Can you fry dual purpose chickens?

[U_Stormcrow]

We waste very little - bits I can't use go to stews and stocks and broths, then the bones get fire baked to ash and turned into the compost pile for the garden with the leaf litter, chicken droppings, and bunny gold. Its a slow process, but the fertility of my ground is slowly improving.

 

[JuliaSunshine]

We waste very little - bits I can't use go to stews and stocks and broths, then the bones get fire baked to ash and turned into the compost pile for the garden with the leaf litter, chicken droppings, and bunny gold. Its a slow process, but the fertility of my ground is slowly improving.

How do you burn the bones? In your fireplace? If so, isn't it smelly when you burn them?

 

[LaFleche]

One important thing to consider to avoid tough meat:

Don't chase them around your yard to catch them, but pick them calmly from the roost at dark so they will not produce stress hormones which will cause tough meat, no matter the age of the butchered birds.

 

[U_Stormcrow]

How do you burn the bones? In your fireplace? If so, isn't it smelly when you burn them?

With a very hot fire. I built a 3' diameter+ cast block fire pit, with a metal fire ring inside. I left some air gaps in the cast blocks, then lifted the entire metal fire ring about 4" off the ground (with common bricks). It draws air thru the blocks, warms it as its sucked down and under the ring, where it then feeds the fire.

In essence, I built a 3' diameter rocket stove. Chicken bones are NO problem. Goat skulls are *sometimes* a problem. So is the cast concrete block crumbling from the heat, and the bricks. Maintenance cost isn't significant, but it is non zero. Don't glue it together, makes for easier block replacement. Typical mortars simply crumble.

No smell. I also burn the feathers that way, and the bits of entrails that don't go back to the birds.

 

[Brooks_]

With a very hot fire. I built a 3' diameter+ cast block fire pit, with a metal fire ring inside. I left some air gaps in the cast blocks, then lifted the entire metal fire ring about 4" off the ground (with common bricks). It draws air thru the blocks, warms it as its sucked down and under the ring, where it then feeds the fire

While descriptive, that tells me nothing. Would you mind sharing a pic?

 

[Down Under]

In essence, I built a 3' diameter rocket stove. Chicken bones are NO problem. Goat skulls are *sometimes* a problem. So is the cast concrete block crumbling from the heat, and the bricks. Maintenance cost isn't significant, but it is non zero. Don't glue it together, makes for easier block replacement. Typical mortars simply crumble.

U_Stormcrow have you tried Five Star Structural Concrete HTR 2400°F https://www.fivestarproducts.com/product/structural-concrete-htr/ ??

 

[U_Stormcrow]

U_Stormcrow have you tried Five Star Structural Concrete HTR 2400°F https://www.fivestarproducts.com/product/structural-concrete-htr/ ??

I have not. Thank you. I'll have to look for something like that locally. Mostly we have Quickrete, and the choice of 60# or 80#. Which is to say, not much choice at all.

 

[Down Under]

I have not. Thank you. I'll have to look for something like that locally. Mostly we have Quickrete, and the choice of 60# or 80#. Which is to say, not much choice at all.

Five Star Products is a US company so it would just be a matter of finding a stockist near you.

 

[Down Under]

I have not. Thank you. I'll have to look for something like that locally. Mostly we have Quickrete, and the choice of 60# or 80#. Which is to say, not much choice at all.

I also forgot to mention that Refractory Bricks come in a few different grades so if you go up a grade or two in refractory bricks they may last you a little longer.

 

[123RedBeard]

I used stuff like this https://southbaymaterials.com/h-c-muddox-mortar-clay-50-lbs to make the mortar to stick the fire bricks together to make my wood fired brick oven ... Good past 1300°F!