and then foiled and rested while Redhot finished the sweet tater fries and some King's Hawiian rolls. There were no leftovers.

Here's some pics. Sorry about the focus.:roll:

Thanks for looking!

Al Czervik · Sep 13, 2011

Good looking bird John... I'd hit that for sure. :becky:

Al Czervik · Sep 13, 2011

Tasty looking chops Guerry. :thumb: Check and see if you had your camera on the biga setting... :heh:

deguerre · Sep 13, 2011

I'm expecting a "Focus dammit! Focus!" comment at any time now.

Al Czervik · Sep 13, 2011

^^^^^ first deguerre of the day... :heh:

bigabyte · Sep 13, 2011

deguerre said:
I'm expecting a "Focus dammit! Focus!" comment at any time now.

What's this "focus" of which you speak?

Great looking chops by the way!:thumb:

R2, that chicken looked great, except for one thing...

I couldn't help but notice that some time during the cook the chickens head either fell off or blew out through the lid and you did not explain that or provide any pictures.

Signed,
Confused in Kansas.

Gore · Sep 13, 2011

Great looking chops, Guerry. Couldn't help but notice there are bones and no warning labels. I sure hope you didn't poke an eye out with those things. :heh:

deguerre · Sep 13, 2011

I shoulda put them on a plate of nachos.:doh:

R2Egg2Q · Sep 13, 2011

Nice job on the chops Guerry! I wish I could find some chops with some fat in them.

Redhot · Sep 13, 2011

Those chops were some of the best I've ever had I must say...the pix do NOT do them justice either, they were absolutely perfect looking in person! And that Big Ron's sauce was wonderful!

R2Egg2Q · Sep 13, 2011

bigabyte said:
What's this "focus" of which you speak? Great looking chops by the way!:thumb:

R2, that chicken looked great, except for one thing...

I couldn't help but notice that some time during the cook the chickens head either fell off or blew out through the lid and you did not explain that or provide any pictures.

Signed,
Confused in Kansas.

Dear Confused in Kansas,

Rest assured that the chicken did not lose its head. As you can see from this pic, it did make it through the cook (although a little more "tanned" than I would like) with its head:

:!: CAUTION: The chicken and the game hen pictured above have bones which can be a choking hazard. :attention:

NOTE: This picture is not a throwdown entry but merely provided to serve as a warning of the hazards of eating bone-in chicken and to ease concerns over headless chicken.

deguerre · Sep 13, 2011

R2Egg2Q said:
Nice job on the chops Guerry! I wish I could find some chops with some fat in them.

I had to go through the whole case to find those and almost gave up when there they were.:-D

caseydog · Sep 13, 2011

Well, there goes my idea to redo my pork chop TD entry. :doh:

CD

caseydog · Sep 13, 2011

Gore said:
Great looking chops, Guerry. Couldn't help but notice there are bones and no warning labels. I sure hope you didn't poke an eye out with those things. :heh:

Here, chew on this for a while. :becky:

CD

deguerre · Sep 13, 2011

Oh, didn't see them before I posted this morning but Oldyote, Jmellor and John, great entries guys. That ceramic head on the chicken caused a coffee induced keyboard failure this morning John.

Gore · Sep 13, 2011

caseydog said:
Here, chew on this for a while. :becky:

CD

Ooooo, finally a new flavor! :hungry:

deguerre · Sep 13, 2011

I actually found a relatively in-focus pic!

Well, OK, Redhot did. She went into the uploads from this morning and found this:

Which I'd like to use for the Vote thread Chris.

Redhot · Sep 13, 2011

Well it was a better pic at least, not sure how he missed it this morning but still does not do the actual chops justice! But the only other in focus pic was this...:becky:

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