The idea with beer butt chicken is to have both beer and regular seasonings adding to the chicken's flavor. To start off, about half a can of beer is emptied and then a variety of seasonings are spooned into the can.
Our version of this meal gets three distinct stages of seasonings. The second stage is done by mixing seasonings with butter and applying them underneath the skin, between the skin and the actual chicken meat.
The beer can and seasonings are stuffed up the chicken's backside, which stands the entire chicken upright. The third stage of seasonings are then rubbed over the skin.
And here's our two finished delicious chickens straight out of the oven, crispy, seasoned, and smelling great!
Megan played the local sheriff, while Glen and Cristal were a televangelist couple. Glen even died his hair gray and went for the cheesy bolo tie, while Cristal got the perfect Tammy Faye style hair and makeup.
Here I am with Megan as "Dusty Diamond," good old boy and country karaoke master.
Matt managed to successfully hold both the beer can and the befuddled expression the entire evening.
Joining live via webcast - Jayne as the bar waitress, unwed mother, and all around floozie.
But the chicken wasn't the only thing on the menu of course! For Megan's birthday she wanted to try out some new spices, including something we'd never used before - whole vanilla bean. The bean was used for an amazing layered cake the likes of which we'd never tasted.
Here's Megan slicing open the whole vanilla bean and harvesting the flavorful gunk inside.
The cake had several layers and ended up being a towering masterpiece. Here are the first two layers getting ready to be covered.
Here's all the layers together, along with the recently applied cream cheese frosting.
And here's the final amazing product - insanely rich and layered pumpkin/carrot cake!
