CONTENTS
Preface: Can-Do Grilling
Introduction: The Offbeat Grill
Getting Started
Equipment
Putting It All Together: Frequently Asked Questions About Beer-Can Chicken
A Note About Basic Ingredients
Beer-Can Chicken
Basic Beer-Can Chicken
Brewmeister’s Chicken
Chicken Carbonnade
Brined Big Boy
Cousin Rob’s Cajun Chicken
Beer-Can Tandoori
Beijing Chicken
Chicken Aquavit
Lacquered Saigon Chicken
Truffled Chicken
Chicken Retsina
Sake Chicken
Beerless Birds
Cola-Can Chicken
Ginger Ale Chicken
Cel-Ray Chicken
Black Cherry Soda Chicken
Peach Nectar Chicken
Pilgrim Chicken
Lemonade Chicken
Thai Coconut Chicken
Iced Tea Chicken
Other Birds Meet the Can
Pineapple 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 Turkey
Birds off the Can
Welder’s Chicken
“Stoned” Chicken
Game Hens Under Bricks
Toad-Style Chicken
Diabolical Chicken
Offbeat Meat
Dirty Steaks
Hay-Smoked Steaks
Sugar-Grilled Steaks
Ruby’s Brisket
“Doughnut” Burgers
Cardiologist’s Nightmare
Fish out of Water
Rosemary-Tuna Fish Sticks
Mahimahi on Sugarcane
Spicy Thai Swordfish Sticks
Running Amok
Fish Grilled on a Board
Whole Fish in a Salt Crust
Mussels Grilled with Pine Needles
Barbecued Clams
On the Side
Grilled Artichokes
Kielbasa-Barbecued Cabbage
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 Salad
You Can Grill What?
Sesame-Grilled Nori
Wacky Rumaki
Prosciutto-Grilled Prunes
Salsa on the Coals
Grilled Provolone
Saganaki
Camembert on a Plank
Mozzarella “S’mores”
Grilled Eggs
Grill Master’s Breakfast
Rotisserie-Grilled Garlic Rolls
Barbecued Tofu
Just Desserts
Grilled Pound Cake
“Glazed Doughnuts”
Peaches ’n’ Cream
Coconut Custard in Coconut Shells
Baked Hawaii
Grilled Fruit Smoothie
Mail-Order Sources
Conversion Tables
Index