How to Indirect Grill a Whole Chicken

METHOD: Indirect grilling

There are at least three reasons you should roast a chicken on the grill, not in your oven. First, you can add a smoke flavor. Second, it’s a lot less messy. And third, the meat will remain more succulent—in short, your chicken will just plain taste better. In fact, roast chicken is so essential to human happiness that I’ve devoted four separate techniques to grilling it whole. First comes the easiest: indirect grilling.