Muscadine smoked beer can chicken

I have an abundance of muscadine vines(basically a wild grape for those up north) - I don't have a comparison to real grape wood, but the smell wafting in through the windows is some kind of
Very compatible with all types of fowl - just a small one as I'm bacheloring it with the GF visiting her mother.
The beef neckbones are for my furry buddies - they tend to get spoiled(well all the time) but a bit extra when she's not home

 

I've heard grape is a good smoker wood. They grow all over the place on the sides of roads up this way. I don't know anyone that has tried it around here either.

 

it's that time of the cook
....stay sober

 

Mmmm that looks good

What kinda beer you got stuck in thar

 

don't release all the secrets at once

 

I don't think beer can chicken really gets any beer flavor unless you cook it over direct heat with a foil barrier -from my experience anyways... so it got a touch of mich ultra the reason I've lost a few bills

 

finished product:

 

Shazam ! That is gorgeous.

 

Shazam, that is gorgeous. Stupid tablet.

 

Sharma, that is gorgeous. Again, stupid tablet.

 

Dang tablets lol

Chicken looks great Basod. Corn looks good too

 

Dang big fingers on stupid little tablets.

 

These tablets are getting so intelligent they can't seem to suppress their exuberant feeelings

 

I can smell that chix up in VT! Do you cover the grill when you cook with the beer can method? And did you put foil over the bird?

 

Lid stays closed unless I'm adding smoke wood/taking pics. Foiling the bird would defeat the smoking process . If you attempt one on a standard grill (without the ability to do indirect heat) then lay foil under the beer can holder, enough foil to prevent flare ups from burning the chicken(think grease gutter) on gas grill and then I'd add a small piece of foil over the breast when it reaches 150F, thighs take a bit longer to reach 175

 

Thanks for the description, I do have a smoker which I've always just used as a direct grill. and not a great one, since it's not primarily designed for that. Appreciate the time you took to explain, and maybe I'll finally use the smoker as it intended to be used.

 

that's what we're here for right?
helping folks burn wood gooder and in this sub-forum learning things to make food moar bettah

 

Food is moar bettah when cooked with wood