first time smoking chicken wings

[mvincent42]

When I go out for wings, I prefer a dry rub on the outside of the wings to sauce. However, I also really like honey hot buffalo sauce. I am thinking about injecting with my homemade honey hot sauce (franks, honey, brown sugar, butter) and then brushing the outsides with butter and doing a rub (gran garlic, tony's, chipotle chili powder, salt, pepper.) Figure to smoke about 220 for 2-3 hours until 165 or so. Since this is my first time just thought I would see if anyone else had any thoughts/suggestions on this method. I'm not going to do the smoke until dec 15.

 

[s2k9k]

http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/t/119306/scarbelly-wings-buffalo-style/100#post_894222

 

[roadkill cafe]

I'd go higher on the temp. and you can toss them on a grill for a couple min. each side if the skin doesn't crisp up enough.

 

[mvincent42]

Thanks for the link. Looks almost exactly like what I want to do. Also definitely looks like I should take the heat higher from reading that. Thanks for input guys.

 

[chef jimmyj]

Daves Recipe and technique is a good one. You can sub in your stuff successfully. I like your ideas as well...JJ

 

[mvincent42]

Thanks man. Like I say its going to be for a party on the 15th so I will post when I do it. Seems like a no brainer after seeing Dave's method though.

 

[s2k9k]

It is a no brainer, I do these all the time. Since you're having a party you might want to do a few different sauces just to mix it up a bit. I try new sauces all the time just for the heck of it.

 

[mvincent42]

I would do more sauces if that's all I was having. I am also smoking some bacon wrapped chicken livers, making bruscetta, spinach dip, abts, jalapeno poppers, pigs n blankets, smoked cheese n crackers that I smoked dec 1, baked brie, and veggies and chips n dips so I will probably just do the honey hot/Cajun rub. The wife likes teriyaki and raspberry jalapeno jelly so I might do a few like that but I think I have enough going on already.

 

[mvincent42]

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• mvincent42
• Dec 14, 2012

Going well on the injecting so far. Only gotten hit by "friendly fire" twice so far. Thanks again for the advice everyone.

 

[jarjarchef]

Looks like you have a full day ahead of you.

Yea the "friendly fire" is fun......

 

[mvincent42]

Gotta remember for next time though not to inject the night before. I think I have more sauce in the bowl then the wings. Some leakage occoured. Oh well should still be awesome

 

[mvincent42]

Best wings I've ever had. Here's a pic of them in the smoker along with some bacon wrapped chicken livers:

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• mvincent42
• Dec 16, 2012

No pics of the finished product. They were amazing though. Can't wait to make up more! Smoked at 220 for 2 hours then cranked to 275 and they crisped up nicely. Thanks again to everyone that gave me advice!