Pit Barrel Cooker

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Yesterday was three hanging racks of baby backs and then inserted grate and grilled pork chops for spicy BBQ with kimchi cole slaw. Today beer can chicken. I love my current line up, but a successful cook every time occurs with the Pit Barrel Cooker.

I sold two WSM's and my Akorn when I bought the PBC.
They were just sitting under their covers. Barrel cooking is here to stay.
 
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It's a good cooking process for sure...i have conversions for the UDS when i want to hang meat or go on the grate for others.
 
Congratulations on your recent PBC. When you find something that works well, you really do enjoy using it.

When I bought my Humphrey's I put up 4 smokers for adoption to friends and family. I kept one propane smoker to use as a holding oven. No need to hang on to the others when something works so well.
 
Brings a smile

Barrels are fun.
 
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I could go for bird...looks great!

Nice can...I may have to consider a PBC once the UDS bites the dust.
 
Dos pollos

One will be for chicken sausage gumbo and one for just eating. Whether you build your own UDS, buy a UDS or buy a Pit Barrel Cooker I think barrel cooking is a neat part of the BBQ experience.

"A chicken in every barrel".

I think somebody said that a long time ago
 
Everything you can do on a PBC, can be done, and done better on a WSM. Do you disagree?
 
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Excellent cook. The Pbc is a work horse. Cooks some lamb ribs and sausage yesterday and the meal was delicious and moist. Half basket of coals ran for 8 hours at 290
 
And that's a wrap

Crispy skin, juicy bird. Amen
 
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How big are the grates on the pbc? 22?

Looks great

Is that a lower grate wrapped in foil or something else?
 
Grate

Grate area is 240 sq". It comes with 8 hooks for hanging but at times I foil my pizza stone and place a can of beer inside the birds and use the grate level. The pizza stone is 18". I've never actually measured the grate. A 240 sq" circle would have a radius approaching 8.8+ so D=2r so approx 18" grate.
 
I've been rocking the PBC since Aug, and even though we had a rocky start, I've been able to adjust how much charcoal I start with and how many I light in the charcoal chimney, etc to find tremendous results! This bad boy is truly set it and forget it.

I do plan to eventually pick up a WSM (and a BGE, and a Trager, and a Backwoods, etc).
 
Hopefully some less guilty pot pie tonight. May just make the biscuits and pour the skinny pot pie heated mixture over or on sour dough toast. Still a ton of carbs, mainly from Bisquick.


Prep Time 20 min Total Time 50 min Servings 6
Ingredients

1
cup cut-up cooked chicken
1
bag (12 oz) Green Giant® Valley Fresh Steamers™ frozen mixed vegetables, thawed
1
can (10 3/4 oz) condensed 98% fat-free cream of chicken soup
1/2
cup fat-free (skim) milk
1
cup Bisquick Heart Smart® mix
1/2
cup fat-free (skim) milk
1
egg
 
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