Whole Oven-Barbecued Chicken

Ingredients
2 small lemons
1/2 cup Barbecue Sauce
1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
2 cloves garlic, peeled
1 whole chicken (3 pounds)

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Grate 1/2 teaspoon lemon peel; set aside.
3. Cut lemons in half; squeeze juice into small bowl.
4. Set aside lemon haves for later use.
5. Add barbecue sauce and seasoning to the lemon juice; mix well.
6. Place chicken in baking pan.
7. Place 2 of the lemon halves and the garlic cloves inside the cavity of chicken.
8. Rub skin of chicken with remaining 2 lemon halves and discard.
9. Tie legs together with kitchen twine. (I sometimes use dental floss, just make sure it isn't flavored.)
10. Bake 1 hour 45 minutes, or until chicken is cooked through, brushing with the barbecue sauce mixture every 5 minutes during the last 20 minutes of the baking time.
11. Sprinkle with reserved lemon peel during the last 5 minutes.
12. Remove and discard lemon halves and garlic cloves from chicken cavity.
13. Skim fat from drippings in chicken baking pan; serve drippings with chicken.