Beer Can Cabbage

A nice idea, but lots of flaws with the recipe. Here, a whole cabbage is grilled on a beer can, essentially the vegetarian version of beer can chicken. The biggest problem is that a cabbage hollowed out to hold a beer can turns out to be a great insulator. And with a beer can in the middle, it takes forever for the cabbage to cook. And - if you could find a cabbage as large as called for in the recipe, the lid would not fit over it on a normal full-sized Weber charcoal grill.

We prepared two smaller cabbages, and still had to do a lot more hollowing out to get it far enough onto the can for the grill's lid to fit. We cooked it four times as called for, and then finally let it go over night. The next day it still required another hour on the cook top.

The nice aspect of this recipe is that it is a vegetarian version of pulled pork. You put a good BBQ sauce over the cabbage (I cooked it in a slow cooker, on high, for about an hour after the extended grilling). Served on a bun with cole slaw, my vegetarian colleagues were really happy with this meal.