BBQ Beer-Can Chicken on a Charcoal Grill

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Appears in Cook's Country August/September 2005

No doubt about it-grilling a spice-rubbed chicken on top of a beer can looks odd. But if the result is crackling crisp skin and moist, juicy meat, why not give it a try?

SERVES 4 to 6 (Makes 2 chickens)

BBQ Beer-Can Chicken on a Charcoal Grill

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

A classic of the barbecue circuit, BBQ Beer-Can Chicken involves resting a whole chicken upright on a can of beer and grill-roasting it. We lanced the chicken’s skin with a skewer to make holes from which rendering fat could escape, then ru...

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