Beer Can Chicken

Beer Can Chicken

Beer Can Chicken

BBQ Beer Can Chicken

Ingredients

1 large whole chicken (4 to 5 pounds)
3 Tbs. basic rub for BBQ, or your favorite dry BBQ rub
1 can (12 oz.) beer
1½ cups mesquite chips, soaked in water to cover for 1 hour and drained
Basic Rub for BBQ
½ cup kosher salt
½ cup sugar
½ cup ground black pepper
½ cup paprika

Preparation

Remove and discard the fat just inside the body cavities of the chicken. Remove the package of giblets, and set aside for another use. Rinse the chicken, inside and out, under cold running water.

Then drain and blot dry, inside and out, with paper towels. Sprinkle 1 Tbs. of the rub inside the body and neck cavities, then rub another 1 Tbs. of the mixture between the flesh and skin. Cover and refrigerate the chicken while you preheat the grill.

Set up the grill for indirect grilling, placing a drip pan in the center. If using a charcaol grill, preheat to medium. If using a gas grill, place all the wood chips in the smoker box and preheat the grill to high; then, when smoke appears, lower the heat to medium.

Pop the tab on the beer can. Using a "church−key" style opener, make 6 or 7 holes in the top of the can. Pour out the top inch of beer, then spoon the remaining dry rub through the holes into the beer. Holding the chicken upright, with the opening of the body cavity down, insert the beer can into the cavity.

When ready to cook, if using charcoal, toss half the wood chips on the coals. Oil grill grate. Stand the chicken up in the center of the hot grate, over the drip pan.

Spread out the legs to form a sort of tripod, to support the bird. Cover the grill and cook chicken until fall−off−the−bone tender, approximately 2 hours. If using charcoal, add 10−12 fresh coals per side and the remaining chips after 1 hour.

Using tongs, lift the bird to a cutting board or platter, holding a large metal spatula  underneath the beer can for support. Have the board or platter right next to the bird to make the move shorter. Be careful not to spill hot beer on yourself.

Let stand for 5 minutes before carving the meat off the upright carcass. Toss beer can out along with the carcass.

BBQ Beer Can Chicken


Steven Raichlen Best of Barbecue SR8016 Stainless-Steel Beer-Can Chicken Rack with Drip Pan
Steven Raichlen Best of Barbecue SR8016 Stainless-Steel Beer-Can Chicken Rack with Drip Pan
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Steven Raichlen wrote the book on beer can chicken - literally. This ingenious device makes the process easier and virtually fail proof. Square construction gives you greater stability. The bird won't tip and beer won't spill. All stainless steel, so it will not react with food. Metal holder adapts to both beer cans and the included unique stainless steel canister, which you can fill with wine, fruit juice, or other flavorful liquid. Metal drip pan collects meat juices for sauces and prevents dripping fat from erupting into flare-ups.

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  • Stainless-steel beer-can chicken rack with drip pan
  • Rack holds either a beer can or the included stainless-steel canister
  • Stable square design; pan collects juices and prevents flare-ups
  • 2 loop side handles; dishwasher-safe for quick cleanup
  • Measures 9-3/5 by 7-2/7 by 5-1/2 inches; model number: SR8016
Charbroil Folding Chicken Roaster
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The Folding Chicken Roaster represents Char Broil's contribution to cooking a great chicken on the grill. The folding and locking mechanism is great for securing and cooking the perfect "beer can" chicken. Furthermore, the ability to unlock and fold the chicken roaster, makes it easier to store than many other brands on the market.

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  • Great for "Beer Can" chicken
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Median River Outdoors 47 Double Beer Can Chicken Roaster
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The Medina River Double Chicken Roaster has places for two cans of your favorite beverage. Place a whole chicken over the can and put it on the grill or in the oven for the juiciest and lip smacking tasty chicken you have ever roasted.

