Last night's Beer Butt Bird (hvy pics)

OttawaEgg

G'day all!

Today is supposed to be "gasket day" (see my question / post on my gasket and lid: http://www.eggheadforum.com/index.php?option=com_simpleboard&func=view&id=644294&catid=1

Anyways, wifie decided upon a beer butt chicken.

About a 5 lb bird, rubbed up with some Yumspice (and of course some rickards white ale):


Also got some shrimp to nibble on while the bird was resting after the cook:


I put the shrimp on when the bird was almost done, then took both the shrimp and bird off together.

Here's the bird just about to come off:


Bird resting, so I put some veggies on:


The shrimp didn't last long:


Little birdie all rested - time to carve!


All plated up, with some (non-egged) rosemary potatoes:


Chicken, moist tender delicious! :woohoo:

All hail the big green egg!

Cheers! :cheer:

vidalia1

Looks delicious...I love having a chicken sandwich with leftover Egg'd chicken... :P

OttawaEgg

vidalia1 wrote:

Looks delicious...I love having a chicken sandwich with leftover Egg'd chicken... :P

Exactly what I had in mind! :laugh:

vidalia1

If you have any La Bomba put that on the sammich...it really adds to the flavor... :laugh:

OttawaEgg

Don't have la bomba (never seen it up here), but I'm sure I'll find something

Did you happen to have a peek at my gasket question?

Its more about the lid really, a chip in the rim.

SGT BBQ

Everyhting looks great. You got some nice color on the chicken - good job.

OttawaEgg

Thanks!

I only added one small piece of hickory (about 2" cube) for a bit of flavour. I guess that gave it some colour too?

The smoke flavour was there, nice and subtle!

Looking forward to the leftovers today!

Rascal

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