A Wine Bottle Chicken in BEESR

[Barry CB Martin]

The local Kroger stores (QFC in my neck o'the woods" had chickens on sale for $.89 a lb. Stocked up on a couple. Tonight decided to smoke-roast one for dinner and such.

simple prep - brined for 5 hours ( 1hr per pound)
rinsed and dried - then placed in fridge to dry off for the rest of the afternoon.
removed and put directly onto champagne style wine bottle filled with hot water.
rubbed salt over the skin
placed the wine bottle with chicken into the basket and then into cold BEESR with apple & cherry chips and a single pecan chunk in the smoker box
turned on and set to 15 walked away and watched the news for 15 mins
checked and smoke was happening
turned down to 13 and finished watching an hour of news
checked temp with Thermapen and it was under 160°F
squeezed a half of fresh orange over the top and let it run down mostly the breast and legs, not the back
left it on for another 15 minutes and it was 175°F at the top
removed from cooker and left on counter for 15 minutes
removed from basket and removed from bottle (after pouring out the water that was now all wafting a smoky aroma my way)
carved the leg-thigh quarter and it was perfectly done
served my self a plate with blanched broccoli and brown rice.

Tasty on a Plate.

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[Barry CB Martin]

15 minutes later  - smoke was rolling and chicken was starting to brown and color from cherry smoke

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[Barry CB Martin]

Checked temp and it needed just a bit more - squeezed half fresh orange over it, mostly on the breast and quarters

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[Barry CB Martin]

Pretty straight forward presentation

chicken breast and thigh meat, sans bones
brown rice
blanched broccoli
orange slices

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[IR2dum]

CB, that looks simply delicious. You eat good!

[Ron D]

All I can say is YUM....Great looking meal there CB

[teesquare]

Simple flavors done well - looks great, and I am sure it tasted fantastic too!

[squirtthecat]

Wine bottle...    Whoulda thunk.

[Merrick Bill]

Does the wine bottle do anything besides act as a stand? 

Bill

[Barry CB Martin]

Bill - it's a cheap stand.

A few years back a web site de-bunked the beer can chicken technique myth....LostArrow knows the site. Doesn't really matter because folks enjoy that way of cooking chicken and, guess what? - if they are happy and believe it tastes better ---- it does.

so this is just a cheap easy way to support a chicken in the big easy basket and cooking chamber. I'd be careful using it in any cooker or oven that had direct heat beneath the bottle because the glass isn't tempered for cooking. The Big Easy cookers radiate IR from the side so nothing underneath and the bottle is pretty much shielded by the bird.

[Greg Stoudenmire]

Great looking yard bird CB!

[teesquare]

Wine bottle...    Whoulda thunk.

- it's a cheap stand.

Well - if it was a cheap wine...its a cheap satand.....if not...hopefully it was an expensive "fall down"....

[squirtthecat]

Hard to tell from the label (wait - wouldn't the paper/glue burn??) if it was 3 Buck Chuck or not...   

[Barry CB Martin]

Actually it was one of my better champagnes -- and one of the last I enjoyed before I stopped drinking.