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I'm sorry. That is quite possibly the most ridiculous looking thing I've ever seen. I've had spectacular results roasting chicken in a vintage cast iron pan filmed with just a little bit of oil, then 20 minutes chicken breast up, 20 minutes down, 20 minutes up. End of story.

Obscene.

How would you ever store that thing?

I would like to think the result is nice, but this is ridiculous. And all for the low low price of $180!

Ridiculous. I am sure it works quite well, but there is no way it would be worth the size and expense. This is the kind of thing that gives Alton Brown nightmares...

What were they thinking!!???

LMAO. It looks as if the chicken was flying !

...hum. Ridiculous indeed.

Totally unnecessary. I think sometimes All-Clad likes to make something just so Williams-sonoma can sell it. And I like All-clad and Williams-sonoma! Unitasker I don't want to own or store (nor want to pay for) just like the asparagus steamer!

I think it's freaking awesome, but not for $180!

Seems like a neat idea, but not for the money.

it's huge, it's a unitasker, it's expensive -- so it breaks every kitchen rule I have BUT! the first thing I saw when that pic loaded was Whoa! Cool!

Does the suspension part fold up or away or anything?!

I admit to totally wanting this when WS sent out the e-mail.

That is so f****d up!!!

what a weird contraption.

I think this is way cool but totally agree with everyone else who have said "not for that much!" On the other hand, if it would mean that I could successfully roast a chicken, it might be worth it and I have been meaning to buy a roasting pan.

I would injure myself in a terrible way trying to manage the Chicken Suspension System. I'll just stick with the "put a bunch of onions under it and add water if it starts smoking" plan.

@Onepot, any more obscene that cramming stuffing up a bird's where-the-sun-don't-shine?

Do I need it? Can I afford it? No and no.
Does the image of a flying chicken dinner strike me as hilarious? Yes!

BUT, I don't think this is at all as ridiculous as most of the posters here think. For someone who would make good use of this, is $180 all that more expensive than the other roasting pots and racks one would purchase from All-Clad, Le Creuset, etc?
No.
Not remotely.

Also, I could be wrong, but it looks like the cantilevered arm is removable. I don't see any bolts on it.

"the roasting arm is detachable" - as the article says. Doesn't make it cheaper or less ridiculous, but it does mean that you can store it just as easily as any other roaster, and presumably you can use the roasting pan for non-suspension roasting needs. Also, it looks to be about the same price as other All-Clad roasting pans.
Come on people, actually read the article before you comment, this one was even only about ten sentences long.

Based on the images, it looks the magic arm is detachable. It seems to clip over the end in the handle area.

This also appears to follow the same theory as the beer can chicken rigs you can buy for $5 at Walmart, only with more elevation and a horizontal attitude.

Sorry, guys... this is full of fail.

I'm okay with it since I've not yet bought a roasting pan and the Flying Chicken attachment is removable. If it works and enhances my Chicken Roasting Abilities, great. If it doesn't, then I'll just use the unimproved roasting pan as generations of chicken roasters before me.

What would make more sense is for WS/All Clad to sell the Flying Chicken contraption separately since I would imagine it would fit on the basic AC roasting pan.

And there's not a darn thing wrong with beer can chicken - well, except for having to figure out what to do with the other 5 cans of cheap beer.

A unitasker at its finest. Really.

I don't think I implied there was anything wrong with beer can chicken... I'm a fan, for sure.

It looks like it would take up the entire oven and spatter all over.

this is ridiculous. Just stand it up with a beer can chicken stand!
I don't use a can with mine - instead I use a mason jar that i put water in. Works fine and the chicken browns evenly.

Definitely not worth $180!!!!!

Or maybe just put the chicken directly on your oven rack and the potatoes in a pan below it and spend zero dollars.

I'm not sure it is much leaner if you intend on eating those potatoes...

The is exactly what Dana was mentioning as a Raven trinket in her weekend meditation piece. something new, shiny and completely unnecessary. If you really want to bake a chicken standing up then get out the angel food cake pan insert and push the inner tube into the birds cavity. A pie pan will catch the juices and hold the veggies. $180 will buy alot of very nutritious veggies and chickens.

Interesting idea, but entirely impractical and WAAY too expensive. With the suspension gadget mounted, there's no way that this thing would fit the vertical space of many smaller ovens!
What's wrong with the beer can? or a bundt pan? I personally now split all my roast chickens down the back. cuts the roasting time way down, and keeps the meat moist as it all cooks evenly.

it would be fun to register for this as a wedding gift. then you could enjoy it if it works and not hate yourself for wasting the money if it doesn't.

I just have this awful image of a screaming hot whole chicken flying towards my face if I take this out of the oven the wrong way.

No thanks.

It might be good if you have the urge to catapult your bird across the room.

How is it "leaner cooking" if you eat the veggies in the pan receiving the dripping fat?

this is ridiculous! why do we need this? and if you're going to eat the veggies/potatoes/whatever's underneath the chicken, how lean is this going to be? way to go all clad.

If the roasting arm is detachable, it's no longer a unitasker! You can just use it as a regular roasting pan on toehr occasions.
I think it's an interesting idea. I won't buy it because it's way too expensive, but I appreciate the ingenuity.

I don't really see anything wrong with it. it is not, in fact, a unitasker, as the arm is detachable (and you don't even need to study the picture to know that, the article clearly states it), and you could thus use it for a multitide of other tasks. the pan is filled with veggies for the photo, but you wouldn't need to put your veggies there to soak up the fat if you wanted to avoid the drippings. would I throw away my current pan to run out and get this product? no. but if I was in the market for a roasting pan in the all clad price range, it certainly wouldn't be out of the question.

eh...yuck...reminds me of the gyne table...ewe.

Glad to see reading comprehension has reached an all time high here. Williams-sonnoma has the normal All-clad roasters for $160, so the DETACHABLE arm is $20, and no harder to store than any other roasting pan.

Personally, i like the fact that it elevates the bottom of the chicken, so it's acutally roasting instead of braising in its own juices. it's more like a rostisserie, and I find even putting the chicken on a rack or on a layer of veggies can result in the chicken not being as crisp skinned.

Ridiculously awesome! If you are like my partner and I, we're constantly trying to roast the perfect chicken. We've come up with all sorts of methods that work ok, but this would be the ideal way, in our humble opinion, to roast a chicken.

If anyone has a DIY way to do this that doesn't cost $180, I'd love to see pictures.

well, if I was gonna buy an all-clad roast pan, i would get this one. For all-clad, its a good price. And how is it an uni-tasker? Its a roast pan with an attachment. And the attachment is removable so its pretty convenient.