Decided to do some more chicken thighs on the rotisserie today. The last time I did them they certainly could have stood a little more heat to get rid of a little more of the fat. The kids don't like them slimy.
So I loaded the charcoal basket with a layer of Kingsford Comp . . .
then some Cowboy lump that I had left. (Part of a bag left. Mostly small pieces so the layer of Kingsford helped keep the Cowboy from falling through the grate.
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Then I lit about 1/2 a chimney of Kingsford Comp, dumped it in and we were off.
Here are the thighs seasoned and loaded in the basket . . .
Salt, pepper, onion powder and garlic powder on the left, and Mad Hunky on the right.
Here they are almost ready to come off.
(The basket got swapped around when I loaded it.
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And ready to serve . . . Mad Hunky rubbed
And the other ones.
Unfortunately they spent most of the time around the 300° to 325° mark. I got kind of a late start so I didn't really let the drum warm up enough to get the coal bed started before I put the chicken on. Much later on in the cook as I had the lid off for awhile checking temps, the coals got going and we had some serious heat as measured by the 12" deep fry thermo.
It dropped down to 375° or so pretty quickly and stayed there about the last 20 minutes and for probably about an hour after I took them off. The thighs were a little better this time. Still could have been cooked hotter. Next time I'll start earlier and let the coal bed get going good before I put the chicken on.
They were still tasty though, I just need to tweak the proccess a bit.
Thanks for looking.
Dave
So I loaded the charcoal basket with a layer of Kingsford Comp . . .
then some Cowboy lump that I had left. (Part of a bag left. Mostly small pieces so the layer of Kingsford helped keep the Cowboy from falling through the grate.
Then I lit about 1/2 a chimney of Kingsford Comp, dumped it in and we were off.
Here are the thighs seasoned and loaded in the basket . . .
Salt, pepper, onion powder and garlic powder on the left, and Mad Hunky on the right.
Here they are almost ready to come off.
(The basket got swapped around when I loaded it.
And ready to serve . . . Mad Hunky rubbed
And the other ones.
Unfortunately they spent most of the time around the 300° to 325° mark. I got kind of a late start so I didn't really let the drum warm up enough to get the coal bed started before I put the chicken on. Much later on in the cook as I had the lid off for awhile checking temps, the coals got going and we had some serious heat as measured by the 12" deep fry thermo.
It dropped down to 375° or so pretty quickly and stayed there about the last 20 minutes and for probably about an hour after I took them off. The thighs were a little better this time. Still could have been cooked hotter. Next time I'll start earlier and let the coal bed get going good before I put the chicken on.
They were still tasty though, I just need to tweak the proccess a bit.
Thanks for looking.
Dave