Cornish Hens on the WSM

[friesian_rain]

Smoked up some cornish hens in the WSM for Father's Day dinner. I brined them first with a brine made up of Hawaiian Jade sea salt, and Bell's poultry seasoning. I had a pile of leftover pieces of lump charcoal & wood from previous smokes ( mesquite, oak, hickory) so I used that and added some apple wood. Smoked them for about 3 hours, I think..... Did up a batch of my smoked baked beans, tossed salad and made some yummy corn bread. Only have a couple pictures, drank a few too many Caribbean Cosmo's :roll: before dinner and kinda forgot about the picture taking
The hens were moist and tender and perfectly smoked, and I didn't burn anything down !

 

[bbquzz]

Beautiful table Karen, great color on the birds.

 

[Nick Prochilo]

That's a lot of food for 4 people!

 

[Big Bears BBQ]

They look great..................

 

[friesian_rain]

That's a lot of food for 4 people!

Between the 4 of us we only ate 2 of them :roll: , no one could eat more than half of one! The rest make great leftovers...... I'm real big on " cooking extra ", leftovers are great !
I thought they came out looking "pretty cute" all trussed up and brown

 

[Nick Prochilo]

[quote="Nick Prochilo":1hvbr8pd]That's a lot of food for 4 people!

Between the 4 of us we only ate 2 of them :roll: , no one could eat more than half of one! The rest make great leftovers...... I'm real big on " cooking extra ", leftovers are great !
I thought they came out looking "pretty cute" all trussed up and brown [/quote:1hvbr8pd]
The color was excellent! When I do them "beer can style", I have to use small apple juice cans. I'm also big into doing leftovers. It makes great lunches during the week.

 

[JIMMYJAM]

Awsome color, they look superb

 

[Vermin999]

Great color on those birds , they look excellent!!!

 

[Helen_Paradise]

Very nice!

 

[LarryWolfe]

Karen, if a killer whale ever eats your husband.......will you marry me?

 

[bigwheel]

Well that is a world class grand prize winning meal. Great job.

 

[friesian_rain]

Karen, if a killer whale ever eats your husband.......will you marry me?

Marriage to me? Larry, I kinda like you.... I wouldn't wish that horrible fate on you

 

[Pigs On The Wing BBQ]

That's about as good as a bird can get. Great job! Bet they were tasty too.
So, are you tired of chicken salad yet? Beans look killer too.

 

[friesian_rain]

That's about as good as a bird can get. Great job! Bet they were tasty too.
So, are you tired of chicken salad yet? Beans look killer too.

There's 1 and 1/2 mini birds left..... probably going to get shredded and thrown on top of some tortilla chips with beans and cheese for some tasty nachos on the grill They also make great taco or enchilada filling....

 

[ScottyDaQ]

again... WOW.

 

[Toby Keil]

Them thar little birdies look awesome!