First TBE chicken

[frogpond]

Well, did my first whole chicken in the TBE yesterday.  I got it out of the fridge yesterday morning before church and washed it off, patted it dry, and injected it with Cajun Butter.  Then it went back in the fridge while we were at church for ~3 hours.  I then seasoned it up with some Tony Chacherie's on the outside and dropped it in the TBE.  It took an hour and 30 minutes to hit 165, I checked in several spots.  I then turned the heat off and let it sit for 10 minutes before pulling it.  It came out great!  One thing I will change for the next cook is using less injection.. it was a little tooooo juicy inside..a little too much injection still sitting around in there.  But other than that, the bird was cooked wonderfully.  Whitney and Addie(wife and daughter) both loved it and cleaned their plates.  This was sort of a trial run for Thanksgiving..I'm doing the turkey for my family this year.  I'll post some pictures soon.  Thanks for all the input and help so far.  I look forward to many more cooks in the Big Easy!


Justin

[frogpond]

[teesquare]

Congrats on the trip run! The turkey will take longer because it is bigger - but it looks like you have it all under control. NICE looking chicken.

[Pam Gould]

Good 1st cook..take the juices and make some GRAVY...just sayin  .☆´¯`•.¸¸. ི♥ྀ. 

[TMB]

Nice bird.   Your turkey will be great

[tomcrete1]

Excellent Job!

[Savannahsmoker]

By the looks of that turkey the family will be pleased on Thanksgiving.

[frogpond]

Thanks y'all!  I'm liking this big easy more and more every time I use it.  Family's favorite so far is still the pork tenderloin wrapped in bacon, but I've got a pretty long list of things to try to cook on it still. 

[Pam Gould]

I use 2 sticks of melted butter with gahhlick for my bird..and let the turkey warm up before cooking, about an hour or so, just sayin  .☆´¯`•.¸¸. ི♥ྀ. 

[frogpond]

I use 2 sticks of melted butter with gahhlick for my bird..and let the turkey warm up before cooking, about an hour or so, just sayin  .☆´¯`•.¸¸. ི♥ྀ.

warm up just by sitting out?

[Pam Gould]

I use 2 sticks of melted butter with gahhlick for my bird..and let the turkey warm up before cooking, about an hour or so, just sayin  .☆´¯`•.¸¸. ི♥ྀ.

warm up just by sitting out?

Yes..you will get a crispier skin that way..make sure it's dry also then rub outside with butter...☆´¯`•.¸¸. ི♥ྀ. 

[Subvet]

I use 2 sticks of melted butter with gahhlick for my bird..and let the turkey warm up before cooking, about an hour or so, just sayin  .☆´¯`•.¸¸. ི♥ྀ.

I just bought an injector to use on a big chicken I'm going to do for Thanksgiving. Never used one before.

Should I use crushed garlic with the melted butter or will butter mixed with garlic powder work just as well?

Thanks
Ron

[Pam Gould]

I use 2 sticks of melted butter with gahhlick for my bird..and let the turkey warm up before cooking, about an hour or so, just sayin  .☆´¯`•.¸¸. ི♥ྀ.

I just bought an injector to use on a big chicken I'm going to do for Thanksgiving. Never used one before.

Should I use crushed garlic with the melted butter or will butter mixed with garlic powder work just as well?

Thanks
Ron

Both work well...I like the granulated gahhlick the best..good flavor and won't clog injector. I inject under the skin of the breast in several places..you will see it puff up when injecting.. and in the legs.  .☆´¯`•.¸¸. ི♥ྀ. 

[Subvet]

Pam said: Both work well...I like the granulated gahhlick the best..good flavor and won't clog injector. I inject under the skin of the breast in several places..you will see it puff up when injecting.. and in the legs.  .☆´¯`•.¸¸. ི♥ྀ.

So I shouldn't inject directly into the breast? For injecting under the skin do I puncture the skin or try to lift it up and slide the needle up as far as as possible?

[Pam Gould]

Pam said: Both work well...I like the granulated gahhlick the best..good flavor and won't clog injector. I inject under the skin of the breast in several places..you will see it puff up when injecting.. and in the legs.  .☆´¯`•.¸¸. ི♥ྀ.

So I shouldn't inject directly into the breast? For injecting under the skin do I puncture the skin or try to lift it up and slide the needle up as far as as possible?

just lift up on the breast skin..I inject and put the skin back to keep the injection in while cooking. but you can puncture the skin if you want or wiggle injector around on thighs too..make it easy on yourself  .☆´¯`•.¸¸. ི♥ྀ.