Dennis, a number of us jumped on the Franklin BBQ book, and that's his preferred technique. I have to say from personal experience, it works great! A permanent part of my brisket tool box now!
Nice cook! I'll second Dennis' suggestion to move the chicken to the upper grate to get crispier skin.
Gotta look up that roasted cucumber dish, sounds interesting!
Preach on, brother man, preach on!!!
If I get cryovac packs of ribs anymore (rare, as I get them now from my local butcher), I get them at Costco since their's don't have the spooge injected into them!
Good one, ckreef!
Poochie, what was the rub on the cluck? Did you get crispy skin at only 300F? I generally find that it takes 375F - 425F to get crispy skin; cooking time is secondary to temperature.
Poochie is right, you have to straighten Maverick probes out to get them through the port hole, as their plugs are even bigger than Guru's. Doesn't take much - from a 90 degree bend to about 120 degrees.
Don't know your supply chain, but we're fat in it up here. Should be on the waning side of harvest, with only another week or two left of the local stuff. I get mine direct from the grower; they set up roadside stands all over town. It's fresh-picked everyday! Nothing better!
Don't play my vinyl enough anymore. I own close to a thousand records. CDs are just too easy. Started converting some to MP4 to play in the car. I'm up to like 30GBs!!!
I had to bend mine slightly to get it to feed through the port. The plug end is too big to feed from the inside. Depends on the model, maybe. My Guru is about 8 years old.