Wings on the grill


 

Jim H.

TVWBB All-Star
Last minute decision to grill some wings with some homemade fries. SWMBO just bought a french fry cutter, and we wanted to try it out. What better (Besides a burger of course) than wings?

Seasoned my portion with Tony Chacherie's Creole Seasoning and Myron Mixon's chicken rub, and the fam got some lemon pepper and garlic powder on theirs.

Fired up the Performer with 2/3 chimney of KBlue, divided into the charcoal baskets. Seared the wings for a few minutes, then moved to indirect to finish. I used a chunk of pecan wood for this cook, and I was afraid it would be too strong, but it gave a nice smoky flavor without overpowering the chicken.

Here they are on the grill. The fam won't eat anything remotely spicy, even though my so-called "hot" wings aren't very hot at all, I still keep them separated when cooking & saucing.

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Pulled @ 170° after about 40 minutes, and rested for a few before tossing them in the sauce. No pics of the Teriyaki wings, as I gave them to the fam before I finished saucing mine so they could eat. They just don't understand food pr0n.
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Tossed in some Frank's Hot sauce with some melted butter, along with a few dashes of modified No.5 sauce and some dry chicken rub.

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Here's your plate. Easy and quick chicken goodness. Thanks for looking!

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Today's dinner will be St. Louis ribs on the WSM, provided I remember to take some pics while cooking.
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Great looking wings Jim! Did you ever try them in your WSM without the waterpan? Just curious how that compares to the kettle - my kettle is too small to do enough at a time.
 
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Jon Des.:
Great looking wings Jim! Did you ever try them in your WSM without the waterpan? Just curious how that compares to the kettle - my kettle is too small to do enough at a time. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Jon - I have done them that way before, and they turned out great. So does Roadside or spatched chicken and pork chops. This time I just wanted to use the kettle. I like wings on either cooker, as both do a great job. The WSM w/o a water pan is more set-it-and-forget-it than the kettle, only requiring you to flip wings very now and then, whereas the kettle makes you watch wings a little more closely and you have to move them from direct to indirect heat.

Either way, wings on the grill are fantastic.
 

 

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