Tip top temp cornish hens

[irv39]

Got tip top temp  the other day and run a dry test and it went good so I thought I would cook some Cornish hens today and see how they turn out, and Im very impressed with this thing, I cooked at 250 and had a temp probe in there to see what the temp of the grate was and it held temp very good, cooked 3/1/2 hrs and the last 1/2 hr I raised the temp to 300 because we were hungry and it turned out great'




temp at grate level

finished

plated

[jmeier64]

Looks great, thanks for sharing the details. I think I am going to grab one of these.

[irv39]

I  think you will like it, I sure do, im going to cook a rib tomorrow im sure it will turn out great

[irv39]

As for the temp probes, I drilled a hole in the side of the weber so I didn't have to put the lid on the probe wires.

[Troy]

I think for indirect cooking and roasting, the product is fine. But for low and slow smoking it restricts airflow too much to get the perfect smoke.

[irv39]

Looks great, thanks for sharing the details. I think I am going to grab one of these.

I have a one touch gold 22 in. if you get one it says to keep the bottom vent closed but I find it works better if you have the vent open a little, here is where I had my vents.

[irv39]

I think for indirect cooking and roasting, the product is fine. But for low and slow smoking it restricts airflow too much to get the perfect smoke.

I didn't have any wood in this cook, but tomorrow im going cook a rib and add some hickory chunks and see if I can taste the smoke, I think with the bottom open a little it gives it more air in there, I don't know why they say to leave the bottom closed it would snuff out the fire, I may open it up a little more and see if that works about a 1/4 in. or so. will let you know tomorrow.

[1buckie]

That's some great looking Personal Chickens, Irv...................

i'm always a little leery of "the next new-fangled gizmo", but it seems you got it dialed in pretty good!!!!

Troy did a thing or two also & it appears to work fine.....strikes me as something that's very fine tuned where you leave it completely alone & it will do better.........

look forward to more testings with perhaps an extra long cookup to see how it would do in that case................

[Craig]

Looks great!