Spatchcock / Spattlecock / Poussin / Butterfly Bird

[Jim Lampe]

Whatever you prefer to call it, i took a Amish chicken, removed the backbone and breastbone then flattened'er out.
Used "clean" leftover Roadside Chicken basting juice as a marinade (yes, complete with oil). Left that in the fridge overnight.
Then, Sunday afternoon, brought'er out and seasoned'er with Penzey's Old World rub (AWESOME on Shé~cone!)

Fired-up the Weber Smokey Mountain Cooker (Uh-Huh!) withOUT the water pan in place and lett'er roll!

There's some remaining used Kingsford coal in there along with a full (& I mean FULL) chimney of lit Kngsfd to top it off. Apple wood pieces for flavour.
Good Heat, Good Bird, and a Good Distance from the heat to prevent burning Big Bird.

a few reds on the side with a foil of gaaaaalic (on too long) ((tonight i will not repeat my mistake)).
The Shé~cone took about an hour to cook nicely, removed it when many probes read over 180

then added MY portion of 'gus to the grate (liz wanted her's steamed, go figure

)

Minutes later, ...

the "cooked" gaaaaalic was on my taters (tasted good anyways) and we ate the best chicken I cooked in YEARS!
I MEAN IT! YEARS!! Tender, Juicy, Soo fricken Flavourful! It Was Good! Yummy Kinda Good! NoWhatImean?!

Thank you for visiting! I <span class="ev_code_RED">L?VE</span> THIS place!
Enjoy your beautiful evening!

 

[Mike P.]

Excellent chicken and fixin's Jim!

 

[Gary H. NJ]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">I MEAN IT! YEARS!! Tender, Juicy, Soo fricken Flavourful! It Was Good! Yummy Kinda Good! NoWhatImean?! </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
Who are we to doubt you?!

It looks freakin' fantastic Jim.

 

[Mike Coffman]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Gary H. NJ:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">I MEAN IT! YEARS!! Tender, Juicy, Soo fricken Flavourful! It Was Good! Yummy Kinda Good! NoWhatImean?! </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
Who are we to doubt you?!

It looks freakin' fantastic Jim. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Can't had much more to what Gary said, except the MASTER does it again! Beautiful dinner Jim! Great photos!

 

[Jon Des.]

Looks great Jim! Thanks for posting this -- I've been contemplating doing a whole chicken since without the bowl since it's such a great way to make wings.

 

[Mark Skeet]

If it's that good, and I have no reason to believe that it's not, I'm going to have to try it. It looks absolutely delicious Jim!

 

[John Solak]

Outstanding looking meal!!

 

[Morgan C.]

Nice looking chicken Jim! Was thinking something similar this upcoming weekend as my smoker is looking neglected!

 

[Joe InJersey]

nice yardbird, Jim looks perfect.

 

[Ray Crick]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Thank you for visiting! I L?VE THIS place!
Enjoy your beautiful evening! </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Yes - I love this place too and especially with the wonderful photos you post. Always fantastic. Thanks Jim and have a great Easter holiday.

Ray

 

[Bill W. Michigan]

Jim This is going to be my wallpaper for the day. You never cease to amaze me.

 

[Jim H.]

Fantastic lookin' bird, Jim! Great plate. I'm liking the WSM w/o a water pan to cook chicken as it does a great job.

 

[Shaun R]

Tasty looking bird Jim!

 

[Wolgast]

Good eats Jim! Great looking plate. Think there will be some chicken on the WSM this weekend. Thumbs up mate!

 

[Bob Correll]

Thanks for giving us the bird Jim,
best looking bird of the year that is!
It don't get no better than that!

Bet a lot of WSM's get uncovered this weekend with members trying to replicate your cook!

 

[Jeff Kolodziejski]

Looks amazing as usual Jim. The bird looked funny with the backbone and breastbone! Looks like you had the same great success as I did with the ribs on my WSM!

 

[Peter Gallagher]

your spineless chicken looks good!

 

[Jim Lampe]

Thanks for all your very nice comments

Bill, you keep asking the same question:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">If you are a vegetarian can you eat animal crackers? </div></BLOCKQUOTE>I suppose you can...? i dunno

 

[Mildo]

Fantastic chicken, Jim.
I do not know what I wrote another.
Because everything you do on Webers is just FANTASTIC!

 

[Arwin]

This bird looks just perfect! Very well done!