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Cherry smoked "Game On" spatchcock chicken ... great colour

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Stormbringer
Stormbringer Posts: 2,104
edited December 2017 in EggHead Forum
Cooked an extra large chicken raised into the dome. Rubbed with Dizzy Pig Game On rub and smoked over cherry, the colour on this was fantastic. I've never had a chicken go this colour before though, guessing it's something to do with cherry smoke.

I cooked it raised to crisp the skin up (this worked a treat) and also to get drippings from gravy. The gravy had a slight smokey note to it, which was a pleasant surprise. No plated shots, was too busy eating it.



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  • SmokingPiney
    SmokingPiney Posts: 2,282
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    That is a seriously great looking bird! 

    Well done, @Stormbringer.  :)
    South Jersey Pine Barrens. XL BGE , Assassin 24, Weber Kettle, CharBroil gasser, AMNPS 
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  • Fayborg
    Fayborg Posts: 82
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    Nice job,  looks fantastic!!
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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 32,534
    edited December 2017
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    Great cook and you are correct.  That deep colour is the cherry wood.  The trick is to balance the quantity of cherry smoke wood with the colour/smokiness of the poultry you are cooking.  Play around with it-you can ramp it up, especially  with a turkey and end up with true magazine quality food pron.  FWIW-
    Edit: color(...ur)  spelling corrected to reflect OP's preference.  ;)
    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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  • SmokeyPitt
    SmokeyPitt Posts: 10,490
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    That looks outstanding. That chicken must have looked like Kim Kardashian. Thighs are so thick the chicken is bow-legged. 

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

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  • Stormbringer
    Stormbringer Posts: 2,104
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    Cheers, folks.

    @lousubcap - good to know and haha. :)
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