Primo ceramic chicken sitter vertical roaster for juicy beer-can style whole chicken on the grill

Primo · Ceramic Roaster

Primo Ceramic Chicken Sitter PG00336

4.9 · 13 store reviews
$37.00
$37.00

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Vendor: Primo
SKU: PG00336
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Product type: Ceramic Roaster

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The Primo Ceramic Chicken Sitter stands a whole bird upright over the fire instead of laying it on its back. That one change is the point of the whole thing: fat runs down and away rather than pooling under the breast, and heat reaches every face of the bird at once rather than working through it from the top.

Ceramic is the right material for a job that sits right next to the meat for the length of a cook. It warms with the grill and holds that heat steadily, so the inside of the bird gets a gentle, even source of warmth rather than a cold object in the middle of it. It is also easier to live with than the improvised approaches — nothing to open, nothing to crush, nothing that was never meant to be heated in the first place.

No Primo size is named on this listing, so it is not tied to one grill in the way most Primo accessories are. For a bigger bird, the Primo Ceramic Turkey Sitter is the larger of the two. If you would rather cradle a roast than stand it up, look at the Primo V rack, and the Rib and Chicken Holder with drip tray covers ribs as well as poultry. See Primo grill accessories.

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Primo Ceramic Chicken Sitter PG00336

Frequently Asked Questions

What does a chicken sitter do?

It holds a whole chicken standing upright while it cooks. That posture lets rendered fat drain down and off the bird instead of collecting underneath it, and it exposes the entire surface to heat at once, so the skin crisps all the way round rather than only on the side facing the dome.

Which Primo grills does it work on?

The listing does not name a Primo size, unlike most accessories in the range, so treat it as a general grate-top piece rather than a Junior or X-Large part. What matters in practice is that a bird standing upright is tall, so check the clearance inside your own grill with the lid shut.

Why ceramic rather than metal?

Ceramic warms up with the grill and holds that heat evenly, which is what you want from something sitting inside the bird for an hour or more. It is a stable, purpose-made object for the job, rather than an improvised one that was never designed to be heated.

What is the difference between this and the turkey sitter?

Size. The Primo Ceramic Turkey Sitter is the larger of the two and named for the larger bird; this is the chicken version. Buy by the bird you actually cook most often, and if you regularly do both, the turkey sitter is the one that gets used at Thanksgiving.

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