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Recipes => Recipes => Poultry => Topic started by: tlg4942 on January 06, 2015, 02:50:51 PM
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Ok ,I saw another comment elsewhere on debunking Beer Can Chicken. ??? I mean seriously? Its a novelty which is just plain fun to do!
And yes I know "Drunkin" chicken dates back to ancient China or some such thing... But they didn't have beer cans back then so they had to improvise....
Somewhere in the South or Mid US I picture this... Somebody needed a way to get a chicken to sit upright and all they had was a beer can at the time... Just good old drunk American ingenuity.
A "hey ya'll watch this" gone right! Just like fried and boiled turkey. They ran out of chicken and somebody said "Hey, there's that old Tom turkey over there, lets fry him!
I have cooked dozens of these fine birds if not hundreds... I did a six pack once but then realized I only got 3 beers out of the deal for me ! Used water in the cans after that but don't tell anybody....
I just don't think this is something worth "Debunking", I mean its a chicken with a beer can stuffed up its rear. Not looking for a Michelin star here...
It does help keep the chicken moist if only by default... Especially when your drinking dozens of cans of beer with friends and maybe forgetting that chicken a minute too long! :o...
Ok Almost done... I mean really. Some people have too much time on their hands or have just become to obsessive with their self served egos... ::)
Beer can chicken is Dang good and Dang fun... Have fun cooking out doors once in a while! It heals the spirit and cleans the soul! Clears out the bladder too!
Wait. One more thing... For those who spill the hot beer all over when removing the can.. Here's a thought. Turn the chicken upside down over a pot or flower bed or even better (in his mind)your dogs food bowl.
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I agree 100% ! ! ! In fact, one my next cooks will be doing just that, and trying out the new Vortex to get it done.
BD
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Good looking birds either way.
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Looks good to me and anyway you do chicken outdoors is just fun cooking!!! I don't think I'll make it out this week, down in the single digits at night!! Don
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Thanks for one of the most entertaining posts we've had in a while ;D
Perhaps the hardest part of doing this approach is remembering NOT to chill the can(s) of beer you plan to stuff up the bird(s) ::) -- you're gonna get more steam from a can of room temperature beer than from a cold one! I haven't done a BCC in a long time but I'm going to drag out my rack and do one again pretty soon.
Oh yeah -- if you DO chill all the beer, just drink one and refill the can with hot water. The effect will be substantially the same for at least two reasons ???
Hub
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I love "Beer Can Chicken...With a caveat. Please understand where I am coming from - thus my caution. I have had a sever heavy metals poisoning event - so, I will not shove an aluminum can, with print ink on the outside, and perhaps ( brand dependent ) a coating on the inside of the can up a chickens butt - and cook it at well above steaming temps...
Not worth the risk....for me. So, I uses a ceramic or stainless vessel that is the size of a beer can.
Not a nay sayer...just the LtBBQ Field Medic asking everyone to consider it. :)
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I love "Beer Can Chicken...With a caveat. Please understand where I am coming from - thus my caution. I have had a sever heavy metals poisoning event - so, I will not shove an aluminum can, with print ink on the outside, and perhaps ( brand dependent ) a coating on the inside of the can up a chickens butt - and cook it at well above steaming temps...
Not worth the risk....for me. So, I uses a ceramic or stainless vessel that is the size of a beer can.
Not a nay sayer...just the LtBBQ Field Medic asking everyone to consider it. :)
Have you considered listening to country & western instead. ::) :P
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I use ceramic chicken sitters to keep things on the safe side. I also like to pour some rub in the beer as well :P :P
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I have this thing I got from Cabela's looks like a giant d!ldo..works great tho. It holds a turkey and chickens too. Pam GO BUCKS .☆´¯`•.¸¸. ི♥ྀ.
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I like to pour the beer out into a sauce pan, add some spice, get it boiling, then pour the beer back into the can 3/4 full.
This way the beer is already hot and steaming when I put the chicken in.
Also don't fill the can up all the way because the juices from the chicken will fill up the can ;)
Terry is right there is something fun and special about beer can chicken. And I believe that when done correctly it makes a difference.
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I love "Beer Can Chicken...With a caveat. Please understand where I am coming from - thus my caution. I have had a sever heavy metals poisoning event - so, I will not shove an aluminum can, with print ink on the outside, and perhaps ( brand dependent ) a coating on the inside of the can up a chickens butt - and cook it at well above steaming temps...
Not worth the risk....for me. So, I uses a ceramic or stainless vessel that is the size of a beer can.
Not a nay sayer...just the LtBBQ Field Medic asking everyone to consider it. :)
Have you considered listening to country & western instead. ::) :P
We were so poor - we couldn't afford both kinds...SO I had to pick Country *OR* Western.... :D
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I have this thing I got from Cabela's looks like a giant d!ldo..works great tho. It holds a turkey and chickens too. Pam GO BUCKS .☆´¯`•.¸¸. ི♥ྀ.
So where do you put the batteries? ::) :P
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I have this thing I got from Cabela's looks like a giant d!ldo..works great tho. It holds a turkey and chickens too. Pam GO BUCKS .☆´¯`•.¸¸. ི♥ྀ.
