70 whole chickens at once

[Paul K]

How many chickens can you smoke at once? I managed 70 the other day

True, it wasn't on a WSM though.



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Put them on around 4:30 AM



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Rotated them once


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By 8:30 AM they were ready to come off



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Paul

 

[Glenn W]

WOW

, is that your pit? What was the occasion? Incredible looking cook!

 

[Paul K]

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Yeah, that's my back up for larger parties

! No, it's located at my church and was built by a crazy Cajun. The men maintain it and use it for fund raisers. We do about 4 'chicken and cobbler' Sundays a year to raise money.

Here's the peach cobbler




And we also do a few brisket smokes as well. Generally fitting about 30 whole packers on at once




And if we need even more briskets, we roll out the mobile unit that'll hold about 15 whole packers.




Paul

 

[Jim Lampe]

Very Cool Paul!
Love huge cooks like this...
about ten yrs ago, i rented equipment to "spit-up" about 30 chickens for over 60 people right here in my little yard... complete with all the sides.
It was exhausting and fascinating also

Thanks for posting!

 

[Paul K]

Thanks Jim,

Our group has done a lot of large meals; a 5 course gospel brunch for 125, dinner theaters for about 150 with prime rib. This year the city's community choir hired us for their annual dinner. We served about 200 stuffed chicken breasts, grilled asparagus, rice pilaf and dessert. It is a lot of work but we really enjoy doing it.

Paul

 

[John Solak]

Wow!!! Just curious how long does it take to turn 70 chickens?

 

[Paul K]

John,

With 2 guys working the pit we can turn and rotate them in about 10 mins. Because this style of pit has a fire box, we move the birds from that end down to the opposite end and vice-versa. We use a cart and a 2 full size baking sheets to move the birds back and forth.

Paul

 

[Phil Perrin]

Holy WOW! Looking good man.

 

[JimK]

That is the coolest thing I have ever seen.

 

[Shaun R]

Wow Paul, Now that's what I call church! the Gospel brunch sounds great with five courses. What's that all about? Sounds fun! Thanks

 

[Paul K]

Shaun,

I'll redirect to 'Just Conversation' with details and pics of that brunch.

Paul

 

[Dave/G]

Frank Perdue loves you. Nice work.

 

[Paul K]

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Frank and Sysco Food Service.

 

[Wolgast]

Amazing.

Great cook very fun to se pics of an event like this.

Thanks