{"id":8348,"date":"2016-09-22T12:38:59","date_gmt":"2016-09-22T19:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smokinpetebbq.com\/wordpress\/?p=8348"},"modified":"2016-09-22T12:38:59","modified_gmt":"2016-09-22T19:38:59","slug":"smoked-yardbird-quarters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smokinpetebbq.com\/wordpress\/smoked-yardbird-quarters\/","title":{"rendered":"Smoked Yardbird Quarters"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Smoked Yardbird Quarters<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Smoked Yardbird Quarters - Reminiscing about the old days in 2007 when I started smoking things in my Bradley Original 4 rack Smoker. I was always lucky to even get close to 250\u00baF since back in the day (and still now) it was a 500 watt unit. At 500 watts you're challenged to reach temperatures of 250\u00baF let alone maintain that temp once you've placed something into the smoker. The old adage of \" If you're lookin' you're not cookin' \" holds true with the Bradley. But one thing the Bradley does extremely well is to produce a copious amount of smoke. Like others I started to modify my Bradley to bump the wattage to 1,000 watts and then 900 watts. Course, as many on this forum know, I had to add an Auber PID controller.<\/p>\n

I soon incorporated a Char-Broil SRG in the mix and discovered that the SRG basket fit into the Bradley smoker. I started smoking items in the Bradley using the SRG basket and then transferring what I was smoking to the SRG to finish off the cook. This worked quite well for a period of time ...<\/p>\n

Then in 2011 I discovered wood pellet smoker-grills and bought my first MAK 2 Star<\/a>. The rest is history ...<\/p>\n

Bottom line is that I haven't smoked yardbird parts at 250\u00baF for years and I wanted to see if they were as delicious as I remembered. The answer is 'Yes' - but the skin was rubbery which was to be expected at that low temperature - no big deal since we no longer eat the skin. Took a mere 2\u00bd hours for the quarters to reach an internal temperature<\/a> of 180\u00baF but it was worth the wait. As you can see from the photo above my MAK 2 Star<\/a> produces it's own copious amount of smoke!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Seasoned<\/div><\/div><\/a>
Seasoned Chicken Quarters<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Chicken Quarters on Pellet Grill<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Smoked Yardbird Quarters – Reminiscing about the old days in 2007 when I started smoking things in my Bradley Original 4 rack Smoker. 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