Jonathan Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 First ever cook on a KJ. Spatchcocked a whole chicken and slow cooked it at 225 Fahrenheit for four hours before roasting at 375/400 Fahrenheit for a half hour. Dry brined overnight then washed clean in morning and left to air dry in fridge. Then spice rubbed before finished off with a cherry glaze for last half hour. I had some issues at the beginning, my temp jumped up beyond 300 within seconds after using a fire chimney but I had time and so got it back down to the right temp and then had control pretty much from there. Took me about 1.5 hours to feel comfortable that I had it back down and stable. probably up there with best chicken I’ve had tbh but lots of room for improvement. I failed miserably on the sweet potatoes. Had it in a baking dish below acting as a drip tray so it could soak up the chicken fat but the bottoms were very burnt by the end making it inedible. I could cut off the tops and they were great but the bottoms were ruined. Any tips? Turn it or just put it in later? cheers AK-g, Golf Griller and lnarngr 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lnarngr Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 Where's the other drumstick? Just curious. Seems like a good idea to put the sweet potatoes in later. Maybe catch the drippings for a while and put the sweet potatoes in for the last hour, or less. I have been foiling sweet and regular potatoes and the sweet ones take a lot less time to cook. I think the whole thing carmelizes or something. YUMMY! That cook looks great! I don't seek out cherry flavors but I bet that tastes fantastic! Very inventive glaze. Please post the recipe. Curiosity and all, u know. Thanks for all the pics! You have a nice set-up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daninpd Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 Starting a fire for low and slow in a chimney is a recipe for disaster, try the cotton ball and alcohol method. Keep your deflectors in for low and slow and get some copper "tees" (plumbing parts) to elevate your drip pan above the deflector. For a first cook that looks pretty good! Beermachine 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
len440 Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 If you had the dish with the spuds in resting on the deflector plate may have caused the burnt bottom May want to try raising off deflector Bird does look good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Posted April 4, 2020 Author Share Posted April 4, 2020 @inarngr - the other drumstick is there. One is splayed out and the other is tucked in. The shadow in the photo is hiding it slightly. I did see the recommendation to lift the pan up using tinfoil or plumbing parts, particularly for cooking pizza. it was resting on the black plate that comes with the slo roller. I will give that a go next time plus cook for shorter. My only concern with putting it in later was opening the bbq and stuffing the temperature that I worked so hard to get. Here is the link to the recipe I found online https://heygrillhey.com/spatchcock-smoked-chicken-cherry-chipotle-bbq-sauce/ It has links to the spice rub and cherry sauce too. The sauce is outstanding. I highly Recommend giving it a go. lnarngr and buckleybj 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beermachine Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 On 4/4/2020 at 10:51 AM, daninpd said: Starting a fire for low and slow in a chimney is a recipe for disaster, try the cotton ball and alcohol method. Keep your deflectors in for low and slow and get some copper "tees" (plumbing parts) to elevate your drip pan above the deflector. For a first cook that looks pretty good! ^^^^^^ This. lnarngr 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerryT Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 Nice job. Keep them coming lnarngr 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lnarngr Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 On 4/4/2020 at 9:51 AM, daninpd said: Starting a fire for low and slow in a chimney is a recipe for disaster, try the cotton ball and alcohol method. Keep your deflectors in for low and slow and get some copper "tees" (plumbing parts) to elevate your drip pan above the deflector. For a first cook that looks pretty good! ^^^^^^ This. Yah! I got half inch copper elbows. Tees seem like a good idea. I would like to join them together in a little framework but haven't gotten around to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
len440 Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 You can use 4 ,3/4 inch gas pipe plugs i use them for my pizzas lifts the stone off the deflectors Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daninpd Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 When I was getting the hang of pizza on the Joe, a plumbing place here was going out of biz and I got 2- 3/4" elbows and 2- 3/4" Tees, they work fine with just gravity holding them in place. Have fun! Beermachine 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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