Smoked Chicken Thighs

Ondeck33

First off, thanks to everyone here for helping me get started with the egg. Your input has been tremendous.  Now that I am getting the hang of it I am trying new recipes.  This time smoked chicken thighs. 

I made thighs before but without smoke. I cooked them indirectly at around 350.  This time I have skinless/boneless thighs and I am considering adding some wood chunks. However, is it ok to smoke at a higher temp like 350 or should I smoke the thighs between 250-275? 

ColtsFan

Higher temps are fine. Just be careful with adding too much smoke. Chicken takes on a lot. I stick with fruit woods when it comes to chicken 

DoubleEgger

My wife likes the char on teriyaki b/s chicken thighs. My normal is 450-500F. They can take the heat. 

Woodchunk

I am doing a whole pkg of boneless breast now. 275-300 45min to 1 hr

Cherry and a piece of white oak

gdenby

350 is the transition from smoking to baking. At 350, the water is coming out of the flesh quickly, and so the smoke can't penetrate much. it does sit on the surface, but the flavors don't permeate the meat.

Myself, I'd do them at the lower range till the IT is around 140F, then up the heat to brown the edges.

77bronco

Boneless skinless thighs seem to turn out awesome no matter what you do. One of my favorites.  Let us know how they turn out. 
By the way, love the profile picture. H2P

bikesAndBBQ

77bronco said:

Boneless skinless thighs seem to turn out awesome no matter what you do. One of my favorites.  Let us know how they turn out. 
By the way, love the profile picture. H2P

I second the H2P

td66snrf

Personally I feel you get plenty of smoke just from the lump. Boneless thighs are going to cook pretty quick so you're not going to much smoke on them anyway. Guests won't complain about not enough smoke but if there's to much it will overpower the meat.

Ondeck33

Thanks everyone. I’m going to cook these tomorrow. I think I am going to do 275-300 with a small chunk of cherry. 

Also, H2P!

dmourati

I feel I've got the boneless skinless chicken thighs dialed. My game plan:

Dust with Dizzy Pig
Cooked raised grid at 400 ~10 mins per side
Brush with Carolina Gold Mustard BBQ (Shoutout @northGAcock )
Take off grill, slice in to thin strips
More Mustard BBQ