Grill Notes: Chicken Filets from Hello Fresh - Monday, 13 July 2020

Sscottfitz

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Location
Hot Springs Village, Arkansas
Grill(s) owned
  1. Trailblazer
  2. Bullseye
This is a common evening recipe for us, a Hello Fresh meal with some sort of a protein - this one happened to be chicken. In this scenario, we have relatively small chicken filets (~5 oz). In the past we’d just fire up our range in the house, but this is an instance we used the Trailblazer to inject a little “smokiness” into the meal. Significantly less level of effort if we had to fire up the BGE for the same effort.
  • Grill Location: Hot Springs Village, AR.; 34 37 60.0N 92 54 55.4W
  • Weather at time of Grill: Mid July Overcast Skys/light sprinkles in the area...Temp ~85F, Humidity ~69%
  • Total Grill Time: ~45 Min (start 16:26, end 17:15)
  • Total Event Time: ~60 Min (Prep, Grill, Plated)
  • Grill Start to Target Temp 425F: 87 to 425 ~15 min
  • Small Flat Top Griddle: Yes
  • Pellets Used: Rec Tec Ultimate Blend

  • Meat & Meat Prep
    • Meat: 2 x ~5 oz. Chicken Filets (from Hello Fresh)
    • Total Meat Prep Time: ~8 min, (Hello Fresh Recipe)
    • Meat on at 16:58 CDT, at ~425F - Total meat Grill Time ~15 min

  • Sides:
    • Using Small Rec Tec Griddle for both Chicken Filets & Included Green Beans & potato cubes
    • Potatoes on first for about ~12 min
    • Meat and Veggies then added to the Griddle for an additional 15 min….

Misc Grill Observations - all times are CDT
  • Grill started at 16:26 with a target of 425, Up to temp by 16:41 (~15 min)
  • Near Highest Grill temps used to date - highest was 450 for Petite Filets
  • Temp probes NOT used for this cook

General Comments:

  • Total level of effort compared to similar cook on BGE, ~15% (quick cook, plug in the grill, up to temp, etc.)
  • When you introduce a room temp Griddle, there is a significant effort to catch the grill up to the target temp once introduced into the grilling area
  • Could streamline the process of introducing the meat & veggies to the griddle, grill was open WAY too long, probably lost ~100 deg during this process, although the grill came back up to temps within ~ 4.5 min…...
  • Great smoke taste with the meal!
 

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