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    Good Food

    Beer-Can Chicken

    Grilling god Steven Raichlen knows barbecue. He enjoys experimenting with flavors, tools, rubs, and sauces, thereby taking American barbecue to new heights. One of his creations is cooking a whole chicken on a grill with beer. He shares this sizzling recipe on his Barbecue Bible blog.

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    By Evan Kleiman • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Grilling god Steven Raichlen knows barbecue. He enjoys experimenting with flavors, tools, rubs, and sauces, thereby taking American barbecue to new heights. One of his creations is cooking a whole chicken on a grill with beer. He shares this sizzling recipe on his Barbecue Bible blog. You even can study grilling under the master at his Barbecue University.

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    3 of 9
    Hats of Meat; Hot Dogs; Beer-Can Chicken; Italian Eating
    1. 1:00The Market Report
    2. 8:00Antojitos
    3. 13:00Beer-Can ChickenYou’re reading this
    4. 20:00Hats of Meat
    5. 26:00Hot Dogs
    6. 31:00A Moveable Thirst
    7. 38:00Italian Eating
    8. 45:00Healthy Eating and the Poor
    9. 52:00MILK
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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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      Bob Carlson

      host and producer, 'UnFictional'

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      Jennifer Ferro

      Jennifer Ferro, President, KCRW, Los Angeles

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      Thea Chaloner

      Supervising Producer, Good Food

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    The full episode

    3 of 9
    Hats of Meat; Hot Dogs; Beer-Can Chicken; Italian Eating
    1. 1:00The Market Report
    2. 8:00Antojitos
    3. 13:00Beer-Can ChickenYou’re reading this
    4. 20:00Hats of Meat
    5. 26:00Hot Dogs
    6. 31:00A Moveable Thirst
    7. 38:00Italian Eating
    8. 45:00Healthy Eating and the Poor
    9. 52:00MILK
    Back to Good Food