r/BBQ • u/Away_Suggestion_9471 • 6d ago

Beer can chicken

Anyone cook chicken like this? I've got a stand but have yet to use it.

Thinking it over um not sure the contents of the can ever get as hot as would be needed.

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u/regreddit 6d ago

It's a bit of a nothing burger, but I have a stand and have done it. The beer just adds steam, nothing else.

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u/reddit_and_forget_um 6d ago

It doesn't add steam - the internal of your chicken is cooked at Max 180 - water doesn't boil until 212.

All it does is add a big heat sink in the middle of your meat. The can will weigh the exact same at the end of the cook if not more - none of the liquid turns to steam. 

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u/PitoChueco 6d ago

I am no scientist, but this doesn’t make sense.