BBQ Beer-Can Chicken on a Charcoal Grill

Name: BBQ Beer-Can Chicken on a Charcoal Grill
Yield: Serves 4 to 6 (Makes 2 chickens)
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons, packed light brown sugar; 2 tablespoons, paprika; 1 tablespoon, table salt; 1 tablespoon, ground black pepper; 1 teaspoon, cayenne pepper; 2 tablespoons, packed light brown sugar; 2 tablespoons, ketchup; 2 tablespoons, white vinegar; 2 tablespoons, beer; 1 teaspoon, hot sauce; 24 ounces, beer (2 12-ounce cans); 4 , crumbled bay leaves; 2 , whole chickens (3 to 3 1/2 pounds each), patted dry; 4 cups, wood chips

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Appears in Cook's Country August/September 2005

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Grilling & Barbecue

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?

SERVES4 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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