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Offline chriswalters

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GOT MY TOY ~ A man and his Pit Barrel Cooker!
« Reply #374 on: January 21, 2017, 02:26:11 PM »
I guess I'll show y'all how I start my PBC.
Here I'm going to PBC a bird. I'm using lump charcoal
Here we go. One full compact chimney, about half a basket of unlit charcoal



I'll prep my bird while the fire gets going.
Dry brined bird rubbed with a paste of oil, garlic, black pepper and Herbs De provence. I love that herb blend.





Went to check on my chimney, see how red hot the coals are down there?



Dumped that mess in the basket and got the bird hooked up. Chopped up some garlic, etc then decided to hang the bird. Picture here is not that clear. I was trying to focus on the charcoal basket.

ONCE YOU DUMP YOUR LIT CHARCOAL IN THE PBC, DO NOT, I REPEAT, DO NOT PUT YOUR LID ON UNTIL YOU'RE READY TO HANG YOUR MEAT.



Anyway, I hooked my maverick 732 to give you an idea of where my temp starts right after closing the lid.



30 minutes later, temperature settled in right where I want it.



1 hour 15 minutes, like clockwork bird is done. I didn't cranked the heat up this time coz I knew that the skin will be chips crispy.



See my charcoal is still red hot.



Ladies and gentlemen, if you cook chicken at low temperatures you're bound to end up with sloppy skin. Cranked up the PBC, get the best chicken everytime in no time flat.




I hope this helps somebody out there.
It certainly does!  What lb bird were you working with?


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Re: GOT MY TOY ~ A man and his Pit Barrel Cooker!
« Reply #375 on: February 14, 2017, 04:56:08 PM »
I guess I'll show y'all how I start my PBC.
Here I'm going to PBC a bird. I'm using lump charcoal
Here we go. One full compact chimney, about half a basket of unlit charcoal



I'll prep my bird while the fire gets going.
Dry brined bird rubbed with a paste of oil, garlic, black pepper and Herbs De provence. I love that herb blend.





Went to check on my chimney, see how red hot the coals are down there?



Dumped that mess in the basket and got the bird hooked up. Chopped up some garlic, etc then decided to hang the bird. Picture here is not that clear. I was trying to focus on the charcoal basket.

ONCE YOU DUMP YOUR LIT CHARCOAL IN THE PBC, DO NOT, I REPEAT, DO NOT PUT YOUR LID ON UNTIL YOU'RE READY TO HANG YOUR MEAT.



Anyway, I hooked my maverick 732 to give you an idea of where my temp starts right after closing the lid.



30 minutes later, temperature settled in right where I want it.



1 hour 15 minutes, like clockwork bird is done. I didn't cranked the heat up this time coz I knew that the skin will be chips crispy.



See my charcoal is still red hot.



Ladies and gentlemen, if you cook chicken at low temperatures you're bound to end up with sloppy skin. Cranked up the PBC, get the best chicken everytime in no time flat.




I hope this helps somebody out there.
It certainly does!  What lb bird were you working with?


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Re: GOT MY TOY ~ A man and his Pit Barrel Cooker!
« Reply #376 on: February 16, 2017, 02:34:47 PM »
Nice looking bird!  Looks like lump is the way to go for yard bird.
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Re: GOT MY TOY ~ A man and his Pit Barrel Cooker!
« Reply #377 on: February 16, 2017, 03:50:06 PM »
Great job. I plan on doing a whole bird this weekend on my PBC.  :thumbup:
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Re: GOT MY TOY ~ A man and his Pit Barrel Cooker!
« Reply #378 on: August 30, 2017, 04:06:01 PM »
I also wanted to echo everyone else and thank 1Bigg_ER for this thread. I've read the whole thing, and even found his photobucket account to find the pictures that are now missing due to photobucket's decision to charge for third-party hosting.

I was just curious - now that you've upgraded to the Karubeque C-60, what do you find yourself using the PBC for nowadays?

In the meantime, I've got some wings in the fridge for tonight. Will be using the tricks you shared in this thread and will let you know how it goes. Thanks again for all your extremely informative posts.
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Re: GOT MY TOY ~ A man and his Pit Barrel Cooker!
« Reply #379 on: August 31, 2017, 07:41:02 PM »
Thanks to 1Bigg_ER, my wings were *almost* perfect:

Here they are waiting to go into the PBC:



Here they are after being PBCed at 350-360 for about 45 minutes over lump charcoal:



Sauced:



And then I goofed - put them back on after saucing with lid off, but then got sidetracked and left them on too long, so bottoms burned...They were still delicious, but would have been more so absent the burnt sides on some of them:



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Re: GOT MY TOY ~ A man and his Pit Barrel Cooker!
« Reply #380 on: September 03, 2017, 07:51:44 PM »
I have done that myself.
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