First Egg Cooking goin on

Unknown

Hey there. I am trying my first cook simple.[p]Split chicken breasts, legs, corn on the cobb.[p]My plans:
Get the hardwood charcoal going, drop it to 350.
Throw on soaked hickory.
Cook the chicken for 30minutes a side?
Then 10 minutes for the corn.[p]Do I need a drip pan? Are those times good?[p]Egg On!

Car Wash Mike

Fred Bedoink,
Poultry soaks up smoke real quick. Be carefull. Corn maybe 15-20, don't know how you prepped. Good luck.[p]Mike

Unknown

Car Wash Mike,[p]So are you saying easy on the woodchips and dont cook it to long for the poultry?[p]For the Corn I am doing a 20 minute soak first.

Morro Bay Rich

Fred Bedoink,
"Get the hardwood charcoal going, drop it to 350."[p]Cooling an Egg can be time consuming.
Best to "Get the hardwood charcoal going, bring it UP to 350".

stike

Fred Bedoink,
don't "drop" it to 350.[p]slow it down so it stops at or about 350.[p]easy to get temps to go up. hard to back them down (quickly, anyway)

Unknown

stike,[p]great, thanks. BTW how soon after you start the coals do you close the lid?

Car Wash Mike

Fred Bedoink,
Real easy on the wood. Times sound fine. They are done when they are done. Corn should feel soft. Chicken should have an internal temp around 160-165. Here is a link.
[ul][li]Hormel[/ul]

Morro Bay Rich

Fred Bedoink,
I'll try jumping in before Mike.
I'd go 65 min on the chicken at 350 deg. No need to flip it half way thru the cook. I cook chicken direct on BGE's raised grid extender.

Unknown

Fred Bedoink,[p]Congrats on your new Egg.[p]Make sure you let the Egg heat up to your desired temp before you add the food. If you're going to cook @ 350, you don't have to get the temps to 700 first. But let the smoke burn off, and once the dome is stabilized, wait another ten or more minutes before putting food in... you don't want "charcoal smoke" in the food -- and you want the dome itself to be hot, not just the air inside the dome.[p]I also soak complete ears of corn for at least 15 minutes.
Then, I take the wet/damp "falling-off" leaves, and make a "bed" on top of the cast iron grate. Put the corn on top of that.[p]This way, the corn doesn't sear as much, if any. Some like burnt kernels,.. we don't.[p]I steam/roast the corn @ 350-400F for thirty minutes, rotating "1/3" every ten minutes, and also turning from end-to-end.[p]Enjoy corn while you can -- it's starting to get tough! We passed peak several weeks ago.[p]~ Best Wishes![p]~ Broc

Morro Bay Rich

Car Wash Mike,[p]Darn. You beat me by 6 seconds.[p]Best to you,
Rich

Morro Bay Rich

Fred Bedoink,
I usually wait until the starter block stops flaming.

Unknown

Fred Bedoink,[p]I leave the daisy wheel off [not just open] and the bottom vent wide open, lid down, until the dome temp approaches where you want it.[p]Then, I put the daisy on, closed with "windows" open, and close the bottom vent to about 1"[p]Temp will stabilize somewhere around 350F[p]~ B

stike

Fred Bedoink,
i light it and shut the dome right away, and put the daisy on.
it doesn't have any more draft with the daisy off (during the start anyway), and there's no chance of running away and coming back to a thousand degree egg.[p] i set the daisy right away for my desired temp.[p]it's not any slower getting to that temp with the daisy on, but more importantly, it doesn't way overshoot either.

Broc

stike,[p]Thanks for the Tip -- I'll try it your way next time.[p]I DO know about runaway temps![p]~ B[p]