spatchcock chicken

Hrmph... interesting timing. Almost exactly a year ago, we tried a new Ethiopian spice mixture/rub on chicken legs called berbere. It's a mixture of fenugreek, coriander seeds, black peppercorns, whole cardamom, chiles de arbol (or cayenne), smoked paprika, dried basil, Kosher salt, ginger...

OK I tried a comparison cook between beer can-less chicken and spatchcocked chicken. Having heard from various web sites about the advantages of each I wanted to run my own side by side test and learn more about my Bandera cooker at the same time (this was only my 3rd cook on it). I began with...

Built myself a UDS this weekend. Got a 55 gallon bare steel drum, some expanded metal, and put it all together with an angle grinder and nuts and bolts. For the grates and the bottom of the fire box I got 3/4" #9 expanded metal from a local shop and cut it to size with my angle grinder (went...

I just finished my UDS last week. I'm brand new to smoking. I have 3 1" holes about 2" from the bottom and 8 1/4" exhaust vents in the lid. I use ceramic magnets to cover the vents. My thermometer is just below the grill and is about 2" long. I've read that the outside of the barrel tends to be...

Fresh off the Kamado Joe Big Joe... hard to beat KJ chicken... crazy MOIST!!! So, what's coming off your "cooker" this weekend?

I made my pit 30 inches deep cause I wanted to cook a little pig. Done that. Now I wanted to raise the fire up so that it is not so painfully deep that I have to bend way down to turn the food. So, I built a steel firebox that I could raise and lower like the grill (to be continued). In the...

Picked up a couple Natural Chickens, about 4lb's each. Spatched out. Made up a Butter and Seasoning spread. Spread it on the Birds pretty thick. Coming along... Added the Corn for the last 30 minutes. Used the raised grate so I did not need to open the cooker and turn them but...

The Spatchcock Chicken tutorial inspired me to cook some chicken on the weber performer. I don't have a good homemade chicken rub, so I use the Chris Lilly, smoked turkey breast rub recipe from the Big Bob Gibson BBQ book. I didn't brine, there wasn't time for that. Bought the chicken on the...