Beginning with legendary beer-can chicken-born on the barbecue circuit, it's the perfect bird, crackly crisp outside, succulent within, and bursting with flavors-here are dozens of good-time recipes, variations, and techniques, each with a "Wow!" factor. Wow! is grilling a whole fish in a salt crust, searing steak right on the embers, threading swordfish on lemongrass stalks-and cooking every manner of fowl over every type of can and liquid. Includes clear, easy-to-follow directions, plus sauces, rubs and notes on equipment.

Preface: Can-Do GrillingIntroduction: The Offbeat GrillGetting StartedEquipmentPutting it All Together: Frequently Asked Questions About Beer-Can ChickenA Note About Basic IngredientsBeer-Can ChickenBasic Beer-Can Chicken, Brewmeister’s Chicken, Chicken Carbonnade, Brined Big Boy, Cousin Rob’s Cajun Chicken, Beer-Can Tandoori, "Peking" Beer-Can Chicken, Chicken Aquavit, Vietnamese Lacquered Chicken, Truffled Chicken, Chicken Retsina, Sake ChickenBeerless BirdsCola-Can Chicken, Ginger Ale Chicken, Cel-Ray Chicken, Black Cherry Soda Chicken, Peach Nectar Chicken, Cranberry Chicken, Lemonade Chicken, Thai Coconut Chicken, Iced Tea ChickenOther Birds Meet the CanPineapple Juice Quail, Quail on a Throne, Partridge on a Pear Can, Beer-Can Game Hens, Root Beer Game Hens, Duckling “à l’Orange,” Peking Duck, Beer-Can TurkeyBirds Off the CanWelder’s Chicken, “Stoned” Chicken, Game Hens Under Bricks, Toad Chicken, Diabolical ChickenOn the SideGrilled Artichokes, Corn Roasted in the Husk, “Caviar” on the Coals, Grilled Horn Peppers, Pepper Soup on the Grill, Potatoes in the Embers, Hash on the Half Shell, Red, White, and Blue Potato SaladJust DessertsGrilled Pound Cake, “Glazed Doughnuts,” Peaches ‘n’ Cream, Coconut Custard in Coconut Shells, Baked Hawaii, Grilled Fruit SmoothieConversion TablesIndex