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Here's my take on doing them...
First I line the kettle with foil around the vortex... Last time I did wings the grease in the bottom of the kettle was nasty... I did some pork chops and a foil pack of potatoes and veggies a few days after doing the wings... All that grease in the bottom caught on fire when I put the hot coals in... So I lined it with foil to catch all that grease from the thighs...
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I used Jeff's original rub (more on that later)... Brined them with the 1-1-1 solution for 10 hours...
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Put them on upside down for the first 30 minutes... Turning the lid a 1/4 of a turn every 15 minutes...
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At the 30 minute mark I flipped them over...
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Checked temp at 45 minutes (or so) and they were 200+ .... Sauced 5 of them and left 3 nekkid ... Put sauced ones back on to set sauce...
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Grease left in the foil that would of ended up in the bottom of the kettle... You can bet I will be doing this from now on as well... No matter what I cook with the vortex...
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Final results... You can bet I will be doing them this way again (from now on)... I'm not a big thigh man but I have to say this were pretty damn good...
BUT ...
I won't use Jeff's rub again on anything I cook with the vortex... All the brown suger in it burns pretty bad from the high heat... I kinda had that feeling it was gonna happen when I was putting the rub on them... I should have just went with SPOG ...
Thanks for taking the time to read this y'all...