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01-10-2012, 05:15 AM | #1 |
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Join Date: 06-25-10
Location: Leicester UK
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Chicken prep question.
This year we will be competing in a few competitions in the U.S. and up until this year our (British BBQ Society) rules haven't allowed us to do any preparing of meats prior to meat inspection. So I have no problems with ribs, pork and brisket but my question is to those of you that pre-prep chicken thighs the day before a comp, do you have any issues with the meat (and/or skin) drying out or spoiling in anyway? (especially if you are skin scraper).
Thanks in advance for any advice. Scott.
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01-10-2012, 05:53 AM | #2 |
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i usually prep on wednesday. i place in 2 gallon freezer bagon the top shelf of the fridge then transfer to a cooler with ice thursday nite. never any problems. "so far"
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01-10-2012, 06:07 AM | #3 |
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If I prep chicken more than a day in advance I freeze it and let it thaw in the cooler.
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01-10-2012, 06:21 AM | #4 |
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thanks...do either of you pre scrape the skin?
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01-10-2012, 07:00 AM | #5 |
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everytime. after im done i put them in a ziplock sandwich bag and put the bag in the same 2 gallon bag as the thighs. when it comes time to brine on friday i just remove the bag with the skins and pour the brine in.
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01-10-2012, 07:13 AM | #6 |
is One Chatty Farker
Join Date: 06-21-10
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I hated chicken, like many others in comps, I also wrecked it several times during comps. Until I decided that the yardbird wasn't going to win and that I would dedicate two packs of thighs per week until I got the method down pat. I do not pre-prep my chicken at all, I prefer to select it from a top secret grocery store that has fresh, never frozen chicken, and I now only prep about 8 thighs to get the six I want.
I do scrape and trim and knock the knuckles off, but my trim time has been cut down to about five to ten minutes per thigh, which I can live with. Here's a shot of one of my turn ins from last year, followed by one I wrecked previously. This one was a total disaster, too much smoke drew up unscraped skin, I sauced it heavily to stick the skin down, placed in the middle of the pack with it, but was totally unhappy with the end result. |
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01-10-2012, 07:21 AM | #7 |
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Perfect ....thanks again.
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01-10-2012, 07:23 AM | #8 |
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Lovely looking chicken GreenDrake!
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01-10-2012, 09:05 AM | #9 |
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as soon as possible I trim, place on rack in fridge a few hrs, brine a couple hrs, back on rack in fridge till time to go in cooker next morning, just before going in cooker season and cook @ 350 in butter half pans. skin drying out = good.
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01-10-2012, 09:40 AM | #10 |
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We pre-prep ours a day or 2 ahead of time(we are scrapers). The morning of the cook, I brine ours for 3 hours. It seems to be working ok for us so far.
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01-10-2012, 10:32 AM | #11 |
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I'm confused...I thought KCBS comps didn't allow prep before inspection, yet I see from all the replies that a lot of cooks do prep ahead of time. Is pre-prep allowed for chicken, but not pork, brisket, or ribs?
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01-10-2012, 10:35 AM | #12 |
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You can trim, scrape, etc all the meats. You just can't rub, inject, season, etc. Only knife work pre inspection.
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01-10-2012, 10:37 AM | #13 | |
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Quote:
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01-10-2012, 11:27 AM | #14 |
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I pretrim. I have not had aproblem with anything drying out. I don't scrape the skins as when the fat renders during cooking = flavor. The few times I did scrape it was diasterous, otherwise no problems with butchering ahead of time.
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01-10-2012, 11:59 AM | #15 |
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I trim ahead and seal them up in my Foodsaver vacuum sealer. That always keeps em nice and fresh!
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