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Beer can Chicken
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NewEgg Head
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I am a new user of the Egg Head. My question: I made 2 beer butt chickens each on a ceramic roaster. Cooked until meat temprature was 180 degrees. The chicken was fantastic, however the legs did not seem to fully cook. Any suggestions or insight as to why this would happen?
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Skip the beer and flip the bird a la Little Steven.
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when you say the legs did not fully cook. . .did you check their temps?....often times legs cooked on the egg will take on a pink color and they are very moist, but they are still fully cooked. . .so long as they hit 180 degrees internal temp they are done ...and the beer can method has nothing to do with this .. .it can happen on spatchcocked bird as well ...
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Check this out: http://www.nakedwhiz.com/beercanchicken.htm
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Welcome to the forum.
According to USDA chicken/turkey is cooked when the temperature reaches 165° for the entire bird. Here are a couple of references.
Know When Your Food is Done
USDA How Temperature Affects Food
There is a lot of reference to bloody chicken. This article helps describe some of the reasons why.
Bloody Chicken
Here is a page with some FAQ's, Egg tips and useful information http://www.eggheadforum.com/index.php?option=com_simpleboard&Itemid=112&func=view&catid=1&id=901811#901811
Personally, I don't see any advantage to cooking beer can chicken or other than the ability to get more birds on the grid.
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Kent,
This looks like some excellent info. Good links. Thanks. -
NewEgg Head,
Not sure but if you used a ceramic roater it could have acted as an indirect piece and shielded the legs from the radiant heat.
SteveSteve
Caledon, ON
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I always take the temp in the thigh or the leg because the breast always cooks faster.
I've made a lot of beer can chickens and always thought they were great but then i read this last night (http://www.nakedwhiz.com/beercanchicken.htm) and maybe its just been the egg all along and not the beer.
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