What is up y’all?? IT IS TIME!!!! I have spent a long time now grilling and smoking meat. Now I want to share it with the world. Today I’ll share one of my favorite recipes for the Best Beer Can Smoked Chicken and man it is delicious. All you need for this is a whole chicken, your smoker, a great rub recipe (provided below), your beer of choice and passion for smoking. The best part of smoking or grilling meat is the satisfaction you get from the smiles on the faces of the folks you’re feeding. This smoked chicken seems to get devoured within minutes…so be sure to smoke a few chickens at a time so you can feed your crowd. Let’s get started….

Beer Can Smoked Chicken Rub

For this recipe, we start with a whole chicken, a blend of spices to create the perfect smoked chicken rub. If you want, you can even consider a smoked chicken brine the night before to add extra flavor to the chicken, but this does require extra planning in advance of smoking. For this post we just stuck with the traditional smoked chicken rub and olive oil.

After seasoning the chicken, you can start to prepare your smoker. I used the Minion Method for smoking since it’s cold here in Ohio!!

Smoked Whole Chicken Recipe

Once your smoker is ready to go, simply place your beer can in the center of the smoker and then lower your chicken on top of it so that it’s standing upright. The chicken will smoke like this for4+ hours or until the internal temperature reaches 165 degrees (in the thickest part of the bird).

Keep your smoking temperature around 225 degrees for the duration of the smoking period. Check your chicken around the 2 1/2 hour mark to see how it’s doing.

Once your bird is cooked (haha), pull it off the smoker and let rest for about 10 minutes. Then slice it up and enjoy!! Hopefully we’ve shown you the easy way on how to make a smoked chicken and you fall in love with our favorite smoked chicken rub using brown sugar. This is an easy first recipe for those new to smoking! We highly recommend slicing up your smoked chicken and storing the extras in the freezer for other dinner recipe ideas. More to come soon!