Smoked Chicken Wing recipe?

[bassman186]

Anyone got a good one? looking to make wings for about 30 people Saturday.

thanks!

[Deitz Dittrich]

Ive done it.. same as breasts... 225 deg, give em a little rub and let er buck.. I prefer to only smoke them about 1.5 hrs and then either finish in oven or on grill.

[nofishfisherman]

I do the same thing.

I make my own rubs and usually end up using one that is similar to my rib rub but without the brown sugar.

Garlic powder

Onion powder

Paprika

Black pepper

Salt

Red pepper

Little Ancho Chili powder

etc...

Really the mix changes every time probably.

After the rub I let it smoke at 225-250 for an hour or so. I don't think you need a ton of smoke for chicken wings. With the colder temps I'd probably just use the smoker to get that first hour or so of smoke and then I'd move the into the oven to finish off. After the smoke you just need heat, that can be done just as easily in the oven or on a grill.

If you want them sauced you can do that toward the end of the cooking or just let people sauce them on their plate if they'd like. If I do it during cooking I usually wait until just a few minutes before I pull them out. I let them cook with the sauce just until you see the first hint of the sugar in the sauce start to caramelize then they come out.

[bassman186]

Here is a little before and after, they were awesome!