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lookin4snow

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Last weekend our snowmobile club had a fundraiser serving a chicken dinner. We unveiled our new chicken cooker and cooked 1,135 pounds of chicken. We built this cooker to help us get more grill space to serve some 700+ chicken dinners at our local fair. Our "normal" way of cooking chicken is between jersey barriers with similar racks that you flip so that you do not have to turn individual pieces of chicken. Excellent weekend and many satisfied customers! Thanks to all that stopped in for dinner! For all other clubs, this is a good way to raise money for the trails.
 

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lookin4snow

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The racks are all stainless steel! We also installed sliding doors in the bottom of the barrels so that you can shovel out all the ashes and then wash it down with a power washer or hose. In between the two barrels is a stainless steel box that holds cooked chicken. The chicken sits on top of a stainless steel rack so you can have water or beer under the chicken to have some moisture in the box as you keep the cooked chicken warm.
 
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mach1mike

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I ate one of those chicken sandwiches at Culvers and ended up spackling the shizzer for 3 days. Stay away from Culvers.
 
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yamahauler

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Reason I asked is from what I noticed after you heat a up a grill, usually people scrap the grates to clean off the crap. Usually stainless steel will then have a ton of surface rust after it sits until the next use.

Great looking cooker though.
 
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98panther

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If it's stainless it won't rust.
You must be talking about something chrome plated.

I scrub my stainless grill with a wire brush all the time.
 
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racerx

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stainless can rust, I always tell everyone it is in the name it "stains-less", it depends on how it is cared for. The 400 series has a higher carbon content and it more susceptible to rusting. This is evident in my entire exhaust system which was 416SS and did not take long to rust, I could not drop the coin on a 300 series exhaust which has less carbon. It also depends on the mat'l quality as well. I got the following from answer.com:

"Stainless steel is rust resistant not because it won't react with oxygen, but because when it does it forms an oxide layer that protects the underlying metal. Regular iron forms flaky rust that allows oxygen to get to the rest of the metal.

So stainless can rust if there is something that removes the oxide layer as it forms. "

Chrome will not rust unless scratched or cracks form to expose the mat'l underneath. That is why you usually see rust in the areas where the metals are joined.
 
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ubee

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yup,stainless will rust if you take away the oxygen barrier! try wrapping monofilament fishing line around a stainless steel propshaft once. !!
 
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yamahauler

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The thing with cooking is there is grease and what not left over so I believe that acts like a barrier. But if you were to clean it off by scrubbing and wash with water, I would imagine it would rust unless you rub some cooking grease or something over it to protect it.
 
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mxz_chris

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yamahauler said:
Reason I asked is from what I noticed after you heat a up a grill, usually people scrap the grates to clean off the crap. Usually stainless steel will then have a ton of surface rust after it sits until the next use.

Great looking cooker though.
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That is why you should heat and clean before cooking. I leave the crud on after I cook to protect the grates. My stainless Weber grills still look great after 5 years.
 
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lookin4snow

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Firecatguy said:
nice job Kris...i guess your cooking next trip to Tog...LOL now you need a bigger trailer to bring sled and BBQ...
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I could certainly do that. But I'll bet the smell and smoke would certainly draw a crowd. Heck, might just give the restaurant some hefty competition!
 
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frnash

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mxz_chris said:
That is why you should heat and clean before cooking. I leave the crud on after I cook to protect the grates. My stainless Weber grills still look great after 5 years.
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That is entirely consistent with this suggestion from America's Test Kitchen:
"Superheat your grill by placing aluminum foil directly on the grate before heating it. The foil traps hot air and heats the grill to nearly 900°F, which disintegrates stuck-on-gunk — much like a self-cleaning oven. Debris is more readily removed from a hot grate than a cool one, and once these stuck-on bits are gone, the grate can be more effectively slicked down with an oil-dipped wad of paper towels.

Oiling the grill grate once it's hot also helps the oil to bond quickly to the metal and prevent proteins from sticking to the grill grate. When oil is added to a cold grill grate, the oil slowly vaporizes as the grill reaches the desired cooking temperature. The more the oil vaporizes, the less oil will be left on the grill grate, making sticking more likely.

And for foods that are especially prone to sticking to the grill, like fish, multiple applications of oil work wonders. Simply apply the oil to the hot grate five to ten times, re-dipping the paper towel wad into the oil between applications, until the grate is black and glossy."
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(I should add that after the superheating step, the America's Test Kitchen folks then removed the aluminum foil and scoured the grill grate with a Grill Wizard BBQ brush before oiling it.)
 
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toolmaker

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Where did you hold your chicken feast? I used to live near the grade and belong to the Prairie Drifters. Always loved riding the trails around Lake Wis.
Coming down for a party out to Fish Tales this Saturday.
 
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