Chicken Thighs

Brisket_Fanatic

Picked up up a family pack of chicken thighs at Hy-vee. Scrapped off the fat from the back side of the skin which took an hour for 8 thighs. You competition people have some crazy skills or lots of patience to go through this every event. As a KCBS judge I have a better understanding of chicken prep after this experience. After the skin was cleaned and attached back on with tooth picks, another hard thing to do which is keeping them uniformly shaped. I prepared a simple brine of water, salt, sugar, soy sauce and olive oil. Let the thighs hang out for a couple hours, then back on the sheet tray uncovered in the fridge to dry for an hour before going in the egg.

Just before putting the seasoning on I had a darn it moment, pull the skin back off and put a layer of rub directly on the chicken, then skin back on and rub on the outside. Tired 2 different rubs from my elfster, Awake a Steak and Everglades. Both of which were very good and very hard to pick a favorite.

Onto a 400 degree indirect egg with orange wood for smoke. Cooked about 35 mintues and pulled at 180.

Sauced for the last 15 minutes, which it is a dark sauce anyway but this made the chicken seem darker.

Let it rest on the counter for about another 15 - 20 minutes.

Even though it is time consuming to scape all the fat off the back side of the chicken it was well worth the effort in the end.

jcaspary

Looks great.  Hard work pays off.

tulocay

Yessir!

minniemoh

WOW! Those look great. I'm going to have to try that method one of these days when I have a spare hour to cook. Nice job.

Brisket_Fanatic

@jcaspary - Sure does!

 

@tulocay - Thanks!

 

@minniemoh - Give it a try, lots of work and nasty chicken fat but that way the skin is healthier.

CarolinaCrazy

Those look awesome. I love thigh meat!

Brisket_Fanatic

@CarolinaCrazy‌ Thanks, hard to beat a nice juicy thigh!

TTC

Strong

WeberWho

Nicely done sir!

uwing

Looks delicious

Brisket_Fanatic

@WeberWho?‌ - Thanks, Bacon and Beer this weekend in Precott, are u coming? Need your vote for peoples choice.

Brisket_Fanatic

@uwing‌ Thanks, even moist leftover today after nuking for 2 minutes.

Eggcelsior

I saw this video a while ago, but have never gotten around to making cupcake chicken. In it, he uses a paint scraper to clean the fat off the skin. It seems to go pretty quick.

http://youtu.be/kEc5XEUPVqY

Brisket_Fanatic

@Eggcelsior‌ Thanks, may give that a go.

WeberWho

Brisket_Fanatic said:

@WeberWho?‌ - Thanks, Bacