Beer Can Chicken on the Kettle.

I needed to break in, the Kettle, I just got from CL, so I hit the local supermarket, in search of what to do. I came across a sale, for whole chickens, for .59 cents a pound, so I picked up 2, so I can try out, my latest John Henry Rub. The birds weighed about 4.5 #'s each.




The new addition to the family.


The Rub....

I then stop at Home Depot, for some drip pans and while in the store, I see they have the new Kingsford "Competition" charcoal. So, I pick up 2 bags to it a test drive.


I get home and get the kettle ready, start to prep. the birds, get the chimney started and all the ingredients together.




I put a bit of EVOO on the birds and then liberally applied the Texas Chicken Tickler rub.


Propped the birds and the beer cans, on the holders, poured some of the rub, into the beer, added a handful of Mesquite chips, to the charcoal,and we were ready to put the chickens, on the grill. Wedged a piece of onion, on top, to help keep the steam of the beer. Every 25 minutes or so, I sprayed them with a mix of OJ, white cooking wine, and melted butter.


After about a 1 hour and 15 min. I tested the thigh with the Superbly Fast Red Thermapen and got an internal temp. of 185 degrees.


I took them off, foiled them and let them rest for about 15 min. Then carved them up.



Very flavorful, good color, good taste of mesquite, very juicy. I likey the Texas Chicken Tickler rub.

HeSmellsLikeSmoke said:

I couldn't help but notice the RED (Thermapen) WHITE (Meat) and BLUE (Kettle) theme you had going there. :biggrin:

Those birds look excellent and very juicy. I would call that a perfect maiden voyage.

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Subliminal message, thanks for pointing it out.

hav said:

Yeah, along with a pack of Smarties?!?

Very nice looking birds, you should use one for soup and send me some!

I like your new kettle too.

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Still can't shake my addiction to "smarties", specially the sweet tart ones. Hopefully, will get to make a Jambalaya, with the what was left. Next time, I will cook, freeze, vacuum seal and send you a bird.:wink:

Big George's BBQ said:

Looks great. Did you like the Kingsford

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The two things that I noticed was, that it last longer, than the regular kingsford and it burns very clean, less of the charcoal smell, than the regular.
Just hope the price comes down a bit $8.99 for 12# bag.

garyk1398 said:

Nice ladies Max! Their colors were oustanding!

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Thanks. But your ladies (in your avatar), now that's nice!:-D