"hahabogus" > wrote in message
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> I'm confused! In the RFC FAQ spatchcock is defined below. But I have many
> recipes where you spatchcock a chicken. In those recipes spatchcocking is
> basically butterflying the chicken by cutting out the backbone and
> flattening out the chicken prior to grilling/roasting. Used mostly as a
> time saver.
>
>
> So which is it? A actual breed of fowl or a cooking method?

According to the dictionary, it is the splitting open of a dressed chicken
prior to cooking. Here is the link:
http://dictionary.reference.com/sear...patchcock&r=67