Remove or leave skin on chicken for beer can smoking?

[cjm7171]

What is your opinion for cooking a beer can chicken on a Weber Silver?  I like to use cherry wood and get the smoke into the meat when I do chicken usually, so I remove the skin whenever I cook bone in breasts.  I don't like to eat the skin.  Does the smoke get through well enough if I leave it on?  I know it would stay moister, but doing the beer can method always seems to make it super moist anyway.

[tb80]

I don't do beer can chicken any more (I do the spatchcock method). However with both methods I leave the skin on but apply rub and butter under the skin. I generally don't eat the skin though.


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[Winz]

However with both methods I leave the skin on but apply rub and butter under the skin

Same here.  I believe the skin protects the meet from drying out, especially when you put some butter under the skin.

To ensure good smoke flavor with chicken, I go heavy on the smoking chunks to generate lots of smoke.

Winz

[Tim in PA]

The skin is the best part!

[One Touch Platinum]

Leave the skin, remove the can! The paint and the plastic liner are toxic! You can use a chicken seat or other method to cook your bird. Be careful, this can be as bad as galvanized metal in your grill....very bad for you when in contact with high heat!

[Hogsy]

The skin is the best part!

Couldn't agree more, the popes nose is pretty good too!

[kaz]

Bean Can Chicken!

[wyd]

The skin is the best part!

I'm with Tim.  I leave the skin on when I do my beer can chicken.  I like the crispy skin mixed in with my bites of chicken.  Now where I might differ than some is I like to use one of the flavored woods like Apple and then a chunk of Mesquite.  From reading and seeing many posts I know many like Hickory but from when I started I enjoy the Mesquite flavor as my main wood and then hit it with some fruit wood to.  Works out well for me.  They say too heavy of Mesquite can make for a bitter taste but never have had that happen as I don't go hog wild on my chunk sizes.

[vader06]

Skin on.  I use cherry wood as well and instead of beer I use cherry coke.  So it is Cherry coke can chicken.