prettiest spatchcocked chicken ever

lowercasebill

EggNorth

I agree!

Little Steven

bill,

Sweet! Looks delicious.

Steve

Bulldog Mom

Yummy!

thailandjohn

Looks great....what temp and how long

Da Kine Green BBQ

YO! l.c. bill -

Yes, she is indeed beautiful. Can you let the rest of us know what you did to make her tan all over? I usually dry rub my whole chickens with the standard Steven Reichlen basic rub, which makes the tasty and crusty. But I like the tan and shiny look!

Did you use EVOO or butter to get that nice and shiny tan? Did you baste? What did you use to season the chicken?

Us newbies may benefit from your expertise.

AND - how do you butcher the whole chicken for serving? Like a tukey? Every time I cut up my cooked whole chicken, the pieces look mangled. Tasty, but - you know, mangled parts and pieces.

Is there a chart / picture/ procedure / reference we can look at?

Thanks!

Mickey

You win :pinch:

"Sparky"

Not bad for a foot doctor Looks great buddy

Little Steven

Sparky,

He's a Periodontist! How's the foot doin'? :P

Steve

lowercasebill

practice limited to sponge bob band-aids
:laugh:
thanks

"Sparky"

HAHAHA,my boo-boo is all better,thanks to DR. bill :P :woohoo:

"Sparky"

So you're sayin that it was SpongeBob that saved the day,or was it night?I can't remember :P

lowercasebill

thanks , good thing too since i was the only contestant

lowercasebill

you saw the pictures .. what makes you think i can remember ,, next you'll be asking steven :laugh:

"Sparky"

I still have proof that you both failed the "field sobriety" test that evening :laugh: I don't think that I could've done any better though

Little Steven

I remember Al asking me to perform some sort of test but I think I head butted him. :blink: Julie and her jello shooters. I don't think she even made them. She was feeding them to all of us.

lowercasebill

butchering is a sharp knife and mine are really sharp [it is one of my other obsessions] , a fully cooked chicken [ so you can find the joints easy with bending] and a bit of experience. you tube has lots of 'how to cut up a chicken' vids and there is one on protein u as well
as far as info ,, in all things egg always consult the naked whiz
http://www.nakedwhiz.com/spatch.ht

now for the bad news ,, the chicken was still icy when took it out of the fridge , it was 20° outside , i started the egg, ran it up to 500° and closed it down it stabilized at 350°. i prepped and rinsed the chicken, patted it dry with paper towells, added a small fist sized hunk of apple wood and put it on..opend the dmft a bit a cooked it at 400° till done with the thermopen, 160 breast 180 leg/thigh, took about an hour.. no rub no butter no rest in the fridge to dry the skin. nothing but a raised grid , some apple wood and an hour on the egg.
it was so juicy that our plates were covered as was the plate the chicken was on .
no magic no talent ,, just the egg at 400 a fresh chicken and a couple of glasses of wine to deglaze the cook ,

lowercasebill

400° about an hour but the chicken was really cold ,, i could not remove the giblet pack as it was iced in ,, i cut the backbone out first .. it was a fresh not frozen chicken but i let it sit outside too long yesterday and the downstairs fridge is really a bit to cold .
and the worst part of this weather is my wine was frozen tonight had to run the bottle under hot water ,,

elzbth

A verrrry pretty chicken indeed! Great photos...everything looks delicious.

Woodbutcher

Pretty bird!

Beaker

You should sell that to KFC...the pic I mean! :laugh: :laugh:

Hoss

I MUST CONCUR! BEAUTIFUL bird.

howmeisterg

That is one HOT looking chicken!! :laugh: :laugh: :ohmy:

Chief Chef

Very nice. You have my vote.

BobS

That is some nice color!

eenie meenie

Those pics come in handy! :laugh: :laugh: :woohoo: I'll remind Al to set up a sobriety check point this year. Sure was glad to hear that Sparky decided not to sue.

I agree, that is one nice looking chicken!

BigA

i see that was done direct, what temp did you do that at and about how long?? looks pretty darn good. i always do mine indirect but i need to try direct.

BigA

never mind! got all your info from the other posts. should have read them first.