First time doing wings on a pellet grill

[annewaldron]

Dried them out in the fridge for a few hours this morning. Teriyaki marinated in a vacuum seal bag for about 5 hours, put on the grill skin side up at 350°, pulled at 40 minutes (they were small and definitely cooked through), I wasn’t happy with the skin so I put them under the broiler for 5-6 minutes.

They were really great but not sure if a crispier skin is achievable on the grill? Maybe crank up the temp to 450 for the last 15 mins (5 mins for temp adjustment, 10 mins at temp)? Any and all advice welcome.

Anyway did a simple side salad and rice blend- trying to keep the calorie load isolated to the main dish

txsmoker tagging you here to see if I actually did tagging right this time

 

[tx smoker]

Still no tag but I may have jumped the gun and found your thread before the notification came in, thus negating the tag. Still not sure how all that works but on paper it looks like you did everything perfectly.

Now to your meal....this is a gorgeous meal that IMHO is carousel worthy, except for possibly lacking a few additional pics. The rice looks perfect, the salad is gorgeous, and those wings look like the epitome of what we all want to turn out. Great job!! Also, good call on marinating the wings in a vac seal bag if you may have been short on time. You can induce flavors a lot faster under pressure than just sitting in a bag in the fridge. Your Traeger has the availability to produce smoke at very low temps. One of the beauties of a pellet grill. Run the wings at 160 or 170 for a couple hours to get a nice smoke flavor then turn the temp up to 450 to crust the skins. Shouldn't take more than 15 to 20 minutes to get a nice crispiness on the skin at that temp, and that will make all the difference in the world!!

Thank you for sharing young lady!!
Robert

 

[jcam222]

They look great. The whole meal looks delicious. I do mine at 350F, I wouldn’t call mine crispy but it is definitely bite through skin.

 

[annewaldron]

They look great. The whole meal looks delicious. I do mine at 350F, I wouldn’t call mine crispy but it is definitely bite through skin.

Agreed- they didn’t necessarily look like they were going to be rubbery at the end of the grill cook, but I didn’t want to take any chances. I have a friend who smoked some wings but on his first attempt he never turned up the temp and said the skin was like a bike tire.

 

[SmokinAl]

That is one fine looking meal!
The wings look perfect!
Al