BeerCan Chicken

How to make Beer Can Chicken on the BBQ.

Step 1 Prep the chicken

Need beer in cans; whole chicken; dry BBQ seasoning; any other spices you can think of; I use disposable aluminum pie plates but improvise if you have to. Hardest part of this recipe is to drink only HALF of a can of beer. Then top up the can with spices. I used hot sauce, soyo sauce, worcestershire, vinegar, black pepper, garlic powder, chili powder, and montreal steak spice. Then shove the can up the arse of the chicken and sit it in the pie plate.

Comments

[robbtoberfest]

Rename this to Beer Butt Chicken and you'll multiply the hits on this project.

[notker]

i lold

[scoochmaroo]

Totally agree.

[BorrachoB]

I added this comment to someone else beer can chicken page. Try using liquids other than beer. I recommend JUMEX peach nectar. I also use some extra juice to make a complementing BBQ sauce to baste on the birds while they are on the grill. It really adds an extra touch to the whole thing. Also with all the concern about aluminum cans and paint, I use a mason jar. They can withstand the heat and are heavy enough to help keep the chicken upright.

[shooby]

While chicken cooked with beer does taste better, I think that cooking a chicken with a hunk of aluminum, plastic, and paint up its butt wouldn't really improve the taste. Why not just pour the beer into the pan.

[sweathog]

I use 1/2 size S.S. steam table pans for Beer Butt Chicken and also for drip pans. The 2 in. work the best and you can find them at Flea markets and auctions for $5 ea.

[SuavePotato]

You might want to know that aluminum cans are coated on the inside with plastic to keep the contents from corroding the aluminum. When you heat this up, the plastic melts and mixes with the contents of the can. I'm assuming that the contents then boil, which would release a plastic vapor into the chicken. I also would like to point out that the paint on the outside of a can is not entirely heat proof either. I'm not sure exactly what chemicals are in the paint but I'm sure it's not healthy either.

[Ellsinc]

But aluminium doesnt corrode?

[DurtyBunny]

If you're worried about that, just use a can from green beans or something with the paper removed. I'm not sure about using a beer bottle. I'm not sure if the heat from the grill would be enough to shatter the glass... but that would also eliminate the worries about plastic and paint fumes.

[shooby]

A lot of vegetable cans also have a plastic lining, usually white colored.

[lemonie]

So the beer & spice mix boils, flavouring and moisturising the bird? Do you get any of the exterior paint/laquer sticking to your chicken, or burning? L

[meddler]

OK, here's my wifes rub recipe: 1/4 cup paprika 2 Tablespoons granulated garlic 2 Tablespoons granulated onion 2 Teaspoons peppercorns 1 Teaspoon dry mustard 1 Teaspoon chili powder 2 Tablespoons toasted cumin seed 3 Tablespoons toasted coriander seed 1/4 cup Kosher salt 1/4 cup brown sugar Combine all ingrediants in a clean coffee grinder and grind to a powder, then rub on damp chicken and do the beer can thing. Hope someone likes it as much as i do. Store in a air tight container in the fridge. My wife got this off Food Network (give credit where it's due)

[thewoodcarver]

Looks good , cooking chicken for lots of people this weekend going to try it on a spit .....and with the beer can if I can find one after everyone shows up

[meddler]

My wife makes this rub for the chicken, kinda spicy, not sure whats all in it i'll put the recipe up if anyones interested.We also use rootbeer instead of beer my wife hates beer and thinks rootbeer gives a sweeter flavor. Not sure if that's true but i can't drink anymore so why argue?

[canida]

We like spicy- send along the recipe!

[Sgt.Waffles]

We call them beer butt chickens. They are great with really dark beers. And coke is good too. LMAO at the sausage sentances as well.

[Dorkus1218]

My dad makes these sometimes, they're great

[hay_jumper]

They look so cute in the pans!

BTW: "plug the neck with a sausage" = funniest thing evar!