About five years ago, my mom and dad raved about grilling "dancing chickens." In case you've never heard about
this method of grilling chicken, it basically amounts to inserting an open can of beer into the chicken's cavity, plonking it on the grill, and waiting about an hour for "the magic" to happen. Of course I didn't take their advice five years ago, and I have to admit that I should have because mom and dad knew what they were talking about.
Sorry about that, folks!
What was I waiting for? Well...to chance upon the "dancing chicken" holder for sale at
Canadian Tire in Sudbury, Ontario when I was there last month of course!
Always on the lookout for ways to blow Mrs. TBF's hard-earned cash.
Yeah...sure...
it's not very much to look at. And, yes, you can get by without this high-tech piece of equipment. But...I'm a man DAMMIT, and I'm a sucker for gadgets and gizmos.! It was one of the things that was in my missing suitcase. Believe it or not, I had completely forgotten about it.
Oh...and don't think I don't know how jealous you are right now that you don't have one of these things. You're seething! Admit it!!!
So sure I was that this was going to be a great way of preparing chicken, that we even invited a couple of "guinea pigs" over for dinner - our friends Dave and Jane. Ok...OK! I barbecued some lamb rib chops too...just in case.
The dancing chicken is ready for the grill (...just look at proud Papa!).
Impress and amaze your friends!
An hour later, bask in the glory of the holy, crackly skin (King's favorite!) that envelopes the shrine of moist, delectable meat that just falls off the bone!
Look at that splayed hussy...taunting us
All gone! Will I ever prepare a whole chicken any other way???
VERDICT: Five bucks well spent!
No visit to Sudbury is complete without at least one trip to Canadian Tire. My dad and I braved the mob of Saturday shoppers just so I could pick up a spare Get Lost Wasp.
Later on, my parents took us to Kings Buffet (no apostrophe!) for the all-you-can-eat Chinese buffet. Oddly enough, there weren't too many Asian things on the buffet. And... I didn't find the food to be very good. Perhaps I'll have to take Kings Buffet off the things-to-do-while-in-Sudbury list.
Yeah...sure...it's not very much to look at. And, yes, you can get by without this high-tech piece of equipment. But...I'm a man DAMMIT, and I'm a sucker for gadgets and gizmos.! It was one of the things that was in my missing suitcase. Believe it or not, I had completely forgotten about it. 
The dancing chicken is ready for the grill (...just look at proud Papa!).
Impress and amaze your friends!
An hour later, bask in the glory of the holy, crackly skin (King's favorite!) that envelopes the shrine of moist, delectable meat that just falls off the bone!
Look at that splayed hussy...taunting us
All gone! Will I ever prepare a whole chicken any other way???