I went to a guy's house for supper decades ago. He was cooking chicken. When he pulled it out of the oven, I said, "What the heck is that?" The chicken was standing up and when he showed me, he had it sitting on a Campbell's soup can. (without the paper) The can was up inside the chicken. He called it chicken on a can. He pointed out that all the grease and stuff dripped down into the can. So, I started cooking all of my birds that way. It makes cooking birds really juicy. For smaller birds, I made my own rack to sit them on. After several years, I started noticing that they were selling the stands in stores. I don't cook my turkeys that way. But pheasant, cornish hens and dove all get cooked standing up. The meat doesn't dry out nearly as much as when it lays down. You can always wrap them in bacon, too. Everyone I ever told about this has started cooking birds that way. I really enjoy mine this way.
