I picked this vertical roaster for multiple reasons. Like many other reviewers, I made a few beer-butt chickens that decided they would rather fall over and make a mess as opposed to stand up straight and tall and cook like a well-behaved poultry. Secondly, I own a couple of cookbooks buy Steven and when I saw that he endorsed this product, I took a leap of faith that he didn't back up a piece of junk.

He did not.

This is a small, but well made and solid piece that works great on my Weber One-Touch Silver charcoal grill. I usually roast 4 lbs. birds, and they fit on the apparatus snugly and securely. I have NOT used the included cup/infuser, only cans of cheaply priced domestic beers. The results have been great. I like to put a little onion or potato in the chicken's neck to help seal in the moisture, but that's me.

The unit is stainless steel, and dishwasher safe and it cleans up nicely. The 12oz. beer cans fit securely in the ring, and it seems like a lot of thought went into the design accept in a couple of areas, which I'll get to in the next paragraph. The handles are secure enough where you can hold the whole thing chicken and all by one handle and not worry about it breaking or bending.

The only cons that I have found are that the drip pan could stand to be a tad deeper and I wished the handles angles upwards a bit more because its tough to fit a gloved or mitted hand between the hot grill grate and the underside of the handle to lift the unit off the grill when its done.

Other than that, job well done and I really recommend it! The additional separate can/infuser enhances the versatility of the device so you can flavor the bird with wine, OJ, sake, sodas, or broths. That's pretty cool.

Happy grilling and enjoy your chicken-on-a-throne!
I picked this vertical roaster for multiple reasons. Like many other reviewers, I made a few beer-butt chickens that decided they would rather fall over and make a mess as opposed to stand up straight and tall and cook like a well-behaved poultry. Secondly, I own a couple of cookbooks buy Steven and when I saw that he endorsed this product, I took a leap of faith that he didn't back up a piece of junk. He did not. This is a small, but well made and solid piece that works great on my Weber One-Touch Silver charcoal grill. I usually roast 4 lbs. birds, and they fit on the apparatus snugly and securely. I have NOT used the included cup/infuser, only cans of cheaply priced domestic beers. The results have been great. I like to put a little onion or potato in the chicken's neck to help seal in the moisture, but that's me. The unit is stainless steel, and dishwasher safe and it cleans up nicely. The 12oz. beer cans fit securely in the ring, and it seems like a lot of thought went into the design accept in a couple of areas, which I'll get to in the next paragraph. The handles are secure enough where you can hold the whole thing chicken and all by one handle and not worry about it breaking or bending. The only cons that I have found are that the drip pan could stand to be a tad deeper and I wished the handles angles upwards a bit more because its tough to fit a gloved or mitted hand between the hot grill grate and the underside of the handle to lift the unit off the grill when its done. Other than that, job well done and I really recommend it! The additional separate can/infuser enhances the versatility of the device so you can flavor the bird with wine, OJ, sake, sodas, or broths. That's pretty cool. Happy grilling and enjoy your chicken-on-a-throne!