First Cook - Natty Light Chicken

dgroce10 · January 2014

I finally got to cook on my LBGE today for the first time. I wanted to try Spatchcock Chicken, but need to get either poultry shears or a sharper knife, so I went for the Beer Butt Chicken recipe on the BGE website.

I used Dizzy Dust rub and a Natty Light tall boy (I'll use a 12 ounce next time) in the bird. Had a little trouble getting the temperature just right, but I'm assuming practice makes perfect. I thought I had it stabilized at 350 when I went to prepare the chicken - when I came back, it was at 500. That slowed me down a little...

I had the bird on the grate for 20 minutes at 350-375, spraying the beer mixture on occasionally, then I moved it to the drip pan and cooked for another hour until the thigh hit 170. I sprayed about four times, until the spray bottle was empty.

She's wrapped in foil in the cooler now until dinner time - but it sure was fun! Hoping the taste reflects the effort!

Thanks for all of the help thus far.