Changes in product - Page 3

Slamdunkpro · 05-19-2010, 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by tonto1117

Well, if all the variables remain consistent, i:e, cooker temp, apprx meat weight...ect, just wondering why the meats are taking longer to cook. Could it be things such as fat content/or lack there of for example?

Muscle use generates more connective tissue. The more connective tissue a piece of meat has the longer it takes for the heat of the cooker to convert it into gelatin.

So the older an animal is and the more walking around it does means more connective tissue intertwined in the muscle fibers means longer cooking times.

Hey, you asked

Smokin' Joe · 05-19-2010, 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by musicmanryann

WTF??

What's even better is when it does arrive and you get it out and it's one day from its use or freeze by date, or the thighs are so small they look like wings.

I have literally gone to ten different stores before, and had others go to ten other stores trying to find the best, freshest chicken in central Iowa for a contest. I am pretty crazy about it though.

Funny you should mention that, I just spent an hour going to three stores to get my chicken for this weekend

nad I still don't like what I got

Jacked UP BBQ · 05-19-2010, 12:02 PM

www.smartchicken.com you will be happy with the product from what I have heard. That is where I am ordering my chicken from now on. All packages come 1lb, so sizes should be pretty darn close

BBQ_Mayor · 05-19-2010, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Jacked UP BBQ

Just so you know, they are IBP with a new label. I made them pull the box from the back to prove it to me.

Yea, it says IBP on the green package too. When I first saw the green lables, it was laying next to one that had the old lable on it and they looked completly different. Both IBP but I'm guessing from different plants.

musicmanryann · 05-19-2010, 12:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Jacked UP BBQ

www.smartchicken.com you will be happy with the product from what I have heard. That is where I am ordering my chicken from now on. All packages come 1lb, so sizes should be pretty darn close

It is great stuff. So you are gonna pay to have it shipped? Let me know what you think when you get it the first time.

Buster Dog BBQ · 05-19-2010, 05:53 PM

Smart Chicken was good this week.

I trimmed 44 thighs last night and only tossed one.

2Fat · 05-19-2010, 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Buster Dog BBQ

Smart Chicken was good this week.

I trimmed 44 thighs last night and only tossed one.

And I only ordered 7 thighs for this weeks contest<LOL>

BearCat · 05-19-2010, 06:54 PM

I actually changed providers by choice this week, went with whole foods you know organic/ green and everything. I was very happy with thighs they trimed and boned for me 16 of them and I would say 12 are almost exactly the same. ribs need some work and it was more expensive. But I am saving the enviorment. Do I get extra points for that?

Smokesman · 05-19-2010, 06:56 PM

We will have to try Smart Chicken. Just checked the smart chicken website and it's not available here in Cincinnati. But is up in Columbus where my partner lives. What makes the Smart Chicken so much better? How much per pound is it?

Buster Dog BBQ · 05-19-2010, 07:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Smokesman

We will have to try Smart Chicken. Just checked the smart chicken website and it's not available here in Cincinnati. But is up in Columbus where my partner lives. What makes the Smart Chicken so much better? How much per pound is it?

It's airchilled, never frozen and antibiotic free. I can get for $1.99 lb.

Last year they did a chitty job trimming and bone was splintered or large joint.

Buster Dog BBQ · 05-19-2010, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by 2Fat

And I only ordered 7 thighs for this weeks contest

GAB this week. 2 for 1.

Smokesman · 05-19-2010, 07:03 PM

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Originally Posted by BearCat

I actually changed providers by choice this week, went with whole foods you know organic/ green and everything. I was very happy with thighs they trimed and boned for me 16 of them and I would say 12 are almost exactly the same. ribs need some work and it was more expensive. But I am saving the enviorment. Do I get extra points for that?

Whatcha pay for them chicks from Whole Paycheck?

thenewguy · 05-19-2010, 10:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Buster Dog BBQ

It's airchilled, never frozen and antibiotic free. I can get for $1.99 lb.

Last year they did a chitty job trimming and bone was splintered or large joint.

Never frozen...that's a good one.
I've picked up NUMEROUS frozen packs of smart chicken!

Buster Dog BBQ · 05-19-2010, 10:46 PM

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Originally Posted by thenewguy

Never frozen...that's a good one.
I've picked up NUMEROUS frozen packs of smart chicken!

Never frozen like fresh turkey at Thanksgiving :)

2Fat · 05-19-2010, 11:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Buster Dog BBQ

It's airchilled, never frozen and antibiotic free. I can get for $1.99 lb.

Last year they did a chitty job trimming and bone was splintered or large joint.

bought a case of Smart chicken thighs last year and trimmed them all vac pack and froze them --everyone had a broken thigh bone--I didn't like it but the judges didn't seem to mind.
Bell & Evans is supposed to be similiar--air chilled and all--about $2.50/LB from a small meat market--will try to screw it up on sat morn!

05-19-2010, 12:02 PM	#33
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Smokesman Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 12-20-09 Location: Cincinnati, OH Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	We will have to try Smart Chicken. Just checked the smart chicken website and it's not available here in Cincinnati. But is up in Columbus where my partner lives. What makes the Smart Chicken so much better? How much per pound is it? __________________ Matt Schneider - "The Smokesman" - Velvet Smoke BBQ & Catering KCBS Certified BBQ Judge #54767 Weber Smokey Mountain 22 & Superior Smoker SS1 [B][COLOR="Red"]"To BBQ is human, for swine is divine!"[/COLOR][/B]

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05-19-2010, 06:54 PM	#38
BearCat Knows what a fatty is. Join Date: 07-29-08 Location: Deerfield, IL Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I actually changed providers by choice this week, went with whole foods you know organic/ green and everything. I was very happy with thighs they trimed and boned for me 16 of them and I would say 12 are almost exactly the same. ribs need some work and it was more expensive. But I am saving the enviorment. Do I get extra points for that?