crappy chicken smoke(was quick and dirty chickens for sammiches)


 
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Ron F

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I put 8 birds on this morning. Going to pull them and freeze for sammies. I went the quick and dirty route today.

1)Fired the WSM
2)Did a quick trim of the chickens(no gibs or necks in these twin packs from Sams)
3)Quick rinse and let sit until smoker was ready(I did not pat them dry)
4)Wait

edit--If your wondering about getting 8 chickens on the WSM they do fit. I sort of stood them up and rested them against each other in the center, like a tepee(sp?). I will rotate them at the 2 hour mark because of them touching. Normally you wouldn't have to. I think I will try and make some sort of stand(like the beer can chicken stands) that will let the chickens sit upright on each grate. 8 chickens would be no problem at all like this.

Happy smoking people...

Ron
 
Well I finally got the chickens put in the freezer, but what a looooong day. First off I think the last time I did this I used 6 chickens instead of 8. Between all that meat, 40* weather and windy I had a heck of a time. It seemed like the WSM just couldn't keep up. The temp was pretty solid at 250* but it still took 7 1/2 hours to get done. Barely done. As soon as the breasts started reading 158-160* I took them off. I'm not sure what the problem was as the temp stayed steady. I go by the lid temp. Next time I will be checking pit temp at the grate to see what is going on. Smoke and learn I guess!

happy smoking..
Ron
 
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