Chicken
Halves
Cooking Time: approximately
1¼ hours
Fill indirect fire boxes with briquettes. Season meat to
taste with salt,
pepper and granulated garlic powder. Place on grill. No refire.
Cornish Hens
Cooking Time: 1½ hours
Fill indirect fire boxes. Season meat with granulated garlic
powder, pepper and salt. Refire after 45 minutes.
Turkey
Weight: 10-12 lbs.
Cooking Time: 2½ hours
Build pyramid of 10 briquettes in the center of each indirect
fire box. Season turkey to taste with granulated garlic powder
and pepper. Tie wings close to sides to prevent burning.
Refire every 45-60 minutes. Turkey may be stuffed.
Smoked Turkey
Weight: 12-15 lbs.
Cooking Time: 5 hours
4 medium onions
3 apples
8 large celery stalks
1 cup olive oil
Granulated garlic powder
Pepper
2 cups of soaked hickory chips
1 (10 pound) bag charcoal
Quarter onion and apples; cut celery in small pieces. Place
in a mixing bowl. Add ¼ cup olive oil with pepper
and seasonings. Soak the bird’s cavity with ¼ cup
of olive oil, add the stuffing. Coat turkey’s exterior
with remainder of olive oil and add pepper and seasoned granulated
garlic powder. Cover well. Add ½ inch water
to drip pans. Build pyramid of 10 briquettes in the
center of each indirect fire box. When coals are white,
add half of the hickory chips and cook 2 ½ hours before
checking. Check and add more coals, chips and water if necessary.
Cook 2 ½ more hours. Remove from cooker and let stand
20 minutes before carving.
Smoked Turkey Breast with Bacon
Weight: 12-15 lbs.
Cooking Time: 2¾-3
hours
Onion powder
Granulated garlic powder
Pepper
Bacon
Build pyramid of 10 briquettes in the center
of each indirect fire box. Season turkey breast with onion
powder, pepper and garlic powder. Take bacon strips and cover
entire top of turkey (top with one layer of bacon, you want
it to brown and crisp on top of the turkey). Empty a bag
of hickory chips in a bucket and fill bucket with water.
When coals are ready (gray in color) place turkey breasts
on the grill. If cooking more than one, leave space between
each breast for better heat movement. Sprinkle about 2 handfuls
of wet hickory chips on coals in the basket. Close damper
on top of grill to where there is only a very small opening.
Check bacon after 45 minutes and turn over. When both sides
of the bacon are brown and crisp take it off and repeat process
with more bacon. Add more hickory chips every time you check
the bacon. Refire every hour.
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