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300 (Half) Chickens At A Time (with pics)

r270ba
r270ba Posts: 763
edited May 2013 in EggHead Forum
This past weekend I hleped my church cook a bunch of chickens.  We fit a little over 300 chicken halfs at a time.  I manned the 2:30am - 6:30am cook where we got the first started and the first 300 halfs cooke...it was quite impressive. 



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  • The Cen-Tex Smoker
    The Cen-Tex Smoker Posts: 23,146
    holy cow! Where is that?????
    Keepin' It Weird in The ATX FBTX
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  • r270ba
    r270ba Posts: 763
    It is a pit that some men from our church built a couple years before my wife and I started going there.  They do this every year.  This was my first year being involved.  It was a BLAST!
    Anderson, SC
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  • tulocay
    tulocay Posts: 1,737
    That is a lot of chickens!!
    LBGE, Marietta, GA
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  • r270ba
    r270ba Posts: 763
    The Cen-Tex Smoker said:
    holy cow! Where is that?????
    I guess they were actually holy chickens right?
    Anderson, SC
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  • cookinfun
    cookinfun Posts: 129
    Hey, wow.  Actually every year ( twice ) I go to a horse event in New York state along with +/- 50-100 others.  The local town has a pit just like that, and the chicken and fish cooked on that thing are absolutely great.  Too big for my house tho.
    (2) LBGEs,  WSM, Vidalia Grill (gasser), Tailgater Grill (gasser)
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  • jeroldharter
    jeroldharter Posts: 556
    Church?

    I suppose there is a stocked bass pond next to the fire pit?
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  • SteveWPBFL
    SteveWPBFL Posts: 1,327
    edited May 2013
    FUN! It appears that some people love their chicken raised, direct at 300F and don't like eatin' alone. Use a barrel of rub? What about the long tongs? You could spatchcock a horse (j.k.!) on those grids!
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  • Jamieoro
    Jamieoro Posts: 180
    Wow. That's crazy and awesome!
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  • Jscott
    Jscott Posts: 174
    Holy Moly, that's a lot of chicken. I'll bet it smelled fantastic!
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  • SmokeyPitt
    SmokeyPitt Posts: 10,490

    That is a ton of half-cocked chicken!  Did you have to flip them all at some point? 


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

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  • thetrim
    thetrim Posts: 11,377
    Sahhh weet!!!
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    XL 6/06, Mini 6/12, L 10/12, Mini #2 12/14 MiniMax 3/16 Large #2 11/20 Legacy from my FIL - RIP
    Tampa Bay, FL
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  • TexanOfTheNorth
    TexanOfTheNorth Posts: 3,951
    How (and how long does it take) to get that wood going and then spread out the entire length of the pit? It must get pretty warm standing nearby.
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    Well, "spa-Peggy" is kind of like spaghetti. I'm not sure what Peggy does different, if anything. But it's the one dish she's kind of made her own.
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  • cazzy
    cazzy Posts: 9,136
    That is pretty freaking sweet! Awesome pit!
    Just a hack that makes some $hitty BBQ....
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  • SWVABeanCounter
    SWVABeanCounter Posts: 859
    Very cool.  Looks like it would be alot of fun.

    Damascus, VA.  Friendliest town on the Appalachian Trail.

    LBGE Aug 2012, SBGE Feb 2014

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  • Charlie tuna
    Charlie tuna Posts: 2,191
    What do they brine them in ---------------------- a concrete truck?
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  • Griffin
    Griffin Posts: 8,200
    That is frickin' cool!! I would love to be part of a cook like that. :-bd

    Rowlett, Texas

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  • WC1
    WC1 Posts: 42
    Did Henapple supply the lump?
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  • MrCookingNurse
    MrCookingNurse Posts: 4,665
    Looks amazing!!


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    XLBGE 
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  • r270ba
    r270ba Posts: 763
    SteveWPBFL said:
    FUN! It appears that some people love their chicken raised, direct at 300F and don't like eatin' alone. Use a barrel of rub? What about the long tongs? You could spatchcock a horse (j.k.!) on those grids!
    No rubs.  We mopped the chickens as they cooked (just like you would do with a hog) in a vinger, oil, spices concoction.  We used spatulas actually.  The chicken stuck to the grates so the spatulas allowed us to get underneath the chicken without tearing off much meat.   
    TexanOfTheNorth said:
    How (and how long does it take) to get that wood going and then spread out the entire length of the pit? It must get pretty warm standing nearby.
    We basically started with 8 mini campfires that we built up and spread out until the pit was completed covered.  It took about an hour and a half to get it ready to put the chickens on (a lot quicker than I would have expected).  It was super hot and super smokey.  The only thing they need to change is some up drafts in the ceilings to pull the smoke out.  That is on the to do list before next year.

    SmokeyPitt said:

    That is a ton of half-cocked chicken!  Did you have to flip them all at some point? 

    The grates were designed so they could be flipped by putting one on top of the other.  You would have to see it up close to understand but it was very well thought out.
    Anderson, SC
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  • r270ba
    r270ba Posts: 763
    I would suggest to any of you that if you have an opportunity to do something like this you should.  It was pretty AWESOME to watch and be a part of.

    Also don't expect to want to eat chicken anytime soon :))
    Anderson, SC
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  • six_egg
    six_egg Posts: 1,112
    Griffin said:
    That is frickin' cool!! I would love to be part of a cook like that. :-bd

    +1   Could not agree more.

    XLBGE, LBGE 

    Fernandina Beach, FL

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  • Little Steven
    Little Steven Posts: 28,817

    It's like a giant spedini grill!

    Steve 

    Caledon, ON

     

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  • henapple
    henapple Posts: 16,025
    WC1 said:

    Did Henapple supply the lump?

    Ozark Oak is so awesome one bag would've cooked all those easy... Probably some left over.
    Green egg, dead animal and alcohol. The "Boro".. TN 
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  • TexanOfTheNorth
    TexanOfTheNorth Posts: 3,951
    Might have been a good time for a quick sermon on "eternity in hell"  [-O<
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    Well, "spa-Peggy" is kind of like spaghetti. I'm not sure what Peggy does different, if anything. But it's the one dish she's kind of made her own.
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  • r270ba
    r270ba Posts: 763
    TexanOfTheNorth said:
    Might have been a good time for a quick sermon on "eternity in hell"  [-O<
    Fortunately, and predictably, the preacher wasn't there.  We were able to be our sinful selves :)
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  • henapple
    henapple Posts: 16,025
    Must be either a large congregation or a "large" congregation if you get my drift.
    Green egg, dead animal and alcohol. The "Boro".. TN 
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  • Eggcelsior
    Eggcelsior Posts: 14,414
    henapple said:
    Must be either a large congregation or a "large" congregation if you get my drift.
    I see what you did there.
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  • henapple
    henapple Posts: 16,025
    At first I thought it was something @foghorn has in his back yard.
    Green egg, dead animal and alcohol. The "Boro".. TN 
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  • smokesniffer
    smokesniffer Posts: 2,016
    What a blast that would have been to be a part of the Grilling Staff. :D
    Large, small, and a mini
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