Labor Day Bacon Wrapped Chicken Legs on RT-700

[dmboiler]

Hi All,

Long time member, infrequent poster...

Recently bought a new RT-700 as I was growing tired of babysitting my propane garage-sale smoker. Decided to document today's cook.

Started out by skinning some chicken legs. Seasoned with SPOG:

Wrapped in thinly-sliced bacon and secured with a toothpick:

Stayed out on the boat too long so it was on to the RT-700 with a little less time than expected. Set at 300*.

1 hour in. So far so good...

2 hours in. Almost there...

On a whim, decided to finish with a trio of commercial sauces:

Time to eat!

On the plate (with obligatory bleu cheese dressing on the side).

Wife: "What do you want with these things?"
Me: "Doesn't matter. No one remembers the side dishes anyway."
Wife: [eye roll] "Fine. Caesar Salad it is."
Me: "Sounds good to me..."

Final Verdict: Very good. A bit biased as I would eat almost anything with buffalo sauce and bleu cheese. Bacon was perfect. I was surprised it didn't unravel with each bite but held on as if it were the original skin. Family liked it. Will definitely do these again.

Best,
dmboiler

 

[Sowsage]

Those look great! Nice job for sure-

 

[pushok2018]

That plate looks great! Like!

 

[robrpb]

Looks good. How do you like your RT-700?

 

[HalfSmoked]

Great looking plate I could go for it all the legs and the salad.

Warren

 

[flatbroke]

Nice job

 

[dmboiler]

Looks good. How do you like your RT-700?

Thanks. So far so good with the RT-700. I did a fair amount of research before buying and I feel the reviews of others are pretty spot on. In other words, no surprises yet!

Pros

• Built like a tank. Very heavy and solid construction.
• Seems to hold temperature well and is quick to rebound after opening the lid. I will say though that I have not yet done a long smoke so my thoughts here are very much preliminary.

Cons

• Low smoke output, especially at temps above 275*. I was prepared for this after reading other reviews and already had a pellet tube to add more smoke if desired.
• I like the design of the large hopper on the back of the unit. However, this does give the smoker an odd shape and getting the RT-branded cover on and off is much more cumbersome than I would like.

Regards,
dmboiler

 

[JLeonard]

No sides needed! Legs look great.
Jim

 

[smokin peachey]

Good choice on the salad it looks great it complements that beautiful looking chicken very nice. Congratulations on the ride!

 

[robrpb]

Thanks. So far so good with the RT-700. I did a fair amount of research before buying and I feel the reviews of others are pretty spot on. In other words, no surprises yet!

Pros

• Built like a tank. Very heavy and solid construction.
• Seems to hold temperature well and is quick to rebound after opening the lid. I will say though that I have not yet done a long smoke so my thoughts here are very much preliminary.

Cons

• Low smoke output, especially at temps above 275*. I was prepared for this after reading other reviews and already had a pellet tube to add more smoke if desired.
• I like the design of the large hopper on the back of the unit. However, this does give the smoker an odd shape and getting the RT-branded cover on and off is much more cumbersome than I would like.

Regards,
dmboiler

Thanks dmboiler for your reply.

 

[ozzz]

Looks real good.