Beer can chicken


 
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Hello,
I am going to do a BC Chicken today if it's not too late. I see a lot of folks here say high temp standard method, but the cooking tips say minion with water in the pan. ?? WHat do you think? High temp standard with a foiled pan, or Minion with water in the pan? anyone inject with pinapple juice?

Thanks,
 
I always use water in my pan even for high temp cooks. Did 2 butterflied full chickens last night using high temp with water in the foiled pan.
 
I don't do BC chicken but I do cook chicken at high heat. (Chris used the MM with water to start as he was cooking at lower temps.)

I don't use water because I don't see the point. If high temps are the goal (they are for me with chicken) then water only makes those temps more difficult since it serves as a heat sink, the point of water use in the first place. I don't use water if cooking above 250-270. Chicken I cook over 400.

Up to you what your cooktemp is. Chicken will cook at a wide range of temps.
 
I am probably too late to provide anything useful, but last week I grilled up some BC chicken on my OTS. I cooked the chicken indirectly over no pan and the temp. was anywhere between 450-500 degrees. I used 2 chunks of lemon and 1 chunk of cherry wood. The chicken weighed 4.5 lbs and was perfectly cooked in roughly 40 minutes. It came out wonderful with a faint taste of beer. If anyone decides to try it this way, make sure you rotate the bird every 15 minutes or the skin will get charred from where the heat is coming from.

Erik
 
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by K Kruger

I don't use water because I don't see the point. If high temps are the goal (they are for me with chicken) then water only makes those temps more difficult since it serves as a heat sink, the point of water use in the first place. I don't use water if cooking above 250-270. Chicken I cook over 400.
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Ditto !
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Because when I cook chicken I want to eat the skin since it's the best part of the chicken, IMO.
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