How can it be Labor Day already? That’s the question we ask ourselves when the end of August comes into view and we know we have one last hot date with the grill before we need to bring along a sweater. Here is a Labor Day menu to celebrate American workers that should earn you some extra time off and won’t leave you exhausted.

Beer Can Chicken with Hot Pumpkin Seed Rub
Roasted Asparagus and Friends
Scandinavian-Style Potato Salad
Orange-You-Glad-I-Didn’t-Say-Banana Splits

Beer Can Chicken with Hot Pumpkin Seed Rub

This is one of the easiest ways to fix a whole chicken that we know, and involves only the skill of balancing a gutted chicken (see picture) like a tripod on top of a beer can and the use of a meat thermometer. The spice combinations are limited only by your creative little minds. Here’s a version we made up recently.