1st crack at wings on the WSM

[Mattyt7]

My son was sick today so I had to stay home with him. I decided since I didn’t get a chance to smoke anything over the weekend, that I’d give some wings a try on the WSM I’ve been learning over the last couple months.

As this was last minute, I decided to just work with what I had as far as rub/sauce (I’m not big on buffalo sauce or “hot” wings anyway). I went with a combo of homemade creole and all purpose bbq rubs that I had and plan on coating them in some kc masterpiece once they’re almost done before I finish them over the coals to crisp up the skin. I’m going to cook them at 275 (mostly because I still need some practice controlling temps, even though I know higher temps would work better on the skin) for about 1-1.5 hours.

Here’s some pics, because without them it didn’t happen, of the wings rubbed and on the grill, and some TBS rolling. I’ll follow up once they’re done and let you know how they turned out!

 

[yankee2bbq]

Looking good so far! And I see that thin blue smoke!!!!

 

[Mattyt7]

The wings came out AWESOME! I was pleasantly surprised at how well they came out and how easy it was. They were in the smoke for about an hour before I checked them. They had pretty good color by then, so I moved them over to the hot grill. I ended up leaving a handful unsauced for comparison. I also decided to finish them on the gasser instead of over the coals since I had loaded up the coal ring pretty full when I started and didn’t want to let so much charcoal get going while I had the mid section and lid off.

Thanks for looking!

 

[SecondHandSmoker]

You know it's good Q when all you got left is a plate of bones.

 

[Mattyt7]

You know it's good Q when all you got left is a plate of bones.

That’s right! The boneyard . . .

 

[unlgrad2002]

Must be wing day. Another great one?

 

[chopsaw]

Nice job . Love the WSM .