Beer Can Chicken

gtr · 02-06-2011, 12:18 AM

There was a thread about Adam Perry Lang a while back, and it inspired me to get his "Serious Barbecue" book. The title is totally accurate. I decided to start with the beer can chicken recipe. It has an orange marmalade glaze & part of the recipe involves mixing herbs, evoo & lemon zest, pouring it on the cutting board, & cutting the chicken & dragging it through the mixture - cool idea! My photo skills ain't all that so bear with me.

First, here's a homemade Italian sausage fatty in the process of being destroyed by my son & I. I used a sample pack of Tasty Licks rub & it was really good:

Here are the chickens waiting for the rest of dinner:

Here's one of the chix cut up & sprinkled with fleur de sel along with some homemade applesauce (also from the APL book) and some greens and squash that my lovely wife made:

Since it was a short-ish cook & I didn't need to sleep I didn't use my serpentine charcoal basket. The entire cook was straight stick burning with apple & I gotta say I enjoyed it immensely. I've had my Klose for about a year and I love it more each time I use it. I'm amazed at how once the cooker is up to heat, how little it takes to keep it there. I ran it at 300 and it had no problem staying there. Thanks to the advice of the Brethren, I had the intake and exhaust wide open the whole time & kept an eye on the size of the fire - preheated the splits on the firebox & left the door open after adding a log. I had sweet blue for the whole cook. A great meal and a great day with my family & loved ones. Thanks for looking!

Garyclaw · 02-06-2011, 05:11 AM

Beautiful looking meal. Chicken looks devine!

ShutYrMouth · 02-06-2011, 05:24 AM

looking great man.
salad looks killer too!
nice farkin work brotha

southernsmoker · 02-06-2011, 05:42 AM

Nice looking spread..

smokeyw · 02-06-2011, 06:44 AM

Good looking meal!!
You are absolutely right about that book. I have it and refer to it often. It has some great recipes and advice. I would wager to say it is the best and most useful barbecue book I have

02-06-2011, 12:18 AM	#1
gtr somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 10-16-10 Location: Culver City, CA	Beer Can Chicken There was a thread about Adam Perry Lang a while back, and it inspired me to get his "Serious Barbecue" book. The title is totally accurate. I decided to start with the beer can chicken recipe. It has an orange marmalade glaze & part of the recipe involves mixing herbs, evoo & lemon zest, pouring it on the cutting board, & cutting the chicken & dragging it through the mixture - cool idea! My photo skills ain't all that so bear with me. First, here's a homemade Italian sausage fatty in the process of being destroyed by my son & I. I used a sample pack of Tasty Licks rub & it was really good: Here are the chickens waiting for the rest of dinner: Here's one of the chix cut up & sprinkled with fleur de sel along with some homemade applesauce (also from the APL book) and some greens and squash that my lovely wife made: Since it was a short-ish cook & I didn't need to sleep I didn't use my serpentine charcoal basket. The entire cook was straight stick burning with apple & I gotta say I enjoyed it immensely. I've had my Klose for about a year and I love it more each time I use it. I'm amazed at how once the cooker is up to heat, how little it takes to keep it there. I ran it at 300 and it had no problem staying there. Thanks to the advice of the Brethren, I had the intake and exhaust wide open the whole time & kept an eye on the size of the fire - preheated the splits on the firebox & left the door open after adding a log. I had sweet blue for the whole cook. A great meal and a great day with my family & loved ones. Thanks for looking! __________________ 50" Klose BYC, Spitjack XB85, 22.5 WSM, Backwoods Chubby, UDS, WRK, 26" & 22.5" Weber Kettles, Jumbo Joe, WGA, WSJ/MUDS, Kanka Grill, a piece of expanded metal I throw over the fire pit sometimes, Stealthy Black & Vol Orange Thermapens Displaced East Tennesseean Proud recipient of a Tick Former outlaw MOINK baller, now IMBAS Certified, but still lookin' over my shoulder. "Relax, it's only BBQ." - Bigmista, 2013 "Don't worry about playing a lot of notes. Just find one pretty one." - Miles Davis Avatar by my son! WTFWGALD?

02-06-2011, 05:11 AM	#2
Garyclaw Babbling Farker Join Date: 08-05-09 Location: NE OH-IO	Beautiful looking meal. Chicken looks devine! __________________ Gary ____________________________________ Big BarBChef built in to the Outdoor Kitchen, 2 Weber kettles, 1 UDS, Little Chief Electric, 2 Propane Fish Cookers/Turkey Fryers, a swinging grate over my [COLOR=red]Fire pit,[/COLOR][COLOR=black] Big Pig Cooker, SJS, Big Easy Oil Less. Blackstone Pizza Oven[/COLOR] "Nice talkin' to ya" :yo:

02-06-2011, 05:24 AM	#3
ShutYrMouth Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 01-01-10 Location: Columbus Oh	looking great man. salad looks killer too! nice farkin work brotha __________________ SHUT YR MOUTH BBQ TEAM DP Fat 50 Stumps Stretch WSM 22.5' Weber Kettle

02-06-2011, 05:42 AM	#4
southernsmoker is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 04-14-08 Location: NS, Canada Name/Nickname : JO	Nice looking spread.. __________________ Southern Smoker-Northern Division! Lang 84D Longneck Cookshacks Gone brick n mortar :crazy:

02-06-2011, 06:44 AM	#5
smokeyw is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 01-03-11 Location: Smithfield, North Carolina	Good looking meal!! You are absolutely right about that book. I have it and refer to it often. It has some great recipes and advice. I would wager to say it is the best and most useful barbecue book I have __________________ Fired Up Smokers KCBS Team, Smokey W's Pit Que NCPC Team / 2011 NCPC Whole Hog State Champion