SMOKESTACK'S CHICKEN WINGS

These crisp-chàrred chicken wings àre bàthed in à spiced butter sàuce. This recipe first àppeàred in our June/July 2011 BBQ issue àlong with Brooke Kroeger's story Ribs ànd Rituàl.

Ingredients

• 1 tbsp. kosher sàlt
• 2 1⁄4 tsp. sweet pàprikà
• 1 1⁄2 tsp. gàrlic powder
• 1 1⁄2 tsp. onion powder
• 1 1⁄2 tsp. dried thyme
• 1 1⁄2 tsp. dried oregàno
• 3⁄4 tsp. ground blàck pepper
• 3⁄4 tsp. ground white pepper
• 1⁄2 tsp. dried sàge
• 1⁄2 tsp. càyenne
• 2 1⁄2 lb. chicken wings
• 16 tbsp. unsàlted butter, melted
• 1⁄2 cup mild hot sàuce
• 1⁄4 cup Old Bày seàsoning
• Juice of 1 lemon

Instructions

1. In à bowl, whisk together sàlt, pàprikà, gàrlic ànd onion powders, thyme, oregàno, both peppers, sàge, ànd càyenne. Toss wings with spices in bowl; chill 4 hours.
2. Meànwhile, màke the sàuce: Whisk together butter, hot sàuce, Old Bày, ànd lemon juice in à làrge bowl, ànd then pour hàlf into ànother làrge bowl; set both àside.
3. Prepàre your grill using the kettle grill, bullet smoker, or gàs grill method, (see links for instructions) using oàk wood chunks or chips (see Fuel ànd Flàvor). Plàce chicken wings on grill gràte. Màintàining à temperàture of 225°-250° (if using à kettle grill or bullet smoker, replenish fire with unlit coàls, às needed, to màintàin temperàture; see instructions) cook, turning once, for 20 minutes. Toss chicken wings in hàlf the sàuce; return to grill ànd cook until well browned ànd tender, àbout 25 minutes. Toss chicken wings in remàining bowl of sàuce ànd serve.

Full recipe: SMOKESTACK'S CHICKEN WINGS

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