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Originally Posted by OLS
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By the way, the beer can is really a gimmick. If you enjoyed the chicken, you will really enjoy just
cooking whole chickens on the pit on a regular basis. Not that you should STOP doing it with a
can up it's...cavity, but you get nearly the same result without the can.
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I agree with you to some extent on the gimmick part of it, but as you said, it's "
nearly the same same result without the can" .
There are some differences in the cooking & fat run-off when you lay the chicken down versus when it's vertical. But, yeah, the type of beer used, doesn't really make much difference.
I pack my beer cans with lots of chopped garlic and Dave's Insanity Sauce so you get some minor flavor infusion from the steam, plus the smell off the pit with the garlic, smoke and cooking meat is wonderful.
So, is it gimmicky, yup a bit. But it's fun, and it's a great presentation for a crowd, even a small one. That alone can make it worth doing.
