**Yuppie smoker vs the Common man cooker-Spatchcock Chicken**

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swamprb

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Throwdown- Spatchcock Chicken

The cookers: The Yuppies (Big Green Egg) vs The Big Dumb Smoker (MINI)
The fuel: Lazzari Mesquite Lump
The smoke wood: Pecan
The rub: Gold Bar BQ First Place Chicken Rub
The Chicken: Foster Farms Whole fryers @ 4.75 lbs each

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Forever changed by this thread!
http://www.barbecuebible.com/board/...t=yuppie&sid=60a212366d7b1776b00cb0119c8c0b12

Today is the day of the Yuppie!
 
Say it ain't so Brian!!! NOOOOO!!!!!! Don't go to the "darkside"!!

Really was it that much better?? Cooking times? Temp?
They both look good enough to eat! LOL!!

roy
 
Those look great.

May I ask, what things did you do specifically? Add oil to skin before the rub? Temps and times? Do you add sauce at the end?

I ask because my results have not been consistent. Maybe I got the egg too hot and that caused the skin to burn. It eats well, but mine does not look that pretty.
 
Just a little countdown chit to stir a pot before the Pacific Northwest Evergreen Eggfest next week! http://www.pnweggfest.com/index.html

In response to the "I've saved thousands and my drum dosen't have a cracked firebox Traeger vs Egg, Wsm vs Egg, shopping cart vs Egg posts.

But it was this thread from the past that inspired it!
http://www.barbecuebible.com/board/...t=yuppie&sid=60a212366d7b1776b00cb0119c8c0b12

The Egg'd bird didn't need flipping as it was done first, the drum bird did get flipped to crisp the skin (and it was still rubbery).

I preferred the Egg'd bird!




**BTW-Rick, you are being PINGED!!**
http://www.eggheadforum.com/index.php?option=com_simpleboard&func=view&id=657686&catid=1
 
On the flip side, I prefer not spending $800 to cook a $5 bird. There's a place in the world for everything, I reckon. You can buy it done or build it done, but either way, it is time to eat. :p
 
swamprb said:
**BTW-Rick, you are being PINGED!!**
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:biggrin:

jswordy said:
On the flip side, I prefer not spending $800 to cook a $5 bird. There's a place in the world for everything, I reckon. You can buy it done or build it done, but either way, it is time to eat. :p
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did you know you didn't have to throw out the egg after cooking one chicken?
 
Curious what size UDS you cooked on. The photos make the grill look like its pretty deep in the barrel- on a 55 gallon it would appear that you are only 19" above the coals. Do you have 24" from grate to basket?
I don't think I have ever flipped a spatchcock but I may try it.

Edit- so this is where Dumb comes in!! I just reread and saw (mini) this time. .
 
jack040806 said:
Unfortunately Rick that is the case, just go ahead and send me yours I will ensure that it is disposed of properly.:grin:
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well, ya know, if you perform a life cycle cost analysis, it looks something like this:

...............intial cost..............replacements.................your lifetime
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egg.............$850..........................................................$850
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gas grill........$450...$450..$450..$450..$450..$450..$450.......$3,150

you make the call.
 
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