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  • Gourmet flavor and cooking was never this easy
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  • The most delicious chicken you will ever eat
  • Use with either one or two chickens
  • Holds cans firmly in place
Beer-Can Chicken: And 74 Other Offbeat Recipes for the Grill
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Chicken on a beer can? You bet! When Steven Raichlen, America's barbecue guru, says it's the best grilled chicken he's ever tasted, cooks stop and listen. An essential addition to every grill jockey's library, Beer-Can Chicken presents 75 must-try beer-can variations and other offbeat recipes for the grill. Recipes such as Saigon Chicken with Lacquered Skin and Spicy Peanut Sauce, Root Beer Game Hens, Beer-Can Turkey (uses the 32-ounce Foster's), Stoned Chicken (it's grilled under a brick), Dirty Steak, Fish on a Board (Salmon with Brown Sugar Glaze), Mussels Eclade-grilled under pine needles, Grilled Eggs, Wacky Rumaki, Rotisseried Garlic Rolls-even Grilled Yellow Pepper Soup will have your mouth-watering. Whether on a can, on a stick, under a brick, in a leaf, on a plank, or in the embers, each grilling technique is explained in easy-to-follow steps, with recipes that guarantee no matter how crazy the technique, the results are always outstanding. So pop a cold one and have fun.

Steven Raichlen's Beer-Can Chicken tells everything one should ever need to know about roasting a chicken upright on top of a can of beer. For those who find that premise strange or silly (Raichlen, in fact, thanks his publisher for being "wacky enough" to produce the book), the author describes beer-can chicken as "the perfect bird, crackly crisp, succulent within ... the most flavorful chicken you've ever tasted."Raichlen's goal is to encourage grillers to have fun and use their imagination, and he presents 74 "offbeat recipes" as starting points. Notable selections include Beer-Can Turkey, which requires a giant 32-ounce can of Foster's to do the job; Welder's Chicken, a stewing hen wrapped in aluminum foil and turned with welder's gloves; Dirty Steaks, cooked right on the coals; and Diabolical Chicken, soaked with spicy French mustard and which Raichlen makes "whenever I'm short on time or fancy ingredients but want to impress the hell out of my guests." There are also recipes for "beerless birds" (Ginger Ale Chicken, Black Cherry Soda Chicken), side dishes, and desserts, as well as info on grilling techniques and equipment.A chicken straddling a beer can, at the very least, makes a great conversation piece at an outdoor beer bash. Raichlen's most helpful hint? Make sure the beer can is open before putting it on the grill. --Andy Boynton

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Mr. Bar B Q 06126P Beer Can Chicken Cooker
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Vertical beer can chicken cooker. Cook your whole chickens using a opened beer or soda can. Chrome plated.

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  • Beer can chicken cooker
  • Vertical beer can chicken cooker
  • Cook your whole chickens using a opened beer or soda can
  • Chrome plated.
Barbour Int'l Beer Can Chicken Rack 0880PDQ
Barbour Int'l Beer Can Chicken Rack 0880PDQ
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Allows grilling with your favorite beer. Holds half can. Moist seasoned steam permeates the chicken.

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  • Barbour Int'l Beer Can Chicken Rack 0880PDQ
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Elizabeth Karmel's Grill Friends Porcelain Chicken Sitter
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The Grill Friends Chicken Sitter is made from heat-safe porcelain and glazed black so all you notice is the star of the cook-out: a roasting whole chicken “sitting” on the cooking grate. The beauty of the Chicken Sitter is that the beer or other liquid gently steams the bird as the convected heat of the grill roasts the outside to a perfect golden brown. The steamed beer also imparts a depth of flavor that makes the chicken taste better than any you’ve ever had. Oven, microwave and dishwasher safe. Instructions and recipes included.

