Brined, spatchcocked pheasant

Boss Hogg

After working on the pulled beef today, I really didn't feel like cooking anything else, but I thawed these out earlier this week and thought I'd better cook them today. I'm always trying to figure out different ways to cook the pheasants I shoot, so I put these in a brine mixture I bought, added a little Wild Turkey American Honey to the mix in keeping with the fowl theme, spatchcocked them, then added some rub. On the Egg at 325* with a little pecan smoke.



Since we already ate dinner, I'll just try a little piece tonight :P
Thanks for looking.
Brian

Gator Bait

 
Hey Brian

I've never had Pheasant (yet) but that looks phantastic! Thanks for sharing.

Blair

 

Mickey

Brian I also have never had it. Do it taste like
chicken

hizzoner

I'm interested in how they turned out. I pheasant hunt and usually end up giving them away becaseu they turn out so dry (haven't cooked any on the Egg). I need to try them on the Egg, I've got a freezer full of em

Boss Hogg

Mickey-This one did. Pheasants are dryer than chicken, but with the brine and spatchcock, this was the juciest one I've ever grilled.
Brian

Primeggister1

Looks awesome!!!!

KB

looks really juicy. Was that a direct cook?

Ross in Ventura

Thats some fine looking Pheasant Brian, Plump!

Ross

thechief96

Those look very good. I've never had pheasant but I have a friend that hunts so............maybe I can get one to try. :laugh:

Unknown

Nice job! I was telling the husband as we watched 6 fat does run through our Delaware back yard that we have plenty o deer but no pheasants like where I grew up in PA. That looks so tasty!

Hoosier

Looks really great. Did you pluck those and leave the skin on? We always are in a hurry to clean our birds and just skin them out.

I too am a big believer in brining pheasants. They are so lean they are easy to dry out.

I started shingling them in bacon and it has been wording great. Here's a cook I did last winter with some wild south Dakota

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