beer-can chicken

Upright roasted bird

Beer-can chicken is a method of roasting a whole chicken upright over an open can of beer.

The can props the bird vertically while the liquid steams into the cavity, supposedly keeping the meat moist.

Popular at backyard barbecues: He's out back making beer-can chicken on the grill.

Related

grilling · spatchcocking · cooking · roasting · succulence · recipe · aluminum foil · barbecue · meat thermometer · rub · juiciness · culinary · cavity · flavor · tenderness · steaming · dry rub · charcoal

Opposites
cooking method

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Bird cooked rotating over heat

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culinary sophistication

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Poultry braised in red

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Family

beer, chicken, beers, beery, canned, canning, canner, chickens

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G