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Tips For Mastering the Beer Can Chicken
There are a lot of different ways to grill a chicken and I mean, a lot. Since I tend to grill a lot of chickens, it is nice to have choices. When my decision-making process comes around, and I feel myself wanting to make presentation key, I look no further than beer can chicken. It’s a fun grilling process, and it always makes my guests say, “Wow!”
With friends or family new to grilling, the beer can chicken is an easy go-to because it’s not something you see come out of the oven. Vertical roasting is better suited for the grill. Of course in my book, everything is better suited for the grill, but I digress.
While you can use a beer can to vertically roast a chicken, I find it much easier and foolproof to use the Weber Deluxe Poultry Roaster. First, the liquid reservoir holds only a few ounces of beer, leaving plenty behind in my can or bottle to still drink. Second, the roaster is more stable than the solitary chicken sitting on a can using its legs for support. And by stable, I do not mean just on the grill, but the trips to and from it. Your guests want to see a majestic chicken, not the host covered in hot beer and dinner sprawled out on the ground.
Finally, the roaster bottom allows the addition of vegetables and potatoes to the cook. Everything tastes better when covered in rendered fat from a grilled chicken. The roaster makes it all too easy.
Hopefully, by now I’ve convinced you to give it a shot. We’ve got the perfect recipe from Jamie Purviance to bring it all together.
Recipe from Weber's Way to Grill™ by Jamie Purviance
1. Deluxe Poultry Roaster
The Deluxe Poultry Roaster holds liquid that fills your poultry with flavor and has a cap to lock in the steam, capturing juices for basting.
2. iGrill
Know the internal temperature of your chicken at all times with the iGrill app-connected thermometer.
3. Hickory Chips
This recipe calls for a little smoke flavor and hickory is perfect!
Add a Smoker Box to any gas grill to turn your grill into a smoker. Soak the chips for 30 minutes in water and then add them to the box. Get more tips on smoking on your gas grill here.
4. Tongs
Remove the chicken or even rearrange charcoal with the greatest of ease with these tongs.