Beer Can Chicken | Smoked Beer Can Chicken Recipe Malcom Reed HowToBBQRight

Beer Can Chicken | Smoked Beer Can Chicken Recipe

Here’s what you’ll need for this Beer Can Chicken recipe:

- 1 Whole Chicken (raw of course)
- 1 can of Beer (cheaper the better)
- All Purpose Seasoning *recipe to follow

First you’ll need to remove the chicken from the packaging. Most chickens are packed with giblets so remove these from the cavity. Rinse the bird under cool water and pat dry.

Spray the outside of the skin with a light coating of Vegetable cooking spray and sprinkle All Purpose rub on the outside.

All Purpose Beer Can Chicken Rub

- 1 cup Salt
- ½ cup Granulated Garlic
- ¼ cup Black Pepper
- 1 tsp Parsley (dried)
- 1 tsp Oregano (dried)

Mix the ingredients in a bowl and store in an airtight container. This recipe makes enough for several Beer Can Chickens.

To inject the Beer Can Chicken hit each breast 3 or 4 times just off the breast bone. Move the needle to the lower side of the Beer Can Chicken breast and pump injection down the bottom side. Move down to the Beer Can Chicken legs and stick it a couple times and then go in through each thigh.

You’ll need a 12oz can of beer to hold the Beer Can Chicken. Pour out (or drink) about ¼ of the beer and open up the top a little so steam can escape.

I found a vertical chicken rack that holds a 12oz can perfectly and it gives the Beer Can Chicken a little more support which keeps it from tipping over. It can be a little challenging to balance the chicken on just the can, so you may want to invest in rack.

Once the Beer Can Chicken is sitting on the can, it’s ready to go on the smoker. The cooking temperature I use for smoked chicken is 300 degrees. Set your smoker or grill up for indirect cooking and add a couple chunks of fruit wood for flavor.

Once the smoker is running at 300 degrees, place the beer can chicken on the pit and close the lid. It will take about 2 hours depending on the size of the chicken.

Beer Can Chicken is done when it hits 175 in the thigh and 165 in the breast. You’ll want to be sure to check both areas before removing it from the smoker.

This Beer Can Chicken took 2 hours to reach final temperature and when the thighs were close I moved the probe to the breast just to confirm that it was ready.

Carefully remove the Beer Can Chicken from the smoker and let it rest for at least 10 minutes before cutting into it.

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[sharqtalk]

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[crempster]

I wondering why the hell anybody would give this a thumbs down?I mean I have made this several times and it’s delicious.The guy takes time out of his day to show some of us rookies how to cook and he gets thumbs down.Just keep doing what your doing Malcom.Im enjoying your videos.

[tonyboneize]

This might sound weird but as I've watched ALOT Of your videos I've noticed you are really good and shaking the seasonings on your meat!!!

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I like that u explain things in detail

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[shtevcorpse]

Thanks man. As a complete beginner with no idea what I was doing, I followed your method and just cooked the best tasting chicken I've ever done. Tip top!

[skerfan]

I'm a newb smoker and did a whole chicken a few weeks back and found the skin to be super rubbery. Thanks for clearing up why that was. I smoked it at to low of a temp. Your videos have helped me out a

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You are the best on the net man. I use all of your recipes all year long. Friends and extended family love it. I bring the smoked turkey to thanksgiving every year and it's a jaw dropper. Thanks for the good times.

[rubyk]

I did this recipe today I'm my masterbuilt smoker. Wow it came out spectacular. The skin was perfect and Smokey.

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Great video!. I am a little bummed that this video was so far down on the recommend, maybe because of the age, but this is far better that all of the videos I have watched.

[KILLAKAYONE]

Sir. Thank you. my Chicken was a HUGE hit this 4th of July. I followed your recipe 100% and it was amazing

[fritogranito]

Many thanks for this. I bought my first smoker and did this recipe today as my first on it. Unbelievably good.