Beer Can Chicken!!! August 19, 2006
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About everyone here in Colorado loves to BBQ, which is a good thing, because so do I! Before we moved here, I remember seeing a grill at Sam’s club called the Brinkman Dual Zone Pro grill. It is only available at Sam’s club. It is pure charcoal, no gas, and it has dual heat zones that are controlled by adjusting the height of the charcoal closer or farther from the grill surface using hand cranks. Very simple, but very effective.
I never thought I’d actually be able to use one of these, until we came to Colorado, and I mentioned it to Keith. Until this point, Keith was a firm believer that he didn’t need too much surface area for the size of his family, and that the mess of charcoal was not worth the added flavor. However, being the salesman that I am, I was able to convince him otherwise…
Keith and Tammy wanted to check out Sam’s club anyway because it is closer to their house than Costco is. While we were there, I happened to walk him over to the charcoal section, and it took all of 5 minutes to convince him to go half with me and get it. These babies sell themselves!
To our dismay, we found out that we had to “cure” the grill first, so were were not able to use it right away.
However, before I left for my Vegas trip, I decided to try something I’ve never tried before on the grill: Beer Can Chicken!
You can see the documentation of the experiment in the picture gallery. However, we did not take any pictures of the end result. Why? Well, even though it was supposed to take only 1.5 to 2 hours, it ended up taking about 4 hours! We ended up eating sausage instead. Good thing we had it! I misjudged the heat necessary to get the thing going, and it was an endless spiral of throwing more coals on and chasing the heat. Oh well, I guess now I know, and Jody, Keith, and his family are willing to try again!
