Can a whole chicken fit in it?
593291
I cooked an approximately 5 pound chicken in mine last night! Worked great! Highly recommend this Dutch Oven!
593292
I'm sure it will. I haven't tried that yet, but I entend to. I bet it would be delicious baked on a low heat with some chicken broth for about 3 hours. I know roasts are wonderful!
593293
Probably a small one would be great. Or maybe 3 Cornish game hens. We like it, it's just not "quite" as big as we thought it'd be. But it works well for camping for us!
593294
Yes this is an excellent vessel for ANYTHING that fits. Until you become accustomed to it size, try a medium size chicken first. I love this unit.
593295
A small or medium one...probably. I never cook a whole chicken. I just recently used this to cook 4 lbs. of pork carnitas and had plenty of room, but of course there's no bones to deal with.
593296
Yes, there is no problem fitting a whole chicken in the dutch oven. Cooks it all evenly too
1272194
No. not without pieces touching. Why not measure an area on a larger cookie sheet, same size as the rack in question, lay the chicken pieces in that marked out area, and see what you come up with. To fit this rack, they would have to be pieces of a very small chicken. I baked 4 chicken thighs on this rack, all the pieces touched at one place or another. Three thighs were of equal size one was a bit smaller. These were from frying chickens not roasting chickens.
2164033
No, you could only put certain amount of oil, and that's is not deep enough to fry whole chicken.
316482
I haven't steamed a whole chicken in it, but it looks like it would fit, so I would say yes
473753
It may depend on what size the entire chicken is - otherwise, my suggestion is to cut a whole chicken into pieces to fit into the pan! Good luck!
1004341
Greg, sorry for the delay. On this paticular model, I'm not sure how well it would handle a chicken. None the less, even with perfect heating elements, given the size of the inside of the over it would have to be a small chicken due to height restrictions.
32729
I have never tried to cook a whole chicken, so I can't answer to your question. Sorry!
767496
Although it hasn't been used yet, I do think it seems large enough for a whole chicken.
1111361
Probably not unless it is a very very small chicken (in reference to the small size). It is about 6 eggs long, and 1 1/4 eggs wide (measuring with the long side of the egg)
670640
Yes. You could fit 2 smaller chickens, like around 3 1/2 pound chickens. You could leave them whole to make a stock with. They would touch and your pot would be full, but you could do it. I would actually recommend buying the next size up if you want to boil two chickens on a regular basis.
1157516
I have not tried to fry a whole chicken. The fryer/basket would not be able to hold a whole chicken.
1157519
No. It is too small. Maybe a Cornish hen, but a whole chicken would overflow the oil.
1744546
I don't think there is any way a bird that big would fit. I regularly brine 5 pound chickens and could probably do birds a few pounds larger at most. I tried a turkey once (i don't recall the size) and it would not fit.
1070697
I do not think so. If chick's yes but not 2 full grown chickens. We have 1 rabbit in ours and he is quite content
1539450
Definitely not. You can 'comfortably' fit a ~7lb chicken, but that's it. And be very careful - the tray & grate "tip" backwards as you pull them out - you HAVE to hold the tray/wire shelf steady until it 'catches' on the side support again (it's like there's a 'dead space' in the middle where the tray has nothing to rest on).
410046
No it isn't big enough to do a whole chicken. You could steam a cut up chicken but I have not tried it for meat. I use a slow cooker for that.
367030
I believe a whole chicken would fit, but I believe it is better suited for one pot meals, like ham, potatoes and string beans or stews and soups. I would bake a whole chicken