Beer Can Chicken

Ingredients

• 4 lbs roasting chickens
• 355 ml beer, of your choice
• 2 tablespoons salt
• 1 teaspoon black pepper
• 3 tablespoons dry rub seasonings, your favorite
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil

Directions

1. 1

   Remove neck and giblets & discard.

2. 2

   Rinse chicken inside and out, pat dry with paper towels.

3. 3

   Rub chicken lightly with oil then rub inside and out with salt, pepper and dry rub.

4. 4

   Set aside.

5. 5

   Open beer can and take several gulps until can is 3/4 to half full.

6. 6

   Pleace beer can on a solid surface.

7. 7

   Grabbing a chicken leg in each hand, plunk the bird cavity over the beer can.

8. 8

   Transfer the bird-on-a-can to your grill and place in the centre of the grate, balacing the bird on it'S two legs and the can like a tripod.

9. 9

   Cook chicken over medium-high, indirect heat (i.e. no coals or burners on directly unde the bird), with the grill cover on for approximately 1 1/4 hours or until the internal temperature registers 165 F in the breast area and 180 F in the thigh or until the thigh juice runs clear when stabbed with a sharp knife.

10. 10

    Remove from grill and let rest for10 minutes before carving.