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    Pit Style Chicken, 600+ Chicken half

    Check out this local Ruritan club in Virginia grilling a lot of chicken and a lot of charcoal used. Let me know what you think. Thanks RDG
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    RECIPE - Apricot BBQ Sauce

    Here is my recipe for the apricot bbq sauce. This stuff is dynamite on chicken and pork! :thumb: ½ teaspoon olive oil 3 tablespoon tomato paste 1 teaspoon garlic powder 1 teaspoon onion powder 1 teaspoon sweet paprika ¼ teaspoon smoked paprika ½ teaspoon ground cumin* ½ cup water ⅓ cup apple...
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    Internal Temperature for Chicken - thoughts?

    TARGET INTERNAL TEMPERATURE FOR CHICKEN* This one took a while for me to adjust to, but now, it's like I've been blind and now can see. We've been taught to cook chicken to 165F, right? This blanket, highly generalized recommendation is so deceitful. Yes, your chicken will be safe to eat. But...
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    Best Chicken I Ever Made

    The bird came out amazing! Without a doubt, this was the best chicken I ever made. 36 hours of wet brine Injected with chicken broth Used personal dry rub Cooked via my rotisserie attachment on my Weber with Cowboy lump charcoal Cook time - 40 minutes Rest for 5 minutes
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    I "LOVE" Fajitas!

    With the February ***SPECIAL*** “Foods You Love” Throwdown going on now, (Link: https://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/showthread.php?p=4553210#post4553210) I decided to make something I “Love!”, Fajitas. Here are the bell peppers, onions and the rub. (Recipe for the rub can be found here...
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    Healthy Throwdown White Bean Chicken Breast Chili

    When they made the January Throwndown Category. ***SPECIAL*** “New Year’s Resolution: Healthy & Delicious”, I was ecstatic. (Link to Throwdown: https://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/showthread.php?t=296283) You see this is what I’ve been cooking for the last 2 years. (My wife and I have been on WW...
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    TD White Bean Chicken Breast Chili

    I haven’t been very active recently due to us being on WW to lose weight, busy at work and getting ready for our Christmas light display*, but I wanted to get one cook in before Thanksgiving. (* So busy that I’m just now getting this posted on Saturday) For the "Soups, Stews, & Chili" Throwdown...
  8. Bourbon Barrel BBQ

    Anyone ever cooked a Dragon?

    Wild looking grub for Halloween. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzUXPcd3zHY It was fun making it that's for sure.
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    Grilled Chicken, Elote and Brussel Sprouts

    Friday we had some friends over for dinner. Started out prepping by cutting 1.5 lbs. of Brussel Sprouts up and seasoned them with some Garlic infused OO, some Denali Hot Thyme seasoning and some fresh ground salt and black pepper. Next up was making up a picture of margaritas. Ingredients: 2...
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    “All Month Cinco de Mayo Feast” = Enchilada Verde con Pollo Again

    Decided to make Chicken Enchiladas for Memorial Day. (One of my wife’s favorites) Started out making up the Verde sauce. Roasted most everything. (Corn in the back) Tomatillos and onions go straight into the blender. Skinned and seeded the peppers and everyone into the pool for a spin. Add...
  11. Papa Don

    Smoked chicken

    Seasoned two family packs of leg quarters and spatchcocked two whole chickens at 11:00. Wanted to try lump for a hot and fast cook so.... B&B lump charcoal with B&B pecan chucks. One vent 1/4 open the other two closed with Top vent wide open. No water in the water bowl and it’s wrapped in...
  12. Jobiz

    Smoked a chicken last night

    I wanted to try this dry-brining idea on a whole chicken and it came out great. After Dry-Brining for approx 30 hours I put this little guy on my ECB (aka Franken-Smoker). The result was delicious. My wife took one taste and shouted "Its so juicy!" So I'm a serious dry-brine fan...
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    Throwdown Entry Cook - Chili Verde con Pollo (Pic Heavy)

    As there is a “Soups, Stews & Chili!” Throwdown going on right now and the weather had finally turned cool, I wanted to make something (Link: http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/showthread.php?p=4407311#post4407311) Having just got back from spending a week with my brother and sister in-law in...
  14. jeremu

    Any ideas for Chicken and Fish eaters?

    I have a couple family members that don't eat red meat and I always cook a split chicken on the Pitt Barrel just for them ... I will say it turns out AMAZING every time, but I would really like some verity if anyone has suggestions of something that's turned out mouth wateringly delicious...
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    Chicken Fajitas Repeat

    I’ve been away on vacation for the last week visiting relatives up in Reno. While we were there, I made one of our favorite quick and easy dinners by grilling up some of this Chile Lime Chicken Breast we buy at Costco. Now that we’re back, I wanted to make another of our favorites. Anybody...
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    A couple a recent cooks

    You all probably know that there is / was a Chicken Breast Throwdown going on. I didn’t happen to enter this throwdown but being on the WW program I’m cooking chicken breast quite often. I decided to share a few of them here. The first is Chili Lime Chicken Breast which I pick up at Costco...
  17. West River BBQ

    Chicken Feedback

    I'm looking for a little feedback on people's ideas on chicken thighs. Not looking for specific recipes or brands but I'm wondering if people lean a little on the spicy side when competing or is sweet the way to go. Do you inject?
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    Repeat Fajitas!

    I made another batch of chicken fajitas yesterday. Wasn’t intending to post it so only took picture with my phone and didn’t really take a lot of care in how my picture would look. Now I decide to post it and here are the pictures I did take. First off, this a repeat of my cook from last month...
  19. thirdeye

    My 30 Hour Chicken

    On my last shopping day the market had fryers on sale so I bought a 6# one to do a wet cure and double smoke. I did my standard front and back half butchering and brined both halves in a gallon of curing brine for 24 hours. Basic mix of salt, sugar, black pepper and Cure#1. After curing I...
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    Chicken my Fajitas

    With the wife and I on the Weight Watchers plan, I’ve been avoiding some of my favorite Mexican dishes. Now that I think about it, this really isn’t necessary if I’m carefully what I choose and how I prepare the dishes. Take fajitas for example. A protein, seasoning and some veggies. Made with...
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