Hi.
I smoked Chicken Wings last night and would like some opinions on how to improve the final product.
I cut the 3rd 'tip' off the wings before smoking so it was the (2) main wing sections together.
Put them in a bowl, drizzled garlic flavored olive oil over them and mixed by hand to coat all the wings.
Set smoker with Apple wood to about 250 degrees, maybe up to 275 during the smoke.
Smoked them for about an hour and a half.
Took out of smoker - skin was nicely browned - and single layered on gas grill.
Cooked on gas grill for maybe 20 minutes, they still had liquid fat dripping onto grill.
Tested temp in thick parts and pulled off at about 175 degrees meat temp.
Back in kitchen, cut the wings into single pieces and tossed with mixture of melted butter and frank's hot sauce.
Here's the thing.
Although they were cooked and the meat was still juicy, they don't seem to be as tender as I'd like them.
Instead of the skin being crispy or 'tender' like when deep fat frying them, it seems to be rather tough. I had the feeling like if I had bumped the grill heat even higher to crisp the skin, it would have been tougher yet.
Is this just a result of smoking, or is there something I'm missing?
Thanks for the help as always!!!
Wayne
I smoked Chicken Wings last night and would like some opinions on how to improve the final product.
I cut the 3rd 'tip' off the wings before smoking so it was the (2) main wing sections together.
Put them in a bowl, drizzled garlic flavored olive oil over them and mixed by hand to coat all the wings.
Set smoker with Apple wood to about 250 degrees, maybe up to 275 during the smoke.
Smoked them for about an hour and a half.
Took out of smoker - skin was nicely browned - and single layered on gas grill.
Cooked on gas grill for maybe 20 minutes, they still had liquid fat dripping onto grill.
Tested temp in thick parts and pulled off at about 175 degrees meat temp.
Back in kitchen, cut the wings into single pieces and tossed with mixture of melted butter and frank's hot sauce.
Here's the thing.
Although they were cooked and the meat was still juicy, they don't seem to be as tender as I'd like them.
Instead of the skin being crispy or 'tender' like when deep fat frying them, it seems to be rather tough. I had the feeling like if I had bumped the grill heat even higher to crisp the skin, it would have been tougher yet.
Is this just a result of smoking, or is there something I'm missing?
Thanks for the help as always!!!
Wayne