Shee-kan and Sausage

Went to the store yesterday to pick up a few shee-kans, but all the ones they had were huge and mostly frozen still. I don't like big birds, so opted for some thighs instead. That's ok by me, I don't care for the breasts anyway. I've always been a big proponent of raised direct, but lately it just seems like the next day when I eat it, the yard birds are really smokey. So I decided to go raised indirect for this turn. Two coated with JH Texas Chicken Tickler and two with Salt Lick Rub all air dried in the fridge for as long as I had time, about 3 hours.

When they were getting close to done, Mrs. G suggested basting them with some Salt Lick sauce. Lauren't version. The spicey one. Not something we usually do, but that's what she wanted and if it makes her happy, happy wife, happy life. @Mickey likes to look at deer over his patio, I prefer to shoot 'em and eat 'em so I tossed on a coupla links of some venison jalapeno cheese sausage I made awhile back. Man, is it good stuff!!

The chicken got basted and flipped every 5 mintues for a coupla bourbon and cokes and finally pulled aroung the 175-180 range.

Covered losely and tossed in a pre-warmed oven. Then I pulled the stone, dropped the grate and tossed on some mushrooms in a CI skillet along with some olive oil, whatsthishere sauce, garlic powder, onion powder and some salt and pepper. And maybe some other stuff. I wasn't taking notes or really paying attention to what I was doing.

Let them do their stuff for awhile, every once in a bit, giving 'em a quick stir with a wooden spoon and testing for softness. Meanwhile, sipped on a fresh drink with one eye on the games while Mrs. G sauteed up some kale. We're trying to be a bit more healthy...sometimes. All plated up, grabbed one of each to taste compare.

Pretty nice little meal and wasn't overly smokey from the fat dripping on the coals and causing a smoking inferno out the top of the Egg. Think I'll keep doing 'em this way from now on. Didn't really prefer one of the rubs over the other. Both were tasty, just different.

After dinner, watched a little more basketball till my eye's got a bit heavy. Woke up this morning to find I had picked 14 out of 16. And I have watched NO basketball this year prior to picking and did almost absolutely no research. Just hope my Baylor Bears can get through their first roudn today...