Stand Up Chicken

Posted on by July 30, 2013

Stand Up Chicken

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Ingredients

  • 1 1.8 - 2 kg whole chicken
  • vertical chicken roaster (also known as beer can chicken roaster)

Directions

Assemble the vertical chicken roaster.
Stand Up Chicken Roaster
Before you start the barbecue, it is helpful to place the chicken on the chicken roaster and ensure that the chicken will fit on the barbecue with the lid down. Preheat the barbecue to 350 deg F. Roast the chicken over indirect heat (i.e. over a burner with the heat off) with the lid of the barbecue down.
Stand Up Chicken Roaster on the barbecue
Roast until the chicken reaches an internal temperature of 165°. Depending on your barbecue and the size of your chicken, this will take from 60 to 90 minutes. Another test is to pierce the thickest part of the thigh and the juices that come out should be clear.
The drip pan catches the fat and juices instead of them being sacrificed to the bottom of your grill or oven. You might also put a tin foil bake pan under the roaster, since the drip pan can get quite full and may spill when you are removing the chicken. When the chicken is done, remove it from the roaster and leave it for 10 minutes before carving.