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  • Sitter stabilizes chicken while beer or other liquid gently steams the bird and the convected heat of the grill roasts the outside to a perfect golden brown
  • Made from heat-safe porcelain and glazed black
  • Easy to get chicken to and from the grill; keeps chicken warm and juicy until ready to serve
  • Oven, microwave, and dishwasher safe; instructions and recipes included
  • Measures 5-1/2 by 5-1/2 by 5-1/2 inches
Zen and the Art of Cooking Beer-Can Chicken: The Definitive Guide: the Nation's Best Companion Guide for Cooking, Brining, and Injecting Beer-Can Chicken
Zen and the Art of Cooking Beer-Can Chicken: The Definitive Guide: the Nation's Best Companion Guide for Cooking, Brining, and Injecting Beer-Can Chicken
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Beer-can chicken is fast growing in popularity as the best way to cook chicken. Zen and the Art of Cooking Beer-Can Chicken was written for all the new fancy cooking devices designed to cook beer-can chicken without the beer-can. What about brining or injecting your poultry? This book has it all!!! This book is the definitive guide to assuring the best approach with any of the new products!!! Be at peace and let the creative culinary vibrations of the Universe descend into your humble kitchen. Have fun and feed your friends with simplicity, low fat, and good taste.

Camerons Products Chicken Beeroaster Deluxe
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New from Cameron's it is the Deluxe Vertical Chicken and Vegetable Roaster. This unique one-piece stainless steel constructed vertical roaster holds your chicken and the vegetable spikes hold up to 4 potatoes or vegetables to make your meal complete. So easy to use you just fill the tube with your favorite beer, wine, marinade or fruit juice, (for added flavor, you can also add freshly grated ginger or fragrant herbs to the liquid) season the chicken with your favorite rub and place over the tube. Place the spikes along the side of the pan and add your vegetables. Bake for 1 1/2 hours at 350º or on the barbecue on a medium heat. Remove and enjoy as the liquid in the tube makes your chicken moist and delicious. Works great with any whole poultry foods from chicken to duck and leaves the skin crispy and the meat succulent. Each deluxe vertical chicken and vegetable roaster includes 1- beer roaster deluxe (which is oven safe to 500º), 2 vegetable spikes, recipes and instruction guide.

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  • Cook chicken and vegetables at the same time
  • Set includes: 1-piece bee roaster deluxe, 2 vegetable spikes, recipe and instruction guide Stainless steel construction; oven safe to 500°F
  • Stainless steel construction; use in the oven or on the barbeque
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Beer can chicken has never tasted so good. Grill to perfection with the sittin' chicken or sittin' turkey flavor infusor. Simply pour in your favorite beer, add a few dashes of seasoning and slow cook on the grill or oven for the most tasty chicken ever.

These two ceramic cones, one for a chicken and one for a turkey, make an easier and safer alternative to cooking with an actual beer can. The method is the same: liquid is put in a cylinder that goes up inside the bird's cavity, and as the liquid heats during grilling it creates steam that keeps the bird moist. Beer isn't even required-the Sittin' Chicken or Sittin' Turkey cones can hold butter, olive oil, garlic, fruit juice, soda, or chunks of onion, apple or lemon. For extra flavor marinade can be injected into the bird and the outside rubbed with spices. An onion or potato stuffed in the neck opening of the bird helps keep the moisture in. After a couple hours of slow cooking on the grill, the result is a bird crispy on the outside with flavorful and moist meat. The ceramic cones are designed with wide bases to prevent tipping, and are glazed inside and out to make clean-up a snap-the cones go right into the dishwasher. Spraying a cone with a nonstick vegetable spray before sitting the bird on top will make the job even easier. The underside of the base is unglazed to go directly on a grill. If the cones are used in an oven, a pan of water or sheet of aluminum foil needs to go underneath to catch drips. The Sittin' Chicken measures 5 by 4-1/4 inches, while the Sittin' Turkey measures 6 by 6 inches and can hold a turkey weighing up to 18 pounds. This set with one of each makes a great gift for the outdoor chef. --Ann Bieri

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  • Set of 2 cooking cones, 1 for a chicken, 1 for up to an 18-pound turkey
  • Ceramic glazed inside and out for easy dishwasher clean-up
  • Unglazed bottom sits directly on a grill; wide base won't tip over
  • Inside holds beer, juice, or marinade to add moisture to a bird
  • Chicken cone measures 5 by 4-1/4 inches; turkey, 6 by 6 inches
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