Beer Can Chicken with Baked Potatoes

4 garlic cloves, minced

1 teaspoon of dried Thyme

4 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil

1-3 pound whole chicken, rinsed and dried

1-12 ounce can of beer (whatever you drink in your house, I used Budweiser

salt and pepper

1 1/2 pounds of small baking potatoes

2 tablespoons of your local honey

2 tablespoons of Worcestershire

2 tablespoons of Ketchup

Preheat oven to 400 degrees

Combine the minced garlic, thyme, olive oil, salt and pepper in a bowl and mix really well. Then rub all over the chicken, inside and out. Stand a half-full can of beer upright in a deep roasting pan, the set the chicken upright on-top of the beer can, with the cavity over the can.

Scrub and prick the potatoes all over and then place in another baking dish, toss with 1 tablespoon of olive oil and a pinch of salt.

Bake the chicken on the middle rack of the oven and the potatoes on the rack beneath, for about 1 hour and 30 minutes.

Mix the honey, Worcestershire and ketchup. After the chicken has been in the oven for an hour and 15 minutes, brush the chicken with some of the glaze. Reduce the oven heat to 300 degrees and continue to brush the chicken with the honey mixture every 5 minutes for 15 minutes.

Then move the chicken to a cutting board and serve with potatoes.

Enjoy!!!!