So where do you put the batteries? ::) :P
Batteries scare the chicken or turkeys..geez. but the rack is great. LOL GO BUCKS .☆´¯`•.¸¸. ི♥ྀ.
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I have this thing I got from Cabela's looks like a giant d!ldo..works great tho. It holds a turkey and chickens too. Pam GO BUCKS .☆´¯`•.¸¸. ི♥ྀ.
So where do you put the batteries? ::) :P
Batteries scare the chicken or turkeys..geez. but the rack is great. LOL GO BUCKS .☆´¯`•.¸¸. ི♥ྀ.
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-vq2mH9bw7iA/Usu7oXjcnFI/AAAAAAAAFmo/WkudJ0JCd7U/w400-h278-no/m_not.jpg)
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Dang Terry, did you expect this to go there?
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Good post Terry.
I'm with Hub on the warm can versus the cold one. I stuck a cold can of beer in the chicken and he hollered "Yeeeekkkkkk! Damn that's cold!"
Dee
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I bought one of these the other day, haven't had a chance to use it yet. Good thing is that it can be used inside in the oven too.
http://www.academy.com/shop/pdp/chicken-chimney-marinader/pid-27931?N=372370504&Ntt=chicken&Ntk=All
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Terry, I read that article on Amazing ribs when it first came out, and to be honest I was never sold on Beer Can Chicken's moisture & flavor adding ability. Now, having said that I agree with you; it's a "novelty" and just plain fun technique that an awful lot of folks enjoy. And heck you get to "empty" half of the beer from the can, right? ;D
Here's a video the BBQ Pit Boys did back in their early days on YouTube. It's great!
Dancin' Chickens on the Grill (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xS6R2IzDI10)
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I waited to see what others would post ??? Think I should have just said your right on! :D :D
I did do this version of beer can chicken but minus the can
Placed a pot of beer in the bottom of TBE
(http://i624.photobucket.com/albums/tt326/TMBs/Beersteamedchicken011-2.jpg) (http://s624.photobucket.com/user/TMBs/media/Beersteamedchicken011-2.jpg.html)
Placed the bird up in the middle of the basket
(http://i624.photobucket.com/albums/tt326/TMBs/beersteamed.jpg) (http://s624.photobucket.com/user/TMBs/media/beersteamed.jpg.html)
Let it steam/cook til it reached 165 IT
(http://i624.photobucket.com/albums/tt326/TMBs/Civiccoolantleak021.jpg) (http://s624.photobucket.com/user/TMBs/media/Civiccoolantleak021.jpg.html)
It was very good and you could get a little beer taste from the skin
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Tommy that bird looks great, I'll have to try that in my BEESR. ;)
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Tommy that bird looks great, I'll have to try that in my BEESR. ;)
Just use one can or bottle of beer then when it runs out the fat will render and the skin will crisp up nicely
I used an 8 in cast pot and that should be the size you need. Sorta the Tommy Pot cause it will raise the basket as well ;)
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Comments:
1) If it involves beer and BBQ it can't be wrong (even if it doesn't make scientific sense).
2) When did Tommy go from hawking Tommy rings to pot?
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Comments:
1) If it involves beer and BBQ it can't be wrong (even if it doesn't make scientific sense).
2) When did Tommy go from hawking Tommy rings to pot?
:D :D :D
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Did Kimmie know you used her beer? :o Chicken looks great!
I waited to see what others would post ??? Think I should have just said your right on! :D :D
I did do this version of beer can chicken but minus the can
Placed a pot of beer in the bottom of TBE
(http://i624.photobucket.com/albums/tt326/TMBs/Beersteamedchicken011-2.jpg) (http://s624.photobucket.com/user/TMBs/media/Beersteamedchicken011-2.jpg.html)
Placed the bird up in the middle of the basket
(http://i624.photobucket.com/albums/tt326/TMBs/beersteamed.jpg) (http://s624.photobucket.com/user/TMBs/media/beersteamed.jpg.html)
Let it steam/cook til it reached 165 IT
(http://i624.photobucket.com/albums/tt326/TMBs/Civiccoolantleak021.jpg) (http://s624.photobucket.com/user/TMBs/media/Civiccoolantleak021.jpg.html)
It was very good and you could get a little beer taste from the skin
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You did'nt think that smoke in his avatar was from that SRG did ya? :D
Comments:
1) If it involves beer and BBQ it can't be wrong (even if it doesn't make scientific sense).
2) When did Tommy go from hawking Tommy rings to pot?
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Did Kimmie know you used her beer? :o Chicken looks great!
Yep, and was NOT HAPPY! ??? ??? ??? ???
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Did Kimmie know you used her beer? :o Chicken looks great!
Yep, and was NOT HAPPY! ??? ??? ??? ???
I always use Mrs. LVC's Coors Light for cooking because there is no way in hell I'm using my FatTire/Sam Adams/Newcastle/Guinness and various other expensive craft beers to shove up a chickens rear. :P