{"id":746,"date":"2009-11-09T09:25:33","date_gmt":"2009-11-09T16:25:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pwoodford.net\/cookblog\/?p=746"},"modified":"2021-03-03T17:58:30","modified_gmt":"2021-03-04T00:58:30","slug":"beer-can-chicken-on-the-barbie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/cookblog\/?p=746","title":{"rendered":"Beer Can Chicken on the Barbie"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_747\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-747\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"747\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/cookblog\/?attachment_id=747\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/cookblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/11-08-09_1a.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"450,338\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot G9&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1257733263&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;7.4&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0166666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"11-08-09_1a\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Beer can chicken on the barbie (with sweet potatoes)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/cookblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/11-08-09_1a.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-747\" title=\"11-08-09_1a\" src=\"http:\/\/pwoodford.net\/cookblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/11-08-09_1a.jpg\" alt=\"Beer can chicken on the barbie (with sweet potatoes)\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/cookblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/11-08-09_1a.jpg 450w, https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/cookblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/11-08-09_1a-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-747\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Beer can chicken on the barbie (with sweet potatoes)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Everybody has a barbecue beer can chicken recipe.&nbsp; How is mine different?&nbsp; It isn&#8217;t, but I&#8217;ll try to make up for that by discussing good techniques for cooking it.<\/p>\n<div class=\"hrecipe h-recipe jetpack-recipe\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Recipe\"><h3 class=\"p-name jetpack-recipe-title fn\" itemprop=\"name\">Beer Can Chicken on the Barbie<\/h3><ul class=\"jetpack-recipe-meta\"><li class=\"jetpack-recipe-servings p-yield yield\" itemprop=\"recipeYield\"><strong>Servings: <\/strong>4<\/li><li class=\"jetpack-recipe-time\">\n\t\t\t\t<time itemprop=\"totalTime\" datetime=\"1 hr\"><strong>Time:<\/strong> <span class=\"time\">1 hr<\/span><\/time>\n\t\t\t<\/li><li class=\"jetpack-recipe-difficulty\"><strong>Difficulty: <\/strong>easy<\/li><li class=\"jetpack-recipe-print\"><a href=\"#\">Print<\/a><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"jetpack-recipe-content\"><strong>Ingredients<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>whole fryer chicken<\/li>\n<li>seasoning<\/li>\n<li>half a can of beer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Directions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Remove the giblets, rinse and dry the chicken, and rub it inside and out with seasoning (I use kosher salt &amp; freshly-ground pepper).&nbsp; Set a half-full can of beer in the center of a pie pan.&nbsp; Holding the chicken vertically, lower it onto the can, then arrange the legs so that the chicken stands up in the pie pan.<\/p>\n<p>Using indirect heat in a covered kettle-style charcoal or gas grill, place the chicken in the center of the grill and allow it to roast for about one hour with the grill lid closed.&nbsp; Check the internal temperature with a meat thermometer for doneness.<\/p>\n<p>Remove the beer can, then allow the chicken to rest for a few minutes before carving.&nbsp; It takes two people to extract the can from the chicken: one to lift up the chicken and one to pull the can out from below.&nbsp; Use old oven mitts for this task; you&#8217;ll need to wash them later.<\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong>Equipment &amp; Technique<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You want to use a pie pan because a lot of liquid will drain out of the chicken as it cooks (don&#8217;t worry, the chicken itself will be quite moist when cooked).&nbsp; You can purchase a combination beer can holder\/roasting stand, but I&#8217;ve found that all you really need is a can of beer and a chicken . . . with the chicken standing vertically, the bottom of the beer can and the drumsticks will form a tripod that will hold the chicken up as it cooks.&nbsp; In the photo above, the chicken on the left is standing on its own, and I&#8217;m using a beer can holder\/stand on the other chicken.<\/p>\n<p>Indirect heating, on either a charcoal or gas grill, means arranging the charcoal or using gas burners on either side of the chicken, not directly under it.&nbsp; There&#8217;s a good explanation, with photos, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.weber.com\/recipes\/tips\/detail.aspx?tid=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everybody has a barbecue beer can chicken recipe.&nbsp; How is mine different?&nbsp; It isn&#8217;t, but I&#8217;ll try to make up for that by discussing good techniques for cooking it. Equipment &amp; Technique You want to use a pie pan because a lot of liquid will drain out of the chicken as it cooks (don&#8217;t worry, the chicken itself will be quite moist when cooked).&nbsp; You can purchase a combination beer can holder\/roasting stand, but I&#8217;ve found that all you really need is a can of beer and a chicken . . . with the chicken standing vertically, the bottom of the beer can and the drumsticks will form a tripod that will hold the chicken up as it cooks.&nbsp; In the photo above, the chicken on the left is standing on its own, and I&#8217;m using a beer can holder\/stand on the other chicken. Indirect heating, on either a charcoal or gas grill, means arranging the charcoal or using gas burners on either side of the chicken, not directly under it.&nbsp; There&#8217;s a good explanation, with photos, here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[150,77,138,151],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-equipment","category-grilling","category-poultry","category-technique"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pixFB-c2","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/cookblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/cookblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/cookblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/cookblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/cookblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=746"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/cookblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/746\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2576,"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/cookblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/746\/revisions\/2576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/cookblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/cookblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/cookblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}