First Spatchcock Chicken and some ribs on the UDS

[Tyrone1Wils]

Hey guys,

Just attempting my first spatchcock on the UDS along with some ribs. This is my third cook on the UDS and third time ever smoking.

for my first attempt at actually spatchcocking the chicken it went well snipped the back bone out nicely.

Heres a pic of the bird spread wide open and rubbed up nicely.



Looking mighty fine I must say.

and this is around 1 hour into the cook of the chicken and around 2 hours for the ribs.

Shot of the Chicken

And here is the chicken and ribs together.


UDS is running a little hot at 400F so trying to get the temps down slowly but I wont fight it, if it wants to run at 400F I'll let it, ill just have to foil the ribs.

Thanks for lookin' and I'll keep you posted.

[Tyrone1Wils]

Got an update all the meat is done, cooked alot quicker than I anticipated as the UDS ran at around 275F for around the first hour and a quarter then shot up to 400F and stayed there for the duration of the cook. This may be due to the lid being off for a lengthy time.

But all looks farking excellent and tastes goooood too.

The meat is wrapped in foil just resting until my tatties are done and mashed and corn cooked. Will be ready in around an hour.

Bird came off at 170F ish.

Here's the pics fresh out of the UDS. Ribs have a lot more bark on them than I would have liked but its not burnt even though it may look like it. its still soft which is a bonus. Plus smoke ring looks good to me.

[CyderPig]

Hi Mate
If you tell me how you cooked, I might be able to heip sort out your temp issues. Drums go haywire when the lid is left off!!!!!
Si

[Tyrone1Wils]

Hi Si,

Well I was cooking out of a drum, I have 3 intake holes 2 were fully covered and one was fully open, for the first hour and quarter the temp was steady at 275, which is where I wanted it. But when I opened the lid and left it open there must have been a lot of air that got into the drum which made the coals hot as fark.

I tried to get the temps down so closed the 3rd vent about 3/4 of the way but the temp didn't move and stayed at around 400F but as I was taking the food off it was at 375. So probably starting to cool down but I was done by then.

I control the vents using magnets, may look into getting some pipe nipples and a ball valve.