Smoked Beer Can Chicken Gas Grill
Sep 20 2018 Beer can chicken is generally smoked but if you have a gas grill you can use a smoker box to achieve that characteristic smokey flavor.
Smoked beer can chicken gas grill. Preheat the smoker or grill to between 225-275 degrees and prepare to cook the chicken on indirect heat. Close the smoker and allow chicken to cook until internal temperature reaches 165 degrees around 2 hours. Position the beer can chicken on your smoker and smoke at 350F for about 1 hour.
If youre using charcoal you. Cover the grill and cook the chicken until the skin is a dark golden brown and very crisp and the meat is cooked through about 180 degrees F on an instant-read meat thermometer inserted. When I lived in Texas my dad used to.
Carefully open the grill there may be some smoke and scrape the cooking grate clean with a grill. Cover and cook until the chicken reaches an internal temperature of 160F at the meaty part of the leg about 45 minutes. Close the lid and barbeque the chicken until no longer pink at.
Mix up all of the ingredients for the spice mix and store in an airtight jar like a. Close lid and cook 8 minutes or until bottoms are browned with sear marks. Place the chicken at the center of the grill on top of the beer can with the chicken legs and beer can holding it up.
Slide the chicken over the can so that the drumsticks reach down to the bottom of the can and the chicken stands upright. Insert the half can of beer into the chickens cavity to make it stand breast side up. Set aside at room temperature.
When the chicken is ready remove it from the pit using heat resistant silivone gloves and let it rest for a few minutes before serving. Preheat gas grill before cooking to medium-high heat or 350-400. Cook for 1 hour.
Lightly grease grill surface and add chicken. Once cooked remove from the heat and place onto a cutting board. Make sure the chicken almost completely covers the beer can.
I used maple wood chips. Stand the chicken up in the center of the hot grate over the drip pan and away from the heat. Add wood chips 2-3 times for the first 70 minutes.
Jun 14 2018 Position the chicken on the low-heat side of the grill using the beer can and legs to keep it sturdy. Can of the beer and then place in the Masterbuilt Smoker at 275 degrees F along with some of your favorite wood chips. Rotate chicken close lid reduce heat to medium and cook 7-10 minutes more or until internal temperature reaches 165.
The moisture continuously bastes the chicken as it cooks slowly over low heat thereby ensuring that the meat wont dry out. To cook using indirect heat. When ready to cook if using a charcoal grill toss all of the wood chips or chunks on the coals.
Place the bird in your smoker and add 3 to 4 wood chunks to hot coals for smoking. Jan 31 2010 Crumble the bay leaves into the beer. Mar 23 2020 Place the chicken standing on the can directly on the preheated grill on the cool side.
Beer can chicken is prepared by inserting a partially filled can of beer into a chickens body cavity prior to grillingor in this case smokingthe meat.
