Such as......."Tuesday!".......................... you will quickly learn NOT to plan on a set time to eat, but a general time frame.
It seems just about everything does that. The way my first brisket soared in temperature during the first hour of cooking, I was led to firmly believe it would be done in about an hour and ten minutes: took about thirteen hours.
I am paranoid.......seems like the temp on the chicken is racing up much faster than it should. It's been on the grill for about 30 minutes or so and it is already at 120. Is it safe to say the temp is going to slow down as it gets closer to the end desired temp?
The meat was perfect.......
The plate looked good....
It was just a tad salty. So either I did too much salt in the brine...18 cups of water and 1 1/4 cup sea salt....or too much rub that ended up being salty. It was just simply too salty.
Seasoning is always going to be my challenge. I don't have the taste buds to know what to use and how much.
But the skin was crispy. Simply cooked it breast side up at 335 in 90 degree outside temp until chicken reached 165. The meat and skin really was perfect. It was just the seasoning that missed.
Slowly getting better. Thanks again for all the help.
Don't feel bad - its all a learning curve. Did smoked salmon tonight. Used a recipe that had me dry brining overnight with brown sugar and salt, then rinsing, air drying, then smoking. Turned out mostly well, but a tad on the salty side. The recipe is better for smoked salmon as an appetizer (small slices on crackers with cream cheese) than as a main course. Here's a photo of the plate. Too bad the wife felt it too salty to finish! No worries, appetizer leftovers.
I'm playing it safe tonight. Tri tip marinated from the butcher that we like, baked potatoes-yes, they are on the grill already, and some green beans and pasta for the kiddos.
Oh...and a sweet onion..whole onion with a cube of butter and seasoned pepper. Cook as long as you want. Always gets destroyed by everyone before anything else.
If I screw this one up, I'm selling this thing!! LOL