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Cooking & Baking

Atticus

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3. I have found it helpful to thoroughly pierce both where the drumstick and thigh join

Reply to japple (Original post)

Fri Feb 10, 2023, 01:20 PM

Feb 2023

and where the thigh connects to the body. I use a knife was with a thin pointed blade and try to put the point "into" the actual joint. This allows some of the blood to escape and be cooked.

It is not a total answer to the common problem you mention, but it seems to help.

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Help me out here. I am a failure at roasting chicken. I use a [View all] japple Feb 2023 OP

Might you be using instructions for a fully thawed bird but yours aren't...just a thought. Thomas Hurt Feb 2023 #1

It was fully thawed when I bought it yesterday and it sat in the refrigerator japple Feb 2023 #17

Get a better thermometer is the obvious answer Hugh_Lebowski Feb 2023 #2

I cook it in a metal roasting pan with a rack. japple Feb 2023 #18

I have found it helpful to thoroughly pierce both where the drumstick and thigh join Atticus Feb 2023 #3

I check the instructions on the outer packaging. ProudMNDemocrat Feb 2023 #4

Make sure it is fully thawed out CountAllVotes Feb 2023 #5

If I accidentally pull mine out a little too early ... Hugh_Lebowski Feb 2023 #6

I don't cook much any more CountAllVotes Feb 2023 #7

I just got through picking the bones off that bird. My neighbor's japple Feb 2023 #19

Do you have a BBQ grill and does it have an upper grill deck? randr Feb 2023 #8

Is the same as spatchcocking? usonian Feb 2023 #12

Yeah, that's spatchcocking tishaLA Feb 2023 #15

I do have an electric patio grill, but don't think it's japple Feb 2023 #20

You would need one large enough to layout the whole chicken randr Feb 2023 #24

look into spatcocking.... getagrip_already Feb 2023 #9

You're on the right initial track hippywife Feb 2023 #10

Make sure the probe is in the thickest part of the thigh, and not touching the bone. rsdsharp Feb 2023 #11

Thanks, will do this calibration with my meat thermometer. japple Feb 2023 #21

Like you, I tried all methods and madness lillypaddle Feb 2023 #13

Well, I just turned 73, so maybe my time has come!! I like japple Feb 2023 #22

This reminds me of other uses for time travel. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2023 #26

Nah, 25 year old lillypaddle lillypaddle Feb 2023 #27

go to the thermoworks website and read a few articles on the subject Kali Feb 2023 #14

I may be wrong but I cook my chicken longer than recommended. Paper Roses Feb 2023 #16

Thanks a bunch. Hearts to all. I now have a few quarts of lovely japple Feb 2023 #23

Okay, now I want chicken lillypaddle Feb 2023 #25

What you are describing isn't blood and is a poor indicator of doneness Major Nikon Feb 2023 #28

Just cook it longer! PennyC Feb 2023 #29