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this is the recipe I followed

1. Trim thighs using kitchen shears to even them up and remove fat that runs along one side.
2. Place chicken in 1 gal ziplock that has one 15 oz. bottle of Newmans Own Olive Oil and vinegar and 1/4 cup of your favorite rub mixed in. Add trimmed thighs and marinade over nite, turning a few times.
3. Remove chicken from ziplock and blot with paper towels to dry. sprinkle with rub ( get some rub under skin if possible). Do just lightly.
4. Shape chicken into rolls (oblong shape) and stretch skin to cover as much meat as possible.
5. Place on wire rack and put it in FE that has been running at 275. This is done on lowest rack possible. Turn heat to 450 and cook 40 min. Check chicken to make sure it's done. Remove from cooker and turn cooker down to 250.
6. Apply a light coat of sauce to meat side and a very light coat to skin side to keep it as crispy as possible. Return to cooker for 5 min.
7. Box it and send it in (prayers help here).

worked good, to much pepper, but I think I can probally strain it out next time

I have a question thou, I have a FEC-100 and a traeger124. sometimes in the traeger I took out the heat defector and the drip pan,and made the traeger wicked hot, I did that for steaks! can you take out the drip pan in the FEC for hotter temps? or is that a blazing mess on my hands?
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Originally posted by michaelkc:

I have a question thou, I have a FEC-100 and a traeger124. sometimes in the traeger I took out the heat defector and the drip pan,and made the traeger wicked hot, I did that for steaks! can you take out the drip pan in the FEC for hotter temps? or is that a blazing mess on my hands?


I have never tried that and can not imagine it working!
The shield right over the firepot has got to get hotter than Hades and I think you will wind up with an Inferno, for sure.

No problem getting the FEC as hot as you want, within reason, IF you keep the grease away from the fire.

JMHO.

TIM
I know nothing about the Traeger setup, but if you remove the drip slide/shield (whatever it's called) in the FE, you'd have grease dripping directly into the fire pot. Sounds like a big chance for a fire to me.

Like KAPN said, you can get the FE as hot as you need to smoke chicken. If you want to grill it, the use the Traeger or a charcoal grill.

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