Q View - Chicken Mega Smoke...oh and don't forget the taters'n'corn...and carrots....and Smokin' Gra

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porkulese

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Apr 26, 2012
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Hey all, really tired after a GREAT weekend, lots of smoking yesterday and been working outside all weekend long, I'm beat but here's a QView for you all...

Brining skinless boneless chicken thighs, they and 3 whole chickens brined for about 14 hours overnight on Friday to Saturday AM...

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This pan had potatoes, corn and carrots under the slotted cutout, 2 whole stuffed (with taters'n'corn) chickens smoked in the pan...

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One whole chicken went on the beer can roaster...

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The 3 whole chickens removed from brine bucket and rinsed...

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Thighs removed from brine and rinsed...

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Started chopping up the taters...

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Taters'n'corn all mixed with rub for seasoning...

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Stuffing the whole chickens...

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Stuffed and rubbed whole chickens in pan, ready for smoke...

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Rubbed and mounted beer can chicken ready for smoke...

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Taters'n'corn in pan, ready for smoke...

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Thighs, some rubbed and wrapped in 2 slices of bacon each and some with just the rub, ready for smoke...

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The probe for the beer can chicken must have been up against the can, it was reading 185 degrees after only 2 hours so I pulled it, the breast meat was done and INCREDIBLY tender so we had a taste, I wound up cutting the chicken apart and putting it back in to finish...

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Glazed up all the chickens with Cattle Boyz and used a wing sauce on the thighs 30 minutes before pulling everything...

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Ready to come out and get eaten...

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BAM!

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SHAZAM!

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Good eats for lunch time!

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After pulling everything and extracting the drippings to make gravy I mixed the taters'n'corn with the veg from the bottom of the pan that had the 2 whole chickens and re-fried everything, came out AMAZING!

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Chilling the leavings...

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Stuffing extracted from the 2 whole chickens...

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Re-friend taters'n'corn'carrots...so good!

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Smokin' Gravy....best gravy I've ever made...can't say enough about how much we enjoyed this!

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Diner time plate from last night...I wound up putting all the chicken in the oven when I got it in the house to crisp it, made for an awesome texture!

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And now the piece de resistance, the gravy coating...I was so full when I was done but I ate every single morsel!

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So, at the end, I wound up overloading the smoker a bit, but as usual I learned a lot and will adapt future smokes, all the food came out amazing, even better the day after, the bacon wrapped thighs are just beyond description...very pleased I am!

Hope you all enjoy, any questions, comments etc are welcome!
 
Great looking bird...JJ
 
I must say I've never seen anyone smoke a stuffed chicken or letting the chicken drip into their veggies. It's usually not safe?  I assume it came out ok? Sure looks good!!
 
I must say I've never seen anyone smoke a stuffed chicken or letting the chicken drip into their veggies. It's usually not safe?  I assume it came out ok? Sure looks good!!
Hey Terry, I am not crazy about Smoking a Stuffed Chicken, if too tight the meat will be dry before the stuffing gets above 160*F, but I frequently put Potatoes under Chicken. The flavor is amazing from the fat and as long as everything gets up to temp, 160*F+ there is no safety issues...JJ
 
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