Re: What's in your smoker?
 

Yep....once you start spatchcocking them, you will quit the beer can chicken BS.

Re: What's in your smoker?
 

Exactly!

Re: What's in your smoker?
 

Beer can chicken is just a vertically roasted chicken. Spatchcocked is nice for grills, gas or otherwise, personally though, I'd rather have a whole bird cooked vertically hanging on a hook in my drum smoker, I could put it on a beer can and get basically the same result and have less beer for me.

Re: What's in your smoker?
 

If you are using beer to make beer can chicken you are doing it wrong.

Re: What's in your smoker?
 

Truth....mythbusters did this one. The liquid never got hot enough to even steam. Myth busted.

Re: What's in your smoker?
 

Spatchcocked is a whole bird. I guess I missed your point.

Re: What's in your smoker?
 

Yes, I know that. Did you not see the photo I posted about 8 posts back?

I was being subtle. To me the method depends on the cooker. They are both good, although I prefer vertical.

http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/attach...1&d=1408545376
http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/attach...1&d=1408545376

Re: What's in your smoker?
 

Before I built out the drum, I was using wire stands (similar to the one pictured below) for cooking birds vertically. Unfortunately, some grills/smokers aren't tall enough and other times I didn't have them with me, hence the other methods. Like I said, both are good.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...WL._SY355_.jpg

Re: What's in your smoker?
 

That's what I missed

Re: What's in your smoker?
 

pork tenderloin tonight

Re: What's in your smoker?
 

Plus you are wasting beer. I mean beer can chicken was supposedly invented by rednecks. But whoever heard of a redneck wasting beer? :D

Re: What's in your smoker?
 

Butts going on in a few hours... :)

Re: What's in your smoker?
 

I have an Icelandic lamb leg from Whole Foods. 2.6 lb and was like $6.99 a pound which I thought was good deal for lamb of that quality.

Put on WSM removing water pan using a shallow cast skillet. Canadien maple charcoal. It's pretty cold out and if the smoker doesn't get above 300, I'll finish leg inside.

Sipping a glass of 2000 Caves Sao Jao Reserva wine. Good find for $21, aged quite well.

Re: What's in your smoker?
 

Snow. There's snow in my smoker. I left the f%&@ing lid open yesterday. :mad:

Oh well. It was time to clean the grates anyways.

Re: What's in your smoker?
 

:D What's wrong with you Peter:sl;)

Re: What's in your smoker?
 

Fatties from yesterday's herf. Smoked at my house, wrapped up in multiple layers of foil and finished in the foil at Ratter's in the oven.

Italian & sage sausage, pepperoni, provolone cheese, bacon crumbles, marinaded artichoke hearts, kalamata olives, mushrooms, sauteed onions & garlic, thickened tomato sauce w/ basil.

http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/attach...1&d=1416158608
http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/attach...1&d=1416158619

Re: What's in your smoker?
 

Damn Im not healed enough to eat that yet and those pics are daring me to try anyway! Looks and sounds delicious

Re: What's in your smoker?
 

Fatties look great, Adam.

I had my daughter's birthday party this weekend.
Despite temps in the low 40's, I fired up the Assassin.
Did 6 racks of babybacks, a 16Lb brisket, 6 halved chickens, mac and cheese, and some beans.
Kind of a busy day so I didn't grab as many pics as I would've liked.

Trimmed up

http://i867.photobucket.com/albums/a...psno7nmqzr.jpg

The cook

http://i867.photobucket.com/albums/a...psomzui5z6.jpg

Finished Brisket

http://i867.photobucket.com/albums/a...psydwksxab.jpg

This was my first time using the smoker in the cold.
It performed flawlessly.
It is insulated really well, and I didn't notice any increase in fuel consumption or longer cook times.
I did the entire cook on less than 15lbs of charcoal.
Cleaning it yesterday, I did find this in the grease pan.

Grease volcano

http://i867.photobucket.com/albums/a...psrg6fktkh.jpg

Re: What's in your smoker?
 

I did a small cook for our church's Arts and Craft Fair this weekend, 150-200 or so people.

http://oldchurchbbq.com/sharedpictur...0BBQ%20001.jpg

http://oldchurchbbq.com/sharedpictur...0BBQ%20004.jpg

http://oldchurchbbq.com/sharedpictur...0BBQ%20005.jpg

http://oldchurchbbq.com/sharedpictur...0BBQ%20007.jpg

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http://oldchurchbbq.com/sharedpictur...Q%20006%20.jpg

http://oldchurchbbq.com/sharedpictur...0BBQ%20008.jpg

Unfortunately (or fortunately depending on your point of view), we sold out before we were able to get finished product pictures. As they say, a good time was had by all...