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Natty Boh Beer Can Chicken

JJT — Sun, 10 May 2009 02:41:05 +0000

After enjoying the sunny. warm, rain-free weather today, I decided to fire up the grill. As opposed to going the route of charring up some tasty bovine flesh, I opted for chicken instead. Thank you to the Becky and her gift of the Barbecue Bible.

The beer can chicken is really quite simple. Get yourself a 4-5 pound chicken, a can of beer, and place the chicken on the beer. You take out about an inch of the beer out of the can, and you poke some additional holes in the can. If you are using a charcoal grill, you set the chicken in the center of the grill using indirect heat. Make sure to add some good wood chips to your coals, and you have the makings of beer can chicken. Cook for 2 hours, and enjoy. A variation of the recipe in the Barbecue Bible is found here.

Here is what the finished product looks like:

For the beer, I opted to use our formerly local brew, National Bohemian. For a rub, I went with a store brought variation, but I am going to try my hand at a another recipe from Steve Raichlen next time. I also wonder if brining the chicken would make a different in its flavor.

I can only say the chicken is very tender and moist, practically falling off the bone. Depending on your rub, the chicken will have a tasty flavor to it. The beer can chicken is something any serious griller has to do.

Catharsis

JJT — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:11:01 +0000

As another week ends and a new one begins, I find that my weekend was absorbed with work. Again. Some unexpected outages and a planned outage wound up taking up most of my time yesterday. For some strange reason, the last two weeks have been full of too much work. Today was delightfully uncomplicated by work, but I still had a conference call to take care of this afternoon. Once that was done, the CrackBerry was silent for most of the day. For that, I am most appreciative.
The new grill cover for my Weber is (finally) on its way from Amazon. I need to plan a large end-of-summer cookout, so look for that to happen soon.
I am finally done with the work on my nephew’s laptop. I had to rebuild his laptop based on his hard drive going bad. Fortunately, when I bought the laptop I bought the three-year warranty for parts. Thus, his hard drive was replaced for free. I spent most of the week reinstalling programs and such. His AC adapter was also malfunctioning, and I also am getting a replacement part shipped out for that. I have a new found appreciation for the online chat for Dell Technical Support. It makes getting replacement parts so much easier.
I updated the blog (and some other blogs) to WordPress 2.6. All is well on that front, and there are some nice management tweaks that have been done. Take a look at “Plugins” compared to WordPress 2.5.x.

Mmm…Barbecue!

JJT — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 02:19:58 +0000

As I finally finished The Andromeda Strain,* I can now turn my attention to one of the great reasons for this time of year. Yes, indeed, it is time to immerse myself in barbecue. Specifically, thanks to the largesse of NPR Junky, I am now reading through The Barbecue! Bible by Steven Raichlen.

In the words of the immortal Homer J. Simpson, “Mmmm…..BBQ“

Firing Up the Grill

JJT — Mon, 26 May 2008 16:53:55 +0000

On this Memorial Day, I am probably going to do the time-honored tradition of man bonding with fire, charcoal, and meat. Like most men, I feel the clarion call of the grill, beckoning me to partake in the annual practice. I am going to fire up the Weber for some burgers, dogs, and maybe some sausage.

In the interest of being friendly, any local friends and fellow bloggers who care to enjoy some grilled foods, I will probably get things started around 6 PM today. Drop me an email or phone call, but I will need to get some dogs and sausages, some cheese, and some beer.

For others, Happy Memorial Day! Here’s hoping you are enjoying it with friends, family, and others.