Preparing a fatty

[biggqwesty]

Minds outta the gutter please.. ;-)

Right.. I'm trying to find if it's better to prepare a chicken fatty the night before??
If it was beef I wouldn't hesitate but being chicken, the last thing I want to do is make the family ill.

So can I prepare my fatty tonight and then rest it in the fridge ready for the cook.. I estimate fridge time will be roughly 18 hours..

And then is it best to cook from a room temperatured meat.. Or straight from the fridge??

 

[daks]

some on here will disagree with my approach and that is fine but I always go from fridge to smoker.  Over the yrs have found no difference in the meat by allowing it to come to room temperature before placing in the smoker. 

Let the "flames" begin. 

BTW, you should be fine with the chicken in the fridge.  If you have any concern, wrap it in cellophane until you are ready to place it in the smoker.

 

[wolfman1955]

I am no food saftey expert, but I will share my views on this procedure. Any time I prepare any ground meat, especialy poultry, I always cook it at that time. The reason for this is that in the time it takes to prep it you are probable allowing the meat to get above 40 deg. the bottom end of the temp. range where bad things start to happen with ground meat. That is just my opinion. I am sure others have theirs.

 

[daveomak]

I would have the smoker warm, put the fatty in and let it warm up for an hour before adding smoke... cold meat will allow condensate to form... warm meat should not form condensate... water and smoke form a nasty acrid smoke... I liken it to acid rain....

 

[wade]

Keep it chilled at all times and you will be fine. The 18 hours in the fridge wrapped in plastic at or below 40 F ( 4 C) will not be a problem.

As Dave said, get the smoker hot before putting it in and make sure that it reaches an IT of 165 F (74 C).

 

[themule69]

It will be fine in the fridge. Remember to post a Qview of your prep and smoke or you will see this

 Fallowed by this

.

Happy smoken.

David

 

[oldschoolbbq]

Good advice and as you are cooking ...

Send Q-view...

 

[biggqwesty]

Thanks guys. Have started the thread.