Chicken Wings in a Hurry. No low and slow here.

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So, I am told I am making chicken wings for dinner in the afternoon. There is no time for marinating, injecting or anything fancy. Can I do it. She Who Must Be Obeyed assures me I can. 

I fire up the mini with a full chimney of lump charcoal.

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While the mini is coming up to temperature, I cut the wings into segments (save those wing tips for stock). Then I tossed them with Cabela's chicken rub and olive oil. I put some VH Sweet Thai Chili sauce in a bowl for brushing

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When I get outside, the mini is up to 400 F and I toss the wings on for 10 minutes.

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I painted one side with the chili sauce, flipped them and painted the other side.

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10 more minutes and I painted one side and flipped the wings and painted the other. 5 minutes later, I made sure all the wings were over 165 F and gave them one more brushing with chili sauce. As this brushing will not be cooked, make sure it is a fresh bowl of chili sauce with a clean brush so you don't contaminate the chicken.

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The finished product and the plating.

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The Verdict - Terrific. From start to finish this took an hour which rocket fast to a smoker. Although it was a commercial Sweet Thai Chili Sauce, it turned out great without a lot of futzing around. Sweet, spicy, nice skin. Who doesn't love wings?

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There ya go!!! That's how wings are done! Nice smoke Disco! I love using the mini to hot smoke wings!!! Have you tried smoker fried chicken yet? Pit that in your Mini-WSM smoke list!

 

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Looks great man! I would take a plate of those. I did a quickie last week but did inject right next to the grill and chucked them right in. They were great but I wore most of the marinade. Haha...

 

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dirtsailor2003 said:

There ya go!!! That's how wings are done! Nice smoke Disco! I love using the mini to hot smoke wings!!! Have you tried smoker fried chicken yet? Pit that in your Mini-WSM smoke list!

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Thanks, Case. However, I would rather put it in my smoke list! Sorry, with my typing I should be more generous.

 

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Looks great man! I would take a plate of those. I did a quickie last week but did inject right next to the grill and chucked them right in. They were great but I wore most of the marinade. Haha...

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Thanks, TJ. I know what you mean about the injecting. Everytime I get the injector out, She Who must be obeyed cringes.

 

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Good job, dude!  You were handed lemons and made...... chicken wangs!

I am really enjoying cooking my chicken at a higher temp - around 300.  Skin turns out so much better at the higher temp and it gets plenty of smoke flavor.

 

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JaxRmrJmr said:

 
Good job, dude!  You were handed lemons and made...... chicken wangs!

I am really enjoying cooking my chicken at a higher temp - around 300.  Skin turns out so much better at the higher temp and it gets plenty of smoke flavor.

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Thanks. It is true. My Bradley could only get up to about 290. The higher heat of the mini has kicked wings up a notch.

 

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Great lookin wings, Disco.

Try smoker fried chicken, you will fall in love.

 

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c farmer said:

Great lookin wings, Disco.

Try smoker fried chicken, you will fall in love.

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I will add it to my to do list. Thanks again for leading this mini noob through the early days of the mini.

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You look like a vet with the mini now.

 

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c farmer said:

You look like a vet with the mini now.

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Har. Your generosity is only surpassed by your ability to blow smoke!

 

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Well done !

 

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Well done !

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Thanks, Roller. They even pleased She Who Must Be Obeyed.

 

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• Aug 12, 2014

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Ooooo

 Those look like I need to beg Trish for some Wing money

 and do me some of those.

 

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oldschoolbbq said:

 
Ooooo

 Those look like I need to beg Trish for some Wing money

 and do me some of those.

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Thanks, oldschool. Tell her you will get what you want and you don't care what she says. Then duck.

 

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Great job on the wings Disco!! I like the salad, nice slice of bread, and creamed cukes also.  I see that glass of wine hiding in the background also. Reinhard

 

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Great looking wings there , disco. Makes me want to build a mini! :grilling_smilie:

 

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Beautiful wings! I really want to do some but the stupid things have been crazy expensive here lately. Hopefully I'll catch a sale soon.

 

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Reinhard said:

 
Great job on the wings Disco!! I like the salad, nice slice of bread, and creamed cukes also.  I see that glass of wine hiding in the background also. Reinhard

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Thanks, Reinhard. It's actually grape juice in the glass. Yeah, that's the ticket.

Hambone1950 said:

Great looking wings there , disco. Makes me want to build a mini!

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Thanks, HB. My Bradley just doesn't get hot enough for this kind of project so the mini has been great.

Mdboatbum said:

Beautiful wings! I really want to do some but the stupid things have been crazy expensive here lately. Hopefully I'll catch a sale soon.

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Thanks, MD. We have the same problem here. When they do have sales, they seem to all come at once. I have bought 3 batches over the last couple of weeks but there hadn't been any on sale for months. Even on sale, one small tray is 1/2 the price of a whole chicken.

 

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My solution......I go shopping when my Wife is asleep during the day (She's a nurse) and she can't go "why do we need ALL those wings"???