smoking BEER CAN CHICKEN SCIENCE

[cheezydemon]

 

[Sterno]

I think personally the best thing about beer can chicken is, that you can fit more birds in your smoker/grill.

I love BBQ chicken and make it regularly. Here's two birds I made last weekend in my Weber kettle.

This one the previous weekend, without the beer can, just lying down in the Weber kettle.

Do I taste any difference with or without the beer? No I don't. Either way nice, juicy and succulent chicken. Nice rub, basting with Stubb's BBQ mopping sauce (haven't found better baste yet) and smoking them with cherry or apple tree for about 2 hours makes the chicken just about perfect to my taste. First hour low and slow and raise the heat to about 300F for the second hour to crisp the skin = heavenly chicken!

Sterno

 

[Hophead]

To be honest I don't like moist chicken, I like it on the dry side. So I've never done the beer butt, but I do marinate in beer and spcies, and highly recommend it.

I have done the beer can whole chicken a few times but i have to agree here it becomes almost too moist - i like it more on the dry side i guess. Thats not to say i don't like the whole idea of the beer can chicken and it does taste great!

Mouth watering pictures Sterno!

 

[Hophead]

Made some beer can chicken and some bread tonight.

Already took the cans out but here they are.

Cut into quarters.

Fresh bread out of the oven.

 

[The Hot Pepper]

Win!

 

[Pepperfreak]

Give ya a huge thumbs up on that one!

 

[Jester]

Man this thread just brings a smile to my face. Nothing beats Beer in the Butt Chicken!

 

[AlabamaJack]

I didn't take time to go back and read the whole thread but I got one of thse and it works wonders...

 

[Jester]

AJ -- That's the contraption I use when making beer can chicken. I think I scored mine off of Amazon.com.

 

[AlabamaJack]

I think this one came from GardenRidge...the wife got it....I love it and it sure makes it easy not to turn one over