Clint
TVWBB Olympian
It sure took a long time to get my very own Vortex after seeing so many here sing it praises.
I've only cooked one batch, but I don't think I've ever had the skin on chicken wings render so completely - this stuff was paper thin & crispy/tender, what I imagine those scraping at the underside of the skin from their competition thighs are trying to achieve.
My grill seemed to be running at 350F according to the vent (bent) thermometer, I didn't run a meat/pit therm, but maybe next time I will. I cooked these for ~33 minutes.
The sauce was 1/4 cup soy vey veri teriyaki, 1/2t garlic, 1/2t black pepper, some habanero hot sauce, ~1.5t rice wine vinegar, ~1/2t ginger powder..... brought to a light simmer, added ~1/2t corn starch, simmered for barely a min & then off the heat until tossing the wings in it.
went a little heavy on the smoke wood - I thought I might be making a mistake but I really liked the flavor (apple):
wings on - not rubbed or anything:
10 min:
20 min:
30 min:
the temp @ 30 min:
toss in sauce:
served with some homemade jalapeno ranch: https://tvwbb.com/showthread.php?56663-Ranch-Dressing-amp-Dip
got the vortex from https://www.owensbbq.com/vortex.html - it came with some can koozies and some wing seasoning that I'll be trying before long.
I've only cooked one batch, but I don't think I've ever had the skin on chicken wings render so completely - this stuff was paper thin & crispy/tender, what I imagine those scraping at the underside of the skin from their competition thighs are trying to achieve.
My grill seemed to be running at 350F according to the vent (bent) thermometer, I didn't run a meat/pit therm, but maybe next time I will. I cooked these for ~33 minutes.
The sauce was 1/4 cup soy vey veri teriyaki, 1/2t garlic, 1/2t black pepper, some habanero hot sauce, ~1.5t rice wine vinegar, ~1/2t ginger powder..... brought to a light simmer, added ~1/2t corn starch, simmered for barely a min & then off the heat until tossing the wings in it.
went a little heavy on the smoke wood - I thought I might be making a mistake but I really liked the flavor (apple):
wings on - not rubbed or anything:
10 min:
20 min:
30 min:
the temp @ 30 min:
toss in sauce:
served with some homemade jalapeno ranch: https://tvwbb.com/showthread.php?56663-Ranch-Dressing-amp-Dip
got the vortex from https://www.owensbbq.com/vortex.html - it came with some can koozies and some wing seasoning that I'll be trying before long.