When I arrived on-site on Thursday morning, the crew was already set-up and ready to go.  We decided to start the day off with the "What the Heck is Spatchcocking and How do You Do it?" video shoot.

Spatchcocking chicken is not a technique known to many but it is becoming more-and-more popular.  So what is spatchcocking and how do you do it? Essentially it's chicken that is prepared by first cutting out the backbone with kitchen shears and then pressing down on the breastbone until the chicken becomes flattened - it's almost like butterflying a whole bird..  It actually makes for a super presentation when serving it to your family or guests.  
That video shoot took up most of the day.  It isn't that spatchcocking is difficult, it's that we had to do more video shots on this particular technique than the others.

In the afternoon we started on the "How to Make Beer Can Chicken".  We really lucked out on the weather!  It was hot (maybe a little too hot?) and sunny so we all got a good dose of vitamin D but made sure stay hydrated by drinking tons of water.

The day went long for the crew and they worked through until the late evening but everyone seemed to be having too much fun to even notice.  Once everyone was packed up, it was off to a good night sleep to have everyone up and ready the next day for day 3 of our "How To" videos!
 

Stay tuned for day 3 of the shooting of our new video series!