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Wife has gone to visit my daughter in Dallas so I am on my own for supper. I have been wanting some chicken from my Big Steel Keg so I split one then seasoned it and threw it on the keg at 300 degree.


After a hour I washed a couple of potatoes oiled them down and covered with kosher salt and added to the keg. I also basted the bird while the lid was up.


After a couple more basting the thigh temp was 170 degree so I rested the bird for a few minutes while I fixed my potato and a salad.
The chicken was very moist and tasted great.

Looks good. How long did it take at 300?

I typically do spatchcock between 375 and 400 for about an hour and 15 minutes on the Egg. I like the skin to be crispy.

May try your technique soon.

Was on for 2 hours. Skin was crispy with good bite through.

That looks like a fine meal my friend! I hope you cleaned your plate.


How hard is it to split a bird like that & get them flattened out? Any tricks?

Thanks, I did a pretty good job at cleaning it.

Looks awesome..

scissors

Scissors will work, but I like a Japanese boning knife. I think it's a little cleaner and you can get closer to the spine.

eh76 is correct. I used scissors then used my knife to crack the sternum so it will open better.

I actually like a serrated/ bread knife, maybe my kitchen scissors are not big enough.

I don't eat the bones

If you like crispy, prepare it the night before and throw it in the fridge uncovered.

I would love to see someone post up a few pics of the splitting of the bird process. I want to try doing a spatchcock soon. Poultry on the EGG has been absolute dynamite! I've only had the BGE for right @ a week and have already done chicken 3 times.

Do a search on youtube. Lots of video's there.


Here is one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ppa1bxB89vg

Thanks for that! It was exactly what I was looking for. I see a spatchcock in my near future.

Spatchcock Is a great way to grill poultry .

I often spatchcock, quail, dove, grouse too.

I usually wrap a few bricks in tin foil and put on top of birds while cooking

Thanks for sharing

that looks SO good!

Ahhh the bachelor life is good!

Love my Keg....cooking machine.

Looks great. I was planning to do the same on my grill, and try out a new set of poultry shears.

I am surprised it took two hours to cook, though. I'm gonna do direct medium coals, thirty minutes per side should do it. If not, I'll adjust accordingly.