Drillbit Chicken

[AZRedneck]

steve_woolston If you haven't seen Noah's video before you did it, then you can claim the idea for your own since you thunk it up all by yerself! Either way, excellent idea!

[Attjack]

Awesome.

[Steve bradley]

Bought a package of leg quarters on the cheap this morning. As I was thinking about hanging in the PBC, I decided to hang from the end of the drumstick by drilling a hole to accommodate the hanger. The picture shows what the leg quarters looked like with the hangers in. Cooked for 90 minutes smoking with apple wood, took off the PBC at 165 in the thigh. Hands down the juiciest chicken I ever had!

Nice one

[Mudkat]

Cool!

[7over]

Too fun!

[Spinaker]

Great call! I do this when I am making beef ribs. It works perfect. I have never tried it on chicken, though. Great idea.

[JeffJ]

I was at the grocery store yesterday and they had chicken legs on sale for $.99 per pound and 8 per package. I dry-brined them and popped them into the freezer. I told my wife that when I cook them, I will be drilling them first. I thought it was a nice coincidence that each package had 8 legs and I have 8 hooks for my PBC. It seemed like destiny.

[Meathead]

This looks very clever. But I'm not sure why it is better than just hooking the meat. What am I missing?

[steve_woolston]

The idea was essentially a lark, but I thought there would possibly be more subcutaneous fat on the thigh that could liquefy and drip into the coals and create flavor in the smoke.

[Meathead]

I have never had chicken fall off. Other cuts, not chicken, but I don't do chix on PBC often. Is it a prob for other folks?

[hogdog6]

I wouldn’t be concerned about it falling off either. To me it just looks cool plus the bonus of using a power tool for a cook. That is why I’ll do it.

[JeffJ]

It does accomplish the hang without damaging the skin, so there is that.

[Meathead]

Ah ha!