Three to Tango

spbull472

First, I want to thank everyone for their awesome recommendations last week when I asked for non-pork recipes for my Birthday cookout. I ended up going with "beer can" chicken on the BGE, well I actually went with 3 chickens (the wife really wanted beer can chicken, so what the wife wants...the wife gets...at least this once.)

I bought 3 of the sittin chicken devices for the egg from Bass Pro, 9.99 versus 19.99 from an egg dealer here locally. Kinda fitting to see a Bass Pro logo on the ceramic for a device that holds beer in a chickens arse.

Anyway...I rubbed EVOO on all three chickens. One was done simply with Kosher Salt and Cracked Pepper, one with DP Tsunami Spin and one with DP Shakin' the Tree. Got the BGE up to 300 dome temp, indirect with drip pan. Wasn't sure how to do the sittin chickens, so I let them warm up with the egg. When I maintained my temp, I filled each about 3/4ths of the way with Bud Select and shoved each chicken on the device. My neighbor commented to me it looked like they were about to Tango or chat. I also used one chunk of a Honey Mapled wood.

I rotated my grid about every hour, since I know there is a hotspot in the back, and then I pulled the chickens off after about four hours. The interesting part was trying to get the chickens off the devices, took a little muscle but I got 'er done.

Carved up the chickens and made sure to keep each bird seperated, that way people could try the 3 different flavors.

Was a huge success, neighbors LOVED the chicken and it was a nice respite from the pork we always tend to cook. Was moist and extremely well flavored, has held up well for what leftovers there were. Nothing wrong with Pork though, need to figure out how to do a pulled beef next.

I kept meaning to take pics of the cook, but kept forgetting. The birds were beautiful, nice coloration on the skin and just funny to see 3 birds looking like the were chatting on the grill.

Thanks again everyone!

lowercasebill

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Big Easy Egg

Did you really mean 4 hours of cook time?

spbull472

It was actually closer to 3 hours at 45 minutes per lb (per recommendation of the sitters I bought) and my chickens were around 4.5lbs each. My dome temp was actually like 275 to 300. I was also doing an indirect cook.

Big Easy Egg

Don't you love those big fat birds? Ever try stuffing some real butter under the skin with Tarragon? YUMMY!

Jimmy
Come visit NOLA

spbull472

No, I haven't tried that but I have taken sliced green apple and gouda cheese and shoved it under the skin, EVOO the outside and covered with Tsunami spin. I did that with some thighs and breasts, that was darn tasty.

Sgt Pepper

So which rub was the crowd favorite?

Big Easy Egg

Ya gotta try it and use fresh Tarragon. I will try the apple and gouda tonight on some yard birds. Thanks.

Jimmy
Come visit NOLA

BigDaddy - OCT

I've only attempted them once and they were a huge hit. I called this pair "Dolly and Danica (Patrick). It was a tight fit on the medium so I should do it again on the large.

BigDaddy - OCT

I forgot the finished pics...
By the way, the "stuffing" was a lemon that was halved, cleaned out, and stuffed with an herb butter. Those were partially frozen and then added just before cooking. I don't remember who suggested it but they were mighty tasty!

spbull472

Nice! By the way, the apple was thinly slice (maybe about 1/8 inch).

Which was the favorite, hmmmmm. You know, I forgot to ask but I think Tsunami Spin. But the two DP covered birds were favored over the simple salt and pepper, wife wanted the salt and pepper one which she thoroughly enjoyed.

JPF

Just sitting around

spbull472

Heh, thats about exactly what mine looked like except all the breast were pointed in towards the center.

Car Wash Mike

I wonder which one is which? :woohoo: :woohoo:

Mike