Beer can chicken on the smoker is by far one of the best ways to cook a whole bird. This Sip Bite Go recipe will leave you with a juicy BBQ chicken with crispy skin and a smoky flavor that’s simply to die for. Grab your six pack, a bird and let’s get smoking! | sipbitego.com
Prep Time10 minutesmins
Cook Time1 hourhr30 minutesmins
Total Time1 hourhr40 minutesmins
Course: Dinner, Main Course, Main Dish
Cuisine: American, BBQ
Diet: Gluten Free
Keyword: Beer Can Chicken Smoker, Pellet Smoker Beer Can Chicken, Smoked Beer Can Chicken, Traeger Beer Can Chicken
Preheat Traeger Grills or Pitt Boss or whatever pellet grill you’re using to 325 degrees F.
Prep whole chicken for smoking. Remove chicken from the bag, remove any extra bones or parts that might be inside, and pat dry the whole chicken with a paper towel.
Season the whole chicken by rubbing olive oil all over. Then season all over with BBQ rub, massaging it generously into the bird, get all the little areas like behind all limbs, like it’s on a spa vacation in Maui, receiving a pampering massage by the beach in a cabana. No spot should go untouched with seasoning... you read that right. Actually, go ahead and toss a little inside the bird cavity to season everything!
Place the whole chicken on top of the can of beer, with half the amount of beer in it, and make sure the chicken breast side is pointing up.
Smoke beer can chicken for 1 hour at 325 degrees F.
Brush partially smoked whole chicken with BBQ sauce, all over. (Insert a thermometer probe into the thickest part of the chicken thigh, if you haven’t at this time.)
Continue smoking beer can chicken until done to an internal temperature of 165 degrees F. (Sometimes we take it off once it’s hit at least 160 degrees F, with the mindset that it will come up to 165 degrees F, but you always want to check that it’s reached the safe chicken temperature to eat it.)