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last tri in 83

Apr 21, 12 14:45

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Cooking chicken teriyaki on skewers this evening for about 40 people. Skewers will have peppers, onions, pineapple and chicken breast filets cut in small pieces.

Using a Weber kettle.

Usually do this indirect for 15-20 minutes but with this many people and limited grill surface, going to have to do it direct and use the whole grill.

Cook how long on each side???

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JSA

Apr 21, 12 15:05

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40 people?!?!?!?! Tea Party rally?

Sorry, cannot help with the chicken question. I always overcook chicken.
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hillier99

Apr 21, 12 15:09

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I never Q by time. Too many variables... Ambiant temp / Amount being grilled / wind / etc.
You need to buy yourself an instant thermometer.


I guarantee you'll be shocked to find out how badly you are overcooking meat once you start using internal temp to cook. I thought I knew what I was doing for years. Turns out I was overcooking by 20-30 degrees. You want your internal temp of your beef to be 145 deg. and your chicken to be 170 deg.

Tip: Once you're within around 3-4 degrees of the internal temp you're after, take the meat off the grill and wrap/cover it. It keeps cooking and you'll get that last few degrees and the meat will "relax" and re-absorb the juices.

If you can't get a contact thermometer by tonight and have to eyeball it, miss high. Your friends will forget your overcooked chicken a lot sooner than a case of salmonella.

Brad

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(This post was edited by hillier99 on Apr 21, 12 15:13)


VO2Matt

Apr 21, 12 15:24

Post #4 of 7 (402 views)
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hillier99 wrote:
I never Q by time. Too many variables... Ambiant temp / Amount being grilled / wind / etc.
You need to buy yourself an instant thermometer.


I guarantee you'll be shocked to find out how badly you are overcooking meat once you start using internal temp to cook. I thought I knew what I was doing for years. Turns out I was overcooking by 20-30 degrees. You want your internal temp of your beef to be 145 deg. and your chicken to be 170 deg.

Tip: Once you're within around 3-4 degrees of the internal temp you're after, take the meat off the grill and wrap/cover it. It keeps cooking and you'll get that last few degrees and the meat will "relax" and re-absorb the juices.

If you can't get a contact thermometer by tonight and have to eyeball it, miss high. Your friends will forget your overcooked chicken a lot sooner than a case of salmonella.

Brad

I agree. Get it to within 4 degrees, wrap it in heavy Al foil and throw it in your oven (turned off) and let it rest

sometimes you just have to eat the cake


Duffy

Apr 21, 12 15:27

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Careful with chicken next to veggies. The water in the veggie will insulate the chicken from the heat and cause it to not cook enough were it's touching the veggie.

You could cook a bunch of chicken only skewers and a bunch of veggie only skewers.

It's probably too late now but you might want a second grill.


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last tri in 83

Apr 21, 12 22:33

Post #6 of 7 (340 views)
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Turned out ok. I went about 8 minutes per side. Probably a little much. I hate cooking chicken. Too little and everyone is on the toilet. Too much and it's tough as hell.

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Duffy

Apr 22, 12 5:47

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Salmonella is a bitch.


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