Well as I learn to be a better outdoor cook I try different things. Most of the time with the help off this board it works out not always perfect but very good. Reason for slightly off mark is usually pilot error.
Well tonight I made spatchcock chicken. You know the kind where you cut out the back bone, then turn on it's back and push down hard on the breast until you hear the breast bone crack. The chicken should lay perfectly flat. 2 hours before you put the bird on the grill prep the bird and get a bottle of Italian salad dressing add 1/2 tsp.< of cummin and garlic powder or garlic on the skin to taste. Use about 3-4 oz's all put on the bird underneath the skin and on top of the skin. Your fingers work just fine to loosen the skin from the meat leaving the edges attached, makes kind of a pocket. Leave sit in a refrigerator for 2 hours.
Get the BBQ coals going and make enought coals so you can split in half and have a pile of coals on each side leaving the center open. Purpose is to keep the bird from being over coals so you cook indirect. Keep temperature around 350 degrees. Place the breast side down for 25 minutes then flip the bird and do the otherside for 25 minutes. The bird is done when the internal meat temperature is 165 degrees. so about an hour on the grill with the lid closed. Takes a little watching to see what you need to set your air openings after the coals are prepared. For my Weber Kettle both top and botom where a little over 1/3 rd open after the coals were ready to cook on.
The oil in the salad dressing makes the skin crisp and the bird was very juicey, the best. This is pretty easy to do and it excellant chicken. Buckfever1
Well tonight I made spatchcock chicken. You know the kind where you cut out the back bone, then turn on it's back and push down hard on the breast until you hear the breast bone crack. The chicken should lay perfectly flat. 2 hours before you put the bird on the grill prep the bird and get a bottle of Italian salad dressing add 1/2 tsp.< of cummin and garlic powder or garlic on the skin to taste. Use about 3-4 oz's all put on the bird underneath the skin and on top of the skin. Your fingers work just fine to loosen the skin from the meat leaving the edges attached, makes kind of a pocket. Leave sit in a refrigerator for 2 hours.
Get the BBQ coals going and make enought coals so you can split in half and have a pile of coals on each side leaving the center open. Purpose is to keep the bird from being over coals so you cook indirect. Keep temperature around 350 degrees. Place the breast side down for 25 minutes then flip the bird and do the otherside for 25 minutes. The bird is done when the internal meat temperature is 165 degrees. so about an hour on the grill with the lid closed. Takes a little watching to see what you need to set your air openings after the coals are prepared. For my Weber Kettle both top and botom where a little over 1/3 rd open after the coals were ready to cook on.
The oil in the salad dressing makes the skin crisp and the bird was very juicey, the best. This is pretty easy to do and it excellant chicken. Buckfever1