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FORUM SPONSORS => MAK Grills => Topic started by: smoker pete on September 22, 2016, 03:13:02 PM

Title: Smoked Yardbird Quarters
Post by: smoker pete on September 22, 2016, 03:13:02 PM

(http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab105/papa_peter/Chicken/MAKquarters09212016/quarters4_zpsm6abffft.jpg)

Reminiscing about the old days in 2007 when I started smoking things in my Bradley Original 4 rack Smoker. I was always lucky to even get close to 250ºF since back in the day (and still now) it was a 500 watt unit. But one thing the Bradley does extremely well is to produce a copious amount of smoke. Like others I started to modify my Bradley to bump the wattage to 1,000 watts and then 900 watts. Course, as many on this forum know, I had to add an Auber PID controller.

I soon incorporated a Char-Broil SRG in the mix and discovered that the SRG basket fit into the Bradley smoker. I started smoking items in the Bradley using the SRG basket and then transferring what I was smoking to the SRG to finish off the cook. This worked quite well for a period of time ...

Then in 2011 I discovered wood pellet smoker-grills and bought my first MAK 2 Star. The rest is history ...

Bottom line is that I haven't smoked yardbird parts at 250ºF for years and I wanted to see if they were as delicious as I remembered. The answer is 'Yes' - but the skin was rubbery which was to be expected at that low temperature - no big deal since we no longer eat the skin. Took a mere 2½ hours for the quarters to reach an internal temperature of 180ºF but it was worth the wait. As you can see from the photo above my MAK 2 Star produces it's own copious amount of smoke!

Title: Re: Smoked Yardbird Quarters
Post by: TMB on September 22, 2016, 03:23:16 PM

Nice!    Not real fond of dark meat but I'd be happy to have one on a plate! ;) ;) ;)

Title: Re: Smoked Yardbird Quarters
Post by: tomcrete1 on September 22, 2016, 03:23:26 PM

Love the way the smoke cleared for pic! Looks good enough to be in a book!   :D

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Post by: tlg4942 on September 22, 2016, 04:49:36 PM

  :thumbup:

Title: Re: Smoked Yardbird Quarters
Post by: Sandman on September 22, 2016, 05:06:28 PM

Lookin good. Leg thigh 1/4's going for .29 a # around here!

Title: Smoked Yardbird Quarters
Post by: Pappymn on September 22, 2016, 08:35:08 PM

Think they were 49 cents per pound here. Looks great

Title: Re: Smoked Yardbird Quarters
Post by: muebe on September 22, 2016, 09:51:40 PM

Love smoked chicken legs and quarters!

Title: Re: Smoked Yardbird Quarters
Post by: smoker pete on September 23, 2016, 11:05:22 AM

I've never been able to figure out why chicken quarters, when you can find them, are so cheap compared to the price of chicken drumsticks and/or thighs ... after all, a quarter is a drumstick connected to a thigh.

When crabbing for Dungeness crabs on the Oregon coast I use chicken quarters for bait. Crabs like chicken too and I dearly love Dungeness!  8)  8)

(http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab105/papa_peter/Seafood/Dungeness07312014/dungeness5_zps0e3c68da.jpg)

(http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab105/papa_peter/Seafood/Dungeness07312014/dungeness7_zps724f661e.jpg)

Title: Smoked Yardbird Quarters
Post by: rwalters on September 23, 2016, 03:55:26 PM

Another MAK simple but YUM meal :)