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Beer Can Chicken
BDD
Posts: 18
Has anyone smoked (indirect) a beer can chicken at 250? I'm doing a Pork Butt at the same time and don't want to go above 250.
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I always spatchcock my chickens now. Do you have the ability to cook on multiple levels on your egg. If so, go spatchcock. I bought 2 whole chickens tonight just for that purpose.Morristown TN, LBGE and Mini-Max.
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Don’t have multi levels available. Thanks for the tip though.
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It'll take a while for either at that temp. I wouldn't cook either that low. I'd bump the temp up towards the end of the pork cook if you do and put the chicken on , but I'd also worry about the fat burning off from the drippings of the pork as it heats up
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If you do decide to cook at that temp, I think I would try to get the chicken outside of the shadow of the platesetter and into the small sections of direct heat for a spell, to get some colour on the chicken.
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Good ideas; thanks for the help
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Give low&slow or pulled chix cook recipes a look. @Mattman3969 (used to post here) was a master at low temp chix cooks. Forum search function should yield results. The cook temp was in the 225-250*F range and the time was upwards of 6-8 hours. FWIW-Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood. Life is too short for light/lite beer! Seems I'm livin in a transitional period. CHEETO (aka Agent Orange) makes Nixon look like a saint.
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Appreciate the advise
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I sure have, that's how I do mine. Just keep a temp probe in and wait until it hits whatever the probe says it's ready. Meater's app works just fine as does the Tappecue.BDD said:Has anyone smoked (indirect) a beer can chicken at 250? I'm doing a Pork Butt at the same time and don't want to go above 250.LBGE, 28” BS, Weber Kettle, HCI 7.8 SE Texas -
At 250º, do you guys then remove the cooked bird, bring the Egg up to 450º, and blast it for a final ten minutes or so to crisp up the skin?"Hallelujah, Noel, be it Heaven or Hell,
The Christmas we get, we deserve"
-RIP Greg LakeOgden, UT, USA
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@Botch
i do not but there is probably a better or different way. My experience is it has been more than acceptable, however likely not that “crunch” you may be after, just rendered and a nice toothy bite fwiw.LBGE, 28” BS, Weber Kettle, HCI 7.8 SE Texas
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