Loaded up 22.5 with Chicken


 
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Gene_N

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I smoked 6 Costco fryers (total purchase weight 30.16 lbs, $.99/lb), it took me 7 hours including cleanup. It yielded 11.93 lbs (39.6%). All but 3 lbs was cooled, sealed and frozen for future meals.

1. Dressed (extra skin removed)
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2. Wild Will One-Der-Ful Rub Added. I 2x the forum recipe using less salt for all 6 fryers.
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3. On rack
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4. Apple juice spritz @ 2 hours
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5. First one (top rack) pulled at 4:00 hrs
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6. Next two (top rack) pulled at 4:30
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7. Bottom rack pulled at 5:15
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8. Pulled (11.93 lbs)
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Love these filled smokers/grill posts you could have added a few birds/grate :cool: Looks stellar mate! That is some high quality chicken in those boxes.
 
Great job. the weight loss is really stunning but I am going to assume that it was without the bones on the last weight check?
 
Thank you all for the kind compliments. :)

Troy Lew said:
Nice looking birds Gene. Planning ahead, good idea. How will you use the meat?:wsm:
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The meat was packed, sealed and frozen into 1-1.5 lb portions. I use it mostly for dinner servings for myself and my 3 kids. I'm a single dad and spend a one long day every 6 weeks smoking high volume, it's an 1-man assembly line. Buying the WSM and a Food Sealer enables this. I was getting tired of serving processed chicken nuggets (and my kids were complaining too). I've smoked 2 full briskets and 35 lbs of butt separately in the past. It takes a bit longer portioning, packing the meat but the prep and the pita cleanup is the same.

Paul Kastner said:
Great job. the weight loss is really stunning but I am going to assume that it was without the bones on the last weight check?
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Yep, boneless and skinless. The purchase weight included some fluid along with the neck bone & gizzards. So the actual yield is a bit higher.

JimmyE said:
That's a lot of pulled chicken! I'm sure you were munching on some while you were pulling. :cool:
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Of course!! I had to taste test the meat. The skin came out a lot crunchier than I expected so I sampled that too.
 
Great looking chicken!! You can never had too much leftover chicken around, so many things you can make with it!
 
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