Cooking on Smoker

[thcri]

If you have an old apple tree around that is close or is dead that is the best thing. We had an old one die about 15 years ago and we had enough to smoke for years. I even had a neighbor that would come over and get some from me a couple times of year to smoke his cat fish. He always told me that apple wood did the best.

murph

 

[Michael_E_Tx]

Hey Murph. Apple wood is my favorite too. Haven't had any around for a long time. No apple trees on our place.

Mike

 

[YanmarFever]

When you put a can of brew inside of a chicken .
The drunken chicken is really (beer butt chicken)

 

[HRS]

Latest idea. You've heard, or maybe you have cooked something like a turkey in a brown paper bag. I'm going to try a bird on this little smoker again, but this time place it in a paper sack first. I believe the original idea behind this was to hold the moisture in the trukey. It was long ago, but I do remember my parents doing this when I was a kid. I'll see if this keeps most of the soot off of the bird. Smoke permeates everything, so the flavor should still be there. Hopefully, it will not burn. This smoker has a water pan between the fire and the rack, so all drippings go into the water pan. Also, if the cooking temp is actually in the 200s then that is far below what paper burns at. But then again...

I do have one apple tree in the back yard, but it is a young one.

 

[Alan L.]

If it ain't black it ain't smoked.

 

[MarkV]

HRS, in your water pan add some Apple Cider Vinegar to the water. Vinegar is a natural tenderizer for meats. It will not leave any vinegar taste to the final product.

Sounds like your wifes poultry cooker would be perfect for drunken chickens. Doesn’t sound like you will ever get to find out. I have seen wire racks to hold the can and chicken so you may want to keep you eyes open.

Cloudland Canyon is about 50 or 60 miles North of us. Very pretty place.

MarkV

 

[Bird]

I have seen wire racks to hold the can and chicken so you may want to keep you eyes open.

And you shouldn't need to keep them open very wide either. Doesn't every place that sells any kind of cooking utensils or grills have these racks? I think I got our two at Walmart, but I believe I've seen them at Home Depot, Lowe's, Bed, Bath & Beyond, as well as other supermarkets.

 

[rox]

Bird and everyne, this is probably going to be hard for you to believe but i ahve actually never ehard of drunken chicken. And I wasn't getting the concept of the racks/dishes. I only ever roasted a chicken laying down and i couldn't figure out how if you stuck a can of beer in the cavity of the chicken why the berr jsut didn't drain out. Bird it was your link that cleared the matter up for me, you roast the chicken standing up. y question is, but doens't it tip over?

My hubby is a gourmet French Cef this recipie is not in his repitoir, i might get one for my daughter as a gift though. Her partner is a very fussy eater, no red meat yadda yadda yadda and she eats a lot of chicken. My duaghter says she is sick of cooking chicken all the time so this would be a new twist for her to try. to bad this wan't posted before Christmas I for sure would have bought one. they do grill out a lot as they live in a mild climate in southern virgina.

Who would of though fo stickng a can of beer up there and can you taste the beer flavor?

 

[HRS]

Mark, I'll give it a try. Thanks.

Well, I got the smoker going again this New Year's Eve evening. It has rained here most of the day, so strating it up was quite fun. I had to use a huge bed of charcoal just to defeat the moisture. But the oak is being used now. I have two Boston butt roasts on the lower rack, each in a seperate brown bag. On the top rack I have a chicken (It is a 10lb bird. Must be kin to a turkey.) Beside the turkey I have two venison roasts, each at about 5 lbs. These are each in bags also.

In about eight hours, I'll let you know how it turns out.

 

[Bird]

Rox, maybe this is a better picture although, if I remember right, Amazon's price is about double what I paid for the same brand racks at Walmart. Maybe you can see in this picture the shape of the "feet" that keep it from tipping over. There are many, many recipes using either a half can of beer or soda, and I've also done them with just water in the can. We always do two at a time on the gas grill. Our grill is big enough to have 3 burners and I only light the left burner, put the two chickens on the right side with a pan of water under them to catch any drippings. In fact, their basic recipe says if you cook them in the oven, to set them in a pie pan with one-fourth cup of water in the pan. Their basic recipe only says to cook them for 1 to 2 hours. I do cook mine on the grill for 2 hours. We've tried several recipes, but our favorite is very simple; just sprinkle a little salt in and on the chickens, then sprinkle red pepper (cayenne) a little more liberally in and on them before cooking.

To me, this method just gets you something every similar to rotisserie results for those of us who don't have a rotisserie.