The Chicken you call "Sir!" (Or, "Yes Ma'am!")

Smokeville · March 12, 2011, 07:58:18 AM

Bought these for .88c/lb at the Price Chopper in Watertown NY while on holidays.....

7 lbs 10oz after giblets removed, brined and rubbed (Jan's rub!) ready to smoke.

They just went in the OBS...... Note 6 racks of trout in background air drying.....

Rich

Quarlow · March 12, 2011, 08:02:40 AM

You are cruel to show that this early in the morning. :D :D :D That is going to be awesome.

squirtthecat · March 12, 2011, 08:08:19 AM

Hey, you smuggling our USofA monster chickens across the border!!??!

That's gonna be good...

Smokeville · March 12, 2011, 08:27:12 AM

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.....

Quarlow · March 12, 2011, 08:33:01 AM

You keep pulling jokes like that and you will eat the chicken in one bite. :D :D :D

Smokeville · March 12, 2011, 05:39:41 PM

Here's the final product.....

It was GREAT!

steve-o · March 13, 2011, 10:57:25 AM

Very nice looking bird, I've done a few whole chickens and I really like the result

SouthernSmoked · March 13, 2011, 04:10:30 PM

Oh, heck yeah! Very nice looking birds!!

La Quinta · March 14, 2011, 12:51:00 AM

Awesome!!! Well done... ;D

KyNola · March 14, 2011, 06:30:01 AM

Great job!

iceman · March 15, 2011, 12:11:23 PM

Darn good looking bird!!! :P :)

radamo · April 05, 2011, 07:14:28 PM

Beautiful....

smoker pete · April 05, 2011, 07:29:01 PM

Great looking bird. Those guys are huge!!! What happened to the trout?

Smokeville · April 06, 2011, 06:37:27 AM

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

ghost9mm · April 09, 2011, 04:50:59 PM

That picture of the finished product, should be on the cover of cooking magazine...darn that really looks good...
Gary

The Chicken you call "Sir!" (Or, "Yes Ma'am!")

squirtthecat