Smokey Joe & The Teeny-Weeny Vortex.

[TonyUK]

Had a Vortex made for the Smokey Joe, & decided break it in and do Thighs & Wings for dinner tonight.

I marinaded the chick in homemade bbq sauce, & the wood was a piece of orange wood. (Really nice subtle smoke flavour. I’ll be using this a lot. I have some olive wood which I’m anxious to try also).

Getting started.

Ready to cook.

50 minutes in.

Cook time was 50 minutes, (168f IT), rotating the lid every 15 mins. Then mopped a wee bit of Frank’s Buffalo Wings Sauce and cooked for a further 5 minutes. Final IT was 170f. The meat was beautifully moist & a subtle orangey smoke, but the skin was not as crispy as I hope for. I still ate it though.

This thing cooks like a champ! Apologies for no plated pics. Camera ran out of steam.

For those interested, the vortex dimensions are: 5” (Top), 8” (Bottom), 3.25” (Height).

Thanks for looking.

 

[Dustin Dorsey]

Awesome cook, Tony! Cool mini vortex!

 

[Rich Dahl]

Looks great Tony, got to get me a vortex. I just discovered olive wood, love the stuff very mild and sweet smoke.

 

[CaseT]

Nice cook! I was just pondering a vortex for the mini-wsm/SMJ.

 

[Barb D]

Tony, that chicken looks delicious. I see Rich is going to be after me about this vortex!! we'll see.

 

[Rich Dahl]

Tony, that chicken looks delicious. I see Rich is going to be after me about this vortex!! we'll see.

Ah, half way there

 

[Cliff Bartlett]

Man, all these Vortex chicken cooks are tremendous. Yours looks fabulous Tony!

 

[Enrico Brandizzi]

Those wings look delicious.
Do you have any idea of wich T did you cook at ??

 

[TonyUK]

Enrico. I have no idea what the grill temp was. I think there was +/- 20 briqs in the vortex.

 

[TonyUK]

Ah, half way there

Barb's coming round Rich. It's ON!!

 

[Angie H.]

Chicken looks gorgeous Tony, great color on it.

 

[Bill Schultz]

Great cook my friend, the chix looks superb

 

[Pat G]

Nice work Tony. Vortex's come in all sizes. I think Rich and Barb are about to jump on the bandwagon.

 

[Michael C.]

Wings looks great!!!!!!

 

[Robert T]

Great color on your chicken Tony. Another vortex success story. They look delicious.

 

[Jo Torez]

Awesome looking wings!

 

[JeffG]

Hey Tony, first off great looking mini vortex chicken on the SJ.
Now to the brass tax, who made your mini vortex for you, and what did cost to be made?

PS. I think Barb will let Rich get a Vortex soon, thanks to your very funny input.

 

[TonyUK]

JeffG.

As you are aware there is no vortex for the SJ made by Owens BBQ. I had this made by Enrico's bbq friend in Italy. Cost was €70 shipped. Expensive I know, as everything is in the UK. But hey-ho, it's not often hobbies are cheap anyway. I did shop around various metal shops and it would have cost me a lot more for a one-off item.

 

[JeffG]

Thanks Tony, if Enrico's is involved i'm sure the craftsmanship top notch, will be looking for future Teeny-Weeny Vortex cooks from the UK.

 

[Chris A.]

I had the same lack of skin crispiness the first time I used my vortex, granted it was on my Weber 26. I cooked until a similar IT that you did in this cook. Every time since, I have cooked until the skin looked and felt crispy and they were great (took about an hour in my case) Funny thing is, the IT was in the 200s on most wings but it was not dry at all. Not sure how this is the case but I temped almost all of them in disbelief!