[ResistorSister]

Beer Butt Chicken is probably a tasty treat.

If this recipe is a hit with family and friends, on Labor Day, we are going to try Beer Keg Cow.

[Bikers4Bush]

Bump for later.

[glock rocks]

i'd never heard of this until last week... tried it last weekend on the grille using mesquite.

absolutely excellent.

[Notforprophet]

Beer Keg Cow

LOL

[Hilltop]

I heard you couldn't hit a bull in the butt with a Budweiser. :)

[mountaineer]

If you can get hold of a July/August 2000 issue of Cook's Illustrated, p. 12, you will find a helpful discussion of this cooking technique. The writer notes:

Beer can chicken has a number of things going for it. The beer in the open can creates steam as the chicken roasts. This steam keeps the meat incredibly juicy. The moist heat also gives the meat an unctuous, rich quality. ...

The beer can chicken was also better seasoned with spices - almost right down the bone - than any chicken I had ever eaten. For the best flavor, I found it imperative to rub the spices inside the cavity (where the steam is generated) and under the breast skin....

Chickens that weigh about 3 1/2 pounds are ideal for this recipe. The cavity in smaller birds is too narrow to hold a beer can, and larger birds won't fit upright in most grills.

[basil]

Good one! 'Tis my chuckle for the day!

[TwoBear]

Hmmmm, those beer cans looks conspicously like Diet Coke and Caffiene Free Diet Coke cans to me. Maybe they were trying to make Slim Butt Chicken.

[joesnuffy]

How about sheep... This butts for ewe

[BallandPowder]

Powder..Patch..Ball FIRE!

If this recipe is a hit with family and friends, on Labor Day, we are going to try Beer Keg Cow.

ROTFLMAO!!!
MOOOOHHHHHHHHH!!

[T. P. Pole]

Stick a meat thermometer into the breast, not touching a bone.

...and preferably with the end of the thermometer inside the chicken and not sticking out the bottom.

[goodieD]

a similar recipe can be done in the oven. I use a dry rub on my chicken and let it sit covered for 2 days in the fridge. I place the open beer can in a pan and place the chicken over it as far as I can get it. Then roast for 1 and a half hours at 350. Yummy! I just use a small typical whole fryer, about 3 lbs.

[mlmr]

If you want to raise good chickens raise Cornish Crosses. YUM