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newegg
newegg Posts: 78
edited November -1 in EggHead Forum
I am trying to cook a cornish game hen on the Mini. I have it up to 300F and wonder when I can check the food temp?
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  • Carolina Q
    Carolina Q Posts: 14,831
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    Hey, Rosie. I usually cook cornish hens at 375-400°. Raised, direct. I can't recall whether I've done one on the mini, but on the large, it only takes about 20-25 minutes til it's done. And even if you overshoot the temp, it'll still be juicy. I almost always do - and it's always great!

    I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

    Michael 
    Central Connecticut 

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  • newegg
    newegg Posts: 78
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    Thank you. This is my first try on the Mini. My husband let me buy it, but doesn't think the Mini is worth buying. I want to prove him wrong. :laugh:
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  • Carolina Q
    Carolina Q Posts: 14,831
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    He is wrong. Especially for 1-2 people. Lights quick, gets hot quick, doesn't take much lump, travels well. :) Hope the hen is delicious!

    I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

    Michael 
    Central Connecticut 

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  • newegg
    newegg Posts: 78
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    The hen was awesome. Juicy and delicious. I decided to core some apples and put some brown sugar and butter in them and let them cook on the Mini. Hope it turns out good. I love the mini...it is so cute and seems easier to handle than the large. Blessings and thanks for the help.
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  • Carolina Q
    Carolina Q Posts: 14,831
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    You "hope" it turns out well? You KNOW that it will!! :)

    Glad the hen worked for you. Go ahead, rub it in with hubby. :laugh:

    Here's mine, btw... in it's winter home.

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    I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

    Michael 
    Central Connecticut 

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  • SmokeyPitt
    SmokeyPitt Posts: 10,490
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    You will not be disappointed with the apples. One of my favs. So simple, and soooooo good.

    Which came first the chicken or the egg?  I egged the chicken and then I ate his leg. 

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  • PattyO
    PattyO Posts: 883
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    I never light my egg without putting on fruit. Apples, pears, pineapple, peaches, plums and bananas. I made a coconut milk / palm sugar caramel for the grilled bananas. Sometimes sugar or syrup or DP Pineapple head on the other fruits. My toes are still curled. The egg is amazing and I too love my mini.
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  • Mickey
    Mickey Posts: 19,674
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    Never done small hens but a spatchcocked chicken takes just under an hour.
    We have a large,small and mini: the mini is the goto grill for the two of us...
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    Salado TX & 30A  FL: Egg Family: 3 Large and a very well used Mini, added a Mini Max when they came out (I'm good for now). Plus a couple Pit Boss Pellet Smokers.   

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