So, I am suprised Crash hasn't posted about last nights chicken practice. It started with a phone call, "Hey Lisa, I am going to do a practice tonight on half chickens." "Great, I can take the left overs to work for lunch."
Then I get home, kiddos go down. Crash comes out of the computer room, "Hey Lisa, I am going to be ready to put the chicken on in 30 minutes. How long will it take you to clean the smoker? Oh yeah, and the ashes need to be dumped also."
This is where I figure it out that I am also doing a practice at my Pit B*/@h skills. So out goes the ashes, cleaning the grate, scrubbing the water pan, refoiling the water pan, tightening the legs on the smoker for good measure, etc. We are good to go. "Hey Lisa, is the chimney going?" Okay, so oh wait, there is no charcol out side. Go to the garage, drag a twin pack into the house to the backyard. "Don't worry babe, I got it!!" Then I find three empty bags of charcol in the yard, oh wait, make that two and one that is half full. I wonder how wet it got in the rain. I touched it and it was dry. Here is where the Pit B***** learned her lesson. Don't use charcol that has been in the rain. You get in trouble because temps don't get as high as you want them. Lesson learned, won't do it again.
Okay, everything is good. "Lisa, come look and tell me which one looks better. Who sprinkled the rub last time? I don't remember by this time I am either hung over or still drunk."
So the chicken goes on. We set the timer. Timer goes off, we spritz and turn. Of coarse I am helping hold the lid, hold the tongs, etc. Set timer again, it goes off, we get the sauce. This time Crash holds the lid so I can be pissed the skin moved and then have to fix it with the BBQ sauce in the dark. Set the timer again, it goes off. "Lisa, get your hot gloves. I want to crisp the skin." Okay. Crash supervises me moving the stacker, lifting the grate,"WAIT, hold on" while he moves the coals with my daughters hot pink softball bat. What doesn't everyone do it that way???!!! Put the grate over the coals, crispt the skin.
And we are done!!!!!!!!!
And nope, no pictures. IT WAS MIDNIGHT!!! I can say that the chicken was pretty. Just a few modifications and we will be splitting another chicken tonight. I will make sure we take pictures this time.
So my practice run at Pit B*/-h was successfull as well as the chicken practice was also!!!
