So far we've used the roaster with dark brown beer and Sangria wine. Both chickens turned out delicious with crispy outsides and moist (even the breast) insides. We cooked the birds to an internal temp of 180 degrees (at the deepest part of the thigh). The beer "roaster" was cooked at 400 (came out the crispest) and the Sangria "roaster" was cooked at 350, on a gas grill, cover down, as per the instuctions included with the product (watch those wings!). We turned the tray 180 degrees every 30 minutes until done. Our next venture is with unsweetened apple juice (made from frozen concentrate). I guess it goes without saying, we love this Camerons cooking device! P.S...we also cooked baked potatoes on the device while roasting the hens, which were also delicious.
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I've only used it once, but it worked great. The stainless steel is a fairly heavy guage metal so it should last awhile. The "can" which the chicken sits on is not the size of a beer can. It is a stainless cylinder 2" in diameter and almost 5" tall. The pan is 11" in diameter and the cylinder screws onto the pan.
It is easy to use and easy to clean. The potato spikes are easily removeable, yet will securely hold the spuds on the pan.
It works as advertised and contains all the liquid which drips off the chicken, keeping the fat out of your BBQ and preventing flare-ups.
I had never done a "beer-can" chicken before. My first try turned out wonderful. This item really made it easy. I haven't tried, but I do believe it would hold a small to medium-sized turkey or duck.
Before you buy, make sure it will fit into your BBQ and allow you to close the lid. I assumed it would fit into mine. It amost does, but the lid is cracked open just a tiny bit. No problem getting the chicken cooked, but if your BBQ is a little on the small size, it might present a real issue, so measure before you order.
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Many comments about beer-can chicken recipes mention how dangerous beer-can roasting can be. Lifting a can of hot beer off the grill with a chicken sitting on it can even cause an explosion of liquid and fat! Others mention that fat drips into the coals. The Camerons Chicken Beeroaster Deluxe takes care of those difficulties nicely. Lifting this item off the grill is no more difficult than lifting a hot pan out of the oven. In addition, there is no danger of possible contamination from an aluminum can inside the chicken, as the liquid of choice is poured into a stainless receptacle in the center of the roaster. The spikes for adding potatoes (or other?) for concurrent roasting is a nice additional touch.
In case you might wonder, many other liquids can be used in this type of roasting besides beer. Cider, juices, cola or soda of many flavors, ale, spiced broth each would add a distinct and unique flavor to the finished roasted chicken. Here is a link to a nifty cookbook for more suggestions: Beer-Can Chicken: And 74 Other Offbeat Recipes for the Grill
I bought several of these to give as Christmas presents for my grill-loving sons, and they are a real hit. I'm back today to get another one for one son who complains that the chicken he made on his Beeroaster was so good that he needed to be able to make more at a time. Very nice item; highly recommended.
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I really like this. It's very sturdy, easy to carry without the fear of dumping the chicken on the way in from the grill. I've used the potato/vegetable attachment, but have these humongous potatoes from Costco and I keep putting them in too late to be done when the chicken is. On clean up, there is usually a pretty good greasy mess in the pan. And I'm glad it's not in the grill. So I would never put any vegetables in the pan.
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While contemplating a considerably less substantial vertical roaster, I ran across this one and after trying it I really appreciate the way the chicken turns out and the fat drips out of the bird however, it goes down into the area where the veggies are cooking and defeats the whole purpose. This can be somewhat remedied by draining the fat and placing the vegetables in the pan toward the end of the chicken's cooking time, removing the chicken when it's done and returning the pan to the oven to finish cooking the veggies.
Additionally, I am really disappointed that no matter what I place in the resevoir, no additional flavor is infused into the chicken.
