Chicken in a Can/Bucket

the guy who i first saw post about this showed it in a paint can. the one i used was new/unused from lowe's and the bird is wrapped in foil. either way it didn't cook at all.

yeah, someone posted pics of that in the first thread. looked pretty nasty

The can you used is alright. A tin can. You don't want to use a galvanized can. And I've done them several times and they are fine however I have never counted coals and I don't wait that long to put the bird in. I'd be willing to bet I'm using more than fifteen. Probably a couple dozen.

i wonder if your size chicken was diff than whoever came up with the '15 pc charcoal' recipe)........also you punched holes everywhere, but maybe they should be bigger or more prevalent to make sure your coals put out the maximum heat and dont go out quickly. might have to do some fanning/etc to keep the airflow during the cooking..and add coal during process or include some 'black' ones with your 'white' hot ones at beginning to keep a continual flow of heat for that length of time

Well I've always done it when in the field hunting. It's pretty fool proof and I can start it, tie it to the tailgate or hitch and go hunt and when I come back I have a cooked chicken. I've also done a pork loin in it the same way. When done, dump the ash out, throw the can in the toolbox of the truck and I'm on my way.