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Which is best to stick up its arse. Beer or Coca Cola? Someone has even mentioned Fanta.

Bloke I worked with in the States was adamant that you stick a can of beer up the Thanksgiving Turkeys arse. Left me with a mental image that has never left me.

I do beer can

Isn't beer can Jamaican patois for bacon?

Lager is best but cider also works, we often have beer can chicken.

Cherry cola

You’ll only confuse the Geordies.

So does it have to be a big can or a ‘normal’ sized can. Does size matter?

I use 330ml cans, it depends on the size of the chicken.

To be honest, I'm not entirely sure it makes much difference. chicken usually comes off the smoker moist regardless.

if you are doing in BBQ and probing with a thermometer to see if it's done, make sure you get the bit between one breast and thigh in your probing

Either size will do but drink at least half the beer first, or it won’t boil and you’ve wasted a can of beer.

Personally I think it is a bit of a gimmick but if you must do it be sure to put some sunglasses on her when she’s done.

Kinky.

Fuck that. cut out it's spine and flatten it out. Even's out cooking much better than a can which is just reducing internal cooking temp

Geordie

I may have missed the point of putting a can of whatever inside the cavity of a chicken or Turkey. I suppose I could google the practice but TBF whether I marinate or use a dry rub on a whole bird to roast I just roast it breast side down to allow all the fat and most of the juices within the bird to gravitate through to the breast during cooking. BBQ is something different. Usually the bird is spatchcocked.

Jamaican leaning for the sounding of 'Beer can' to mean bacon. Geordie is similar but generally the two soundings are a bit different, unless you're exaggerating, being "hammy" with the Geordie impersonation or are very very very stereotypically broad and characteristic. People might think of Tim Healy, Anthony McPartlin or Gazza (Gateshead technically for him) for excessive soundings from the norm.

In general though the Geordie sounds it with less emphasis on the "r" (no not that r) and is said faster than the Jamaican way. In fact, it will very much become a two syllable word again, whereas a West Indian accent will nearly always add in an extra syllable. The two differentiate like this;

Jamaican/West Indian - Bee-ah-can (note the 'r' in "Beer" is still present but is more a fading sigh. It's not a full sighing sound. It tails off as the /k/ of can comes in.)

Geordie - Bee(t)-unn (note the 't' replaces both the 'r' and the /k/ but is almost fully silent. Go to say "Beet" or "Beat" but the 't' withdraws right at the last moment (waheyy ;) ). Think of when a Geordie says "exactly". There isn't room for the  following /k/ in most instances as it strangely becomes sandwiched (again no pun) so we get left with a slightly fading "unn". This /k/ only comes back into play when the word is slowed down.

There's argument for both at times, depending on how an English person pronounces "Beer". A lot sound it with two syllables in many variants and several with one syllable. Much like "Peer", "Ear" and "Here". A few use both soundings.

In any case, the Jamaican sounding of "Bacon" nearly always presents as close to "Beer can" due to their accent generally being slower in delivery. Whereas a Geordie accent is generally delivered faster.

Now that's cleared up, I'm off for a beer and a bacon sandwich  :pint:

I love spatch-cocking a chook and popping it on the barbie.