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

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    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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      holy cow! Where is that?????
      Keepin' It Weird in The ATX FBTX
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      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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      That is a lot of chickens!!
      LBGE, Marietta, GA
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      The Cen-Tex Smoker said:
      holy cow! Where is that?????
      I guess they were actually holy chickens right?
      Anderson, SC
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      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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      Church?

      I suppose there is a stocked bass pond next to the fire pit?
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      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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      Wow. That's crazy and awesome!
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      Holy Moly, that's a lot of chicken. I'll bet it smelled fantastic!
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      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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      Sahhh weet!!!
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      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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      That is pretty freaking sweet! Awesome pit!
      Just a hack that makes some $hitty BBQ....
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      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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      What do they brine them in ---------------------- a concrete truck?
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      That is frickin' cool!! I would love to be part of a cook like that. :-bd

      Rowlett, Texas

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      Did Henapple supply the lump?
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      Looks amazing!!


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      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.   
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      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.

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      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.
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      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 :))
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      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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      It's like a giant spedini grill!

      Steve 

      Caledon, ON

       

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      WC1 said:

      Did Henapple supply the lump?

      Ozark Oak is so awesome one bag would've cooked all those easy... Probably some left over.
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      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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      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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      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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      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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      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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      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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