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Spatchcock Success

BGE_TTU
BGE_TTU Posts: 2
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I got my Large BGE as a gift several months ago and I love it.  First time to post on the site but I have been reading posts since I got the egg and it has helped a lot. 

Cooked my first spatchcock chicken this weekend and I will never cook chicken any other way.  I brined the chicken on Tuesday night with salt, sugar, brown sugar and Meat Church Deez Nuts and Honey Hog BBQ.  I took the chicken out of the brine on Wednesday night and rinsed the brine off.I dried it and added more Meat Church Deez nuts and Honey Hog BBQ and let it sit uncovered in the fridge until Friday.  

Friday I took the bird out of the fridge about an hour before i started to cook.  Fired up the egg to 375' for a raised direct cook.  The chicken cooked between 375' - 400' for about an hour and it came out great. I pulled it off when the breast was at 165' and let  it sit for about 30 minutes.  Chicken tasted great and the skin was crispy.  Going to try this same method for turkey this week.  


Hopefully I posted the pictures correctly to this post.  First time to do this
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  • TexanOfTheNorth
    TexanOfTheNorth Posts: 3,951
    First, welcome to the forum and to the lifestyle!

    Now, about your bird... looks and sounds like you hit that one out of the park! Nice work.
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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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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 33,891
    Welcome aboard and continue to enjoy the journey.  Great looking cook right there. 
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood. # 38 for the win.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period.
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  • itsmce
    itsmce Posts: 410
    Gotta love a good Spatched chicken!
    Large (sometimes wish it were an XL) in KS
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  • JohnnyTarheel
    JohnnyTarheel Posts: 6,606
    Welcome.... Great looking bird... Love that spatchcock
    Charlotte, NC - Large BGE 2014, Maverick ET 733, Thermopen, Nest, Platesetter, Woo2 and Extender w/Grid, Kick Ash Basket, Pizza Stone, SS Smokeware Cap, Blackstone 36"
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  • SmokeyPitt
    SmokeyPitt Posts: 10,490
    The color on that bird is unreal.  You nailed that for sure. 

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

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