Tried a couple of bigger 5.5# chickens yesterday with just a rub with salt & pepper inside with 3 large pieces of apple @ 225. Put them on about 9:00 for 6:30 dinner. I had wondered how roasting ears (with husks on) would do in the AmeriQue as I always do it that way on the Weber Summit gas grill for about 30 minutes when doing whatever is on for that night. I checked corn after 2 hours and they were ok, but not quite as done as I like it. They were left in another hr. and came off with the birds which were on hold for about 20 minutes after hitting 190 and all was very good. Overall time for the birds to 190 was about 9 hrs plus another 20 minutes holding & the corn was in a total of 3:15 which made it really done.
I made a mistake by not putting the birds closer to the center or top center rack. They were on the highest rack they could fit on with the corn then going below them. Not wanting the birds dripping on the corn, dumb me put foil over the corn to let it stop the drips from above. That worked ok but the corn then reflected to much heat back & there were about 3-4 rows that became dried out, so I guess I'll remember to leave room for the corn on the top next time.
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