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Outdoor Cooking Equipment => Grills & Smokers => Pellet Grills and Smokers => Topic started by: smoker pete on July 25, 2014, 11:07:04 AM

Title: Oregonian Organic Free Range Chicken Quarters!!
Post by: smoker pete on July 25, 2014, 11:07:04 AM
Had the pleasure of meeting SmokinKat when I delivered my MAK 2 Star to Dallas Oregon for an upgrade.  I want to thank Kat for sharing one of her chickens, eggs, and duck eggs too with us.  She offered us Rabbit and Goat's milk but being a wuss I declined the later.  Last time I ate Bugs Bunny was in the 1950s when I lived in France and I've never had Goat's milk but it's my understanding that it's really good.

So I defrost what I thought was a 2 chicken halves but instead turned out to be 2 quarters.  Man oh Man ... I would have hated to run up against this monster in a dark alley!!  :D :D ... this picture does not do these quarters justice - they were humongous  ???

(http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab105/papa_peter/Chicken/KatChicken07242014/KatChicken2_zps81663d93.jpg)

Fired up my Davy Crockett and some curious campers wondering what I was cooking with mosied over for a look-see.  When I showed them the quarters they thought they were turkey legs.  These beauties, I swear, were the size of Tri-Tips - Lordy Lordy what a feast.  Unlike store bought quarters these were extremely lean and tasted fantastic!

(http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab105/papa_peter/Chicken/KatChicken07242014/KatChicken5_zps5a1aff41.jpg)

(http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab105/papa_peter/Chicken/KatChicken07242014/KatChicken6_zps3e0f9fd6.jpg)

I shared a leg with another Camp Host and SWMBO and I shared a thigh.  When I gave the leg to our friend he too thought it was a turkey leg.  We have enough chicken left from the other quarter that I'm going to use my wok and have some chicken stir fry tonight  :P  :P

(http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/ab105/papa_peter/Chicken/KatChicken07242014/KatChicken7_zps26f63f6c.jpg)

Thanks again Kat for your generosity ...  The chicken was scrumptious!!
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Post by: Smokerjunky on July 25, 2014, 11:09:15 AM
Great color - those look absolutely FANTASTIC!!!!
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Post by: squirtthecat on July 25, 2014, 11:18:39 AM

WOW!

Kat - are you juicing those birds???    ;) ;)
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Post by: pz on July 25, 2014, 11:44:13 AM
Those look fantastic!
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Post by: Pappymn on July 25, 2014, 01:35:25 PM
Beautiful color on that bird
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Post by: smokendevo on July 25, 2014, 02:05:17 PM
Wow lots of meat on those legs
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Post by: Wingman on July 25, 2014, 02:11:06 PM
OMG.  I need to take my MAK in for refurbishment!  Beautiful chicken.
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Post by: Smokin Don on July 25, 2014, 02:13:08 PM
Lucky you Pete, they sure look good!!! Don
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Post by: muebe on July 25, 2014, 02:27:58 PM
Beautiful legs Pete!
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Post by: drholly on July 25, 2014, 03:02:58 PM
Those are some great looking quarters - not only large and plump, but perfectly cooked!
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Post by: HighOnSmoke on July 25, 2014, 04:02:33 PM
Fantastic looking leg quarters Pete!
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Post by: CDN Smoker on July 25, 2014, 04:09:52 PM
Fantastic looking leg quarters Pete!

What ya getting done Pete ::)
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Post by: sliding_billy on July 25, 2014, 04:36:24 PM
Simply beautiful.
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Post by: spuds on July 25, 2014, 04:39:56 PM
Great food Pete and Kat!!!!
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Post by: SmokinKat on July 25, 2014, 04:43:34 PM
You did those proud, Pete!!    :P

Believe it or not, those weren't even the biggest out of the bunch!  It was kind of frustrating, honestly, because the darn birds were too big for the 11" vacuum bags I'd planned on packing them in-- ended up doing a lot more cutting up than I expected!  :)  But our freezer is full and happy for sure!  :) 
Title: Re: Oregonian Organic Free Range Chicken Quarters!!
Post by: smoker pete on July 26, 2014, 11:11:58 AM
Believe it or not, those weren't even the biggest out of the bunch!  It was kind of frustrating, honestly, because the darn birds were too big for the 11" vacuum bags I'd planned on packing them in-- ended up doing a lot more cutting up than I expected!  :)  But our freezer is full and happy for sure!  :)

WOW!!  Like I said, I'd hate to meet one of those beasts in a dark alley  :D  They were delicious and thanks again for sharing.  You guys are going to be eating good for quite a while.
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Post by: Las Vegan Cajun on August 07, 2014, 10:20:07 AM
Those are some mighty tasty looks quarters, very nice.  ;)