This is probably a remarkably stupid question, but cannot see the answer earlier up the thread - beer can chicken - open the can before b@ggering the chicken with it, or let it !"pop" naturally from the heat?
Opening the can first as suggested by Coff is the method utilised by his "sort".
REAL chaps stoke the charcoal to furnace like proportions by borrowing an implement known as a hair dryer from a lady (or male if the male is under 25 years old) and directing the jet upwards through the vents of the orb. The bu@@ered chook is popped on top with the can unopened.
It is then the done thing to invite the less popular guests to congregate around the orb to chat and mingle. Ensure you gain the help of one of them to hold the hair dryer. Cleverly excuse yourself and await the inevitable.
The lady of the house will be distinctly unimpressed and you will be banished indoors with your laughing friends to "Keep out of the way and grow up!"
Indoors is where the beer fridge.
Trust me, I was a Gunner
