New way to Truss a Chicken

[ClubChapin]

Haven't tried this yet, looks interesting.


Might be nice on the Roti.


http://www.chefsteps.com/activities/tips-tricks-best-way-to-truss-a-chicken

[WNC]

Thanks for sharing that, I might have to try it for the rotisserie

[1911Ron]

I printed it off to try, thanks for sharing!

[pbe gummi bear]

"Why do we truss chickens? Because we can't truss lawyers." lol

[Metal Mike]

I want to try this too; so many chickens so little time...

adding to the list

http://www.gourmet.com/magazine/2000s/2009/06/leaping-frog-chicken.html

[huntergreen]

dumb question,  is there a special twine that needs to be used or just normal every day twine? tks all

[ClubChapin]

I use butchers twine.

[huntergreen]

tks club

[ClubChapin]

I tried this last weekend on the roti.  It worked really well.  I did find that the legs got over done and the skin broke around the breast.  This is likely due to my kettle with no lower vent dampers and rust holes.  It runs hot.  I think I roti'd too hot, around 450.

The breast was really nice and moist.

Will try again with one of my kettles with lower vent dampers.

[demosthenes9]

Chapin,   hard to tell from the pics, but are you cooking directly over the coals or indirectly ?

[ClubChapin]

Chapin,   hard to tell from the pics, but are you cooking directly over the coals or indirectly ?

they are banked to the side.  I do sometimes sneak a few underneath.  It does help with crisping the skin.  This cook, though (on the hot kettle) there were none directly underneath.

[Matt_T]

Thanks for sharing @ClubChapin - I'll have to try this out