Beer Can Chicken

One of my favorite easy cooks.  The name of this just sounds cool.  The whole idea is that beer gets to boiling and steams the meat from the inside out, while the heat from the grill is cooking from the outside.  I've been told you can use wine as well, however I have never tried it....maybe next time.

• Get one whole chicken, remove insides, rinse off and pat dry
• Apply olive oil and rub
• Get a can of beer, drink half of it and insert it in your 'beer can chicken holder'
• You can also put rub in the beer which helps a lot
• Set chicken on beer where the whole can is literally inside of the body cavity of the bird
• Pull when internal temp reaches about 160, usually takes about an hour cooking in the 400 degree range.

*Using a drip pan can be helpful, lined with foil for easy clean up.  Toss the can and foil, clean off the wire can holder and you're done!

Here is a picture of the chicken after I pulled it off the can: