Cooking a whole chicken

[Patler]

shudder...Yuck..Don't undercook that shit.

What? No chicken sushi??

[retailguy]

Stick a knife in the chicken's back, then roast him over a open fire for all to see.

Leave it to you.... Why does this not surprise me?

[MJZiggy]

Thanks, KY!! you've given me a fantastic idea!!

[Patler]

Thanks, KY!! you've given me a fantastic idea!!

You can buy beer can chicken wire stands for a couple bucks at Walmart in the area with barbeque equipment. It has a wide base and a holder for the can. Push the chicken over the can, and it stands on its own in your grill. I always tie the wings and legs in with string. I've cooked as many as three at a time on my grill using these stands.

Another "trick" that works well with this is to take a small potato and "plug" the neck cavity. The steam from the beer stays inside the chicken, permeates the meat and seems to cook even faster and with even more moisture.

[MJZiggy]

What does the potato come out tasing like I wonder...I just had a visual of the steam building up in the chicken and the potato being launched out the top. Sorry. I'm in a mood.

[Patler]

What does the potato come out tasing like I wonder...I just had a visual of the steam building up in the chicken and the potato being launched out the top. Sorry. I'm in a mood.

Its just a very moist baked or steamed potato.

Interesting visual, launching the potato, but the chicken doesn't become a pressure cooker! The potato just closes off the "chimney" effect, and causes the steam to flow through the bird rather than just straight out the top.

[KYPack]

Thanks, KY!! you've given me a fantastic idea!!

You can buy beer can chicken wire stands for a couple bucks at Walmart in the area with barbeque equipment. It has a wide base and a holder for the can. Push the chicken over the can, and it stands on its own in your grill. I always tie the wings and legs in with string. I've cooked as many as three at a time on my grill using these stands.

Another "trick" that works well with this is to take a small potato and "plug" the neck cavity. The steam from the beer stays inside the chicken, permeates the meat and seems to cook even faster and with even more moisture.

Yeah, that rig is cool.

Don't forget to put the whole deal in a pan with an inch of liquid on the bottom.

That also aids in the moisture.

KMart and those place have big foil pans for around a buck.

if you use your regular pans, they are a bitch to clean.

Play around with the rubs.

I forgot cinnamon, sugar and cayenne pepper (be cool with that one)

[KYPack]

What does the potato come out tasing like I wonder...I just had a visual of the steam building up in the chicken and the potato being launched out the top. Sorry. I'm in a mood.

Zig.

I thought it was me, but it's you.

You've basically lost it.

A potato placed in the neck of a cooking chicken doesn't generate a great deal of muzzle velocity.

Although the Iraqi's did use "cooking chicken potato bullets" in their defense of Bagdhad.

It wasn't very sucessful.

[Patler]

Don't forget to put the whole deal in a pan with an inch of liquid on the bottom.

I have never actually set the chicken in a pan of liquid, but I always put a cheap disposable pan beneath the chicken, supported on the ceramic briquettes, the grill plates or on a lower rack. It can make a HUGE mess (depending on the bird) if you don't have a "collector" of some sort. I'll try it your way next time KY.

I have used a lot of dry rubs on the chicken, and often first rub it down with a light coating of olive oil before working in the rub.

[Tarlam!]

That must surely work in an ordinary oven, too?

But tell me, what does the can taste like when it's done??

[Patler]

That must surely work in an ordinary oven, too?

But tell me, what does the can taste like when it's done??

I see no reason why it wouldn't work in a regular oven.

As for the remaining beer in the can, it is usually a greasy, disgusting mess. I've tried to convince friends of the manliness and honor of drinking it (after its cooled down, of course), but haven't had any takers yet!

[BallHawk]

That's weird MJ, I had the exact same image.

[MJZiggy]

See I knew I had fallen over the edge (surprised it took you guys this long to figure it out), but I didn't know you had followed. Welcome to the wonderful world of instability....us=

[the_idle_threat]

Stick the opened can of beer up the chickens ass. (Bretsky's daughter, hide yer eyes).

[KYPack]

One last killer "whole chicken" trick.

Take the whole chicken and put it in your cooking bag.

Pour in a whole bottle of store brand (59 cents type) Italian dressing.

marinate the bird in the bag in the fridge all nite (24 hrs is the best.)

The either leave the bird in the bag and cook it for a couple hours at 400 or so

or

Cook it beer butt style on the grill or in the oven like the previous directions

Don't tell people how you season the bird, they'll never guess the trick!

(important safety tip. Use tongs to pull that hot can of beer out of the bird. It stays real hot forever. Guests will always try to grab it for some reason and burn the hell out of themselves!)