This cook started out as a small chicken in the jumbo Joe.
THREE HOURS LATER!!! OMFG!!!
This was just too much of an ordeal but I didnt give up!!!
I started out with a full chimney of charcoal(more about that later)in the Jumbo Joe. I couldnt get the temp up high enough fast enough and it looked like it was gonna take 8 hours to finish this whole covid clucker!
So, next step, im movin’ the clucker to the 18” origional kettle but then realized i put its coal grate in the Jumbo so then I found my self looking at the 22 Master Touch thinking with the hinged grate it would be soo much easier to add coal.
And the switch was on its way.
Opened up the Master Touch and got her ready, moved the. Hi kennto the 18” origional, moved the water tray and scooped the coal to the MT, added more to get temps up and then transferred the chicken.
Once I got the coal and clucker transferred, the probes installed, and more coal added everything started picking up. Temps started rising and it was easier to add coal with the hinged grate so from that point on it was just a matter of watching the iGrill2(that thing has changed my cooking 100%).
So this brings me to the end. I did get the covid clucker done but it took three hours. Groan. Which brings me to why.
The moral of the story?
I used partially left over coal and partially new coal to fire up the chimney. Ive never had such a hard time getting coal started when I used all new coal so next time I will use new lump and add some previously used coal briquettes instead of using too much used coal which will be hard to light.
I might even spatchcock the clucker next time.
But, the wife and kids liked it so all turned out well but it was three hours of tension.
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