Chicken Thighs

[Derek Stapleton]

A while back I did some chicken thighs. This time around, I decided to prep them as if they were for competition. I don't have any prep photos, but let's just say that it isn't pretty. First off, I removed and saved the chicken skins. Next, remove the bones and trim up the pieces. Since this wasn't really for competition, just a little practice, I didn't take the time to make each piece appear the same size. The next step isn't so pretty - scrape the fat off of the inside of the chicken skins until they are almost see through. This is a messy step. Once all the skins were scraped, I dusted the boneless, skinless thighs with some Bone Suckin' Poultry Rub and then re-wrapped each piece with a chicken skin. Another dose of Bone Suckin' Poultry Rub and the thighs were ready for some smoke. These thighs were smoked at around 275 F for 90 minutes or so with cherry wood. As a final glaze I used Bone Suckin' BBQ Sauce, whick pairs really well with chicken. Final result was nicely smoked chicken morsels with tender, bite-through skin.

It was my first time using the Bone Suckin' products. I was happy with both the rub and the sauce, even though the sauce is a lot sweeter than I would normally use.

Thanks for looking!

 

[JimK]

Oh, man that got me drooling. Very nice thighs.

 

[Mike Coffman]

Beautiful looking thighs Derek!

 

[Russell McNeely]

Terrific looking thighs, Derek! I was actually thinking of doing something similar today. Nice work!

 

[Bob Sample]

Mighty fine looking thighs.

 

[John Solak]

Outstanding!!

 

[Dave Braxmaier]

They look great ......

 

[DaleW]

Are you guys really all writing "nice looking thighs" and "great looking thighs"? Well, I guess they are!

 

[Paul Kastner]

I love the sauce.

 

[Gary H. NJ]

wow, that's some picture. Great chicken.

 

[Derek Stapleton]

I love the sauce.

I was really impressed the the "glaze" like appearance of the sauce.

 

[Chad M.]

Those look great. Would probably do pretty well in competition.