Hi Everyone,
I'm trying my hand at a chicken tonight.
I bought a nice and juicy looking organic 5 lb bird ( my wife made me get organic, I'm the victim here ), cut it in half just like the PBC video, and rubbed it liberally with the All Purpose Pit Rub.

I then started up the PBC for round two of cooking.
I hung the thermometer from the re-bar so it draped down in the middle as suggested by FZXDOC ( thanks ! ). I did this instead of attaching it close to the rebar like in my previous posting.
I closed the lid up and noticed that the temperature immediately shot up to 436 f and stayed there for a few minutes. I then pushed really hard on the top lid to try and get a really good seal, just like PITBOSS suggested ( thanks ! ). The temp almost immediately dropped to 336 f. I then grabbed a rubber mallet and tapped the lid snug, just a touch and the temp dropped to 296 f at the 15 minute mark.
There was some smoke coming out of the rebar holes but, that was pretty much the only place it was coming out of at the 15 minute mark.

It's now at the 45 minute mark and it's been pretty much solid 291 f.
I'll post a picture of the final result.
I'm trying my hand at a chicken tonight.
I bought a nice and juicy looking organic 5 lb bird ( my wife made me get organic, I'm the victim here ), cut it in half just like the PBC video, and rubbed it liberally with the All Purpose Pit Rub.
I then started up the PBC for round two of cooking.
I hung the thermometer from the re-bar so it draped down in the middle as suggested by FZXDOC ( thanks ! ). I did this instead of attaching it close to the rebar like in my previous posting.
I closed the lid up and noticed that the temperature immediately shot up to 436 f and stayed there for a few minutes. I then pushed really hard on the top lid to try and get a really good seal, just like PITBOSS suggested ( thanks ! ). The temp almost immediately dropped to 336 f. I then grabbed a rubber mallet and tapped the lid snug, just a touch and the temp dropped to 296 f at the 15 minute mark.
There was some smoke coming out of the rebar holes but, that was pretty much the only place it was coming out of at the 15 minute mark.
It's now at the 45 minute mark and it's been pretty much solid 291 f.
I'll post a picture of the final result.
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