Beer can chicken!

My father in law makes one heck of a good chicken on the barbeque, so we thought we'd give it a try for ourselves, the process involves shoving a half-full can of beer up the unsuspecting fowl's rear end. If you plan to try this, I would advise that you buy a bird prepared at the store (the live ones tend to peck at you when you try to get the can near their tushes... Just kidding, they love it!....

I took the 'stuff' out of the birds cavity, rinsed the bird with cold water inside and out and applied some salt, pepper, poultry seasonng and rosemary to the outside of the bird (and a little inside) then I drank half of the beer . I put a few seasonings in with the beer just in case that might help ad flavour. Then I put the beer can into this rack and crammed the bird over the can, it was hard work... Most recipes call for a 3-4 pund bird, this one was 4.5 punds, and I can't imagine getting a can into a smaller bird... I fired up the grill, pre-heated it, and got the bird situated. 10 minutes later I went to scheck on it and there was no propane left (having only used the grill one other time before this I was confused, but the incompetant folks at the gas station or who fill up the tanks must have missed one....) So I fired up the oven and let er rip. THe bird was done right before I had to go to band practice, so I didn't get a chance to try it yet, but you can bet it'll be my lunch today!!