Bought these for .88c/lb at the Price Chopper in Watertown NY while on holidays.....
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7 lbs 10oz after giblets removed, brined and rubbed (Jan's rub!) ready to smoke.
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They just went in the OBS...... Note 6 racks of trout in background air drying.....
Rich
You are cruel to show that this early in the morning. :D :D :D That is going to be awesome.
Hey, you smuggling our USofA monster chickens across the border!!??!
That's gonna be good...
Roasters up here are almost always $2.49/lb so it is usually an expensive treat.
What was hilarious about this is that the Price Chopper ad had them priced at .99c/lb but in store they were all marked at .88c/lb. So we bought 6 which was about as many as we could carry....
Then we got to the Fort Drum Walmart, which is "Army" sized. They had roasters at .77c/lb. My wife nearly cried.
Then when we got back across the border, a few days later the ads came out in the newspaper and there was a Price Chopper ad. Across border shopping is popular, at least on things like chicken. So I told my daughter, "tell Mom they have the roasters even cheaper." She knows a good joke, so she said "Mom, there's a coupon and you can get the roasters for .39c/lb this week!"
My wife yells "We're going back tomorrow!!!!!!!!" I almost hated to tell her it was a cruel joke.....
Rich
I expect to eat one of these for dinner tonight.....
You keep pulling jokes like that and you will eat the chicken in one bite. :D :D :D
Here's the final product.....
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It was GREAT!
Very nice looking bird, I've done a few whole chickens and I really like the result
Oh, heck yeah! Very nice looking birds!!
Awesome!!! Well done... ;D
Great job!
Darn good looking bird!!! :P :)
Beautiful....
Great looking bird. Those guys are huge!!! What happened to the trout?
Quote from: smoker pete on April 05, 2011, 07:29:01 PM
Great looking bird. Those guys are huge!!! What happened to the trout?
The trout are in the freezer!
Funny you should post this today, as I've now got the last 5 giant chickens on my kitchen table air-drying. I'll put two in the OBS and 3 in the DBS6.
I'm debating on what wood to use. I love maple, but I've also got a lot of Crown Royal. Maybe maple in one and CR in the other?
Rich
That picture of the finished product, should be on the cover of cooking magazine...darn that really looks good...
Gary
Yup... Very nice bird!!!
Picture perfect! I can imagine how good that is!
Yes, they were awesome. I haven't tried any of the 5 I did last week. They are vac sealed in the freezer. They just fit nicely into a 1 gallon vac bag.
I kind-of prefer these big chickens to turkey. Pound for pound I think there is more meat.
The problem here in Ontario is that the cheapest roasters I can find are $2.49/lb. That means a 7lb bird is expensive. Turkeys are usually .99c/lb.
Rich
That is one tasty looking chicken. Did you brine the birds b4 smoking? I brined a small roaster according to a recipe from this site and found it much too salty, though my healthy eating daughters loved it.
Quote from: cathouse willy on April 13, 2011, 01:59:14 PM
That is one tasty looking chicken. Did you brine the birds b4 smoking? I brined a small roaster according to a recipe from this site and found it much too salty, though my healthy eating daughters loved it.
Hi CW;
I always brine poultry overnight. Usually just the standard water/salt/sugar. In the morning I make sure I wash the birds inside and out, dry them off, air dry them, brush with olive oil and then rub them with Jan's Rub on the skin and interior.
So far I've never had a complaint about salt.
Rich
Rich the only one to complain was me,everyone else loved it. I don't use much salt so I may taste it more. Not to hijack your thread but is there a good discussion on the forum about brines, why, how,recipes etc? I'd like to use the least amount of salt needed.
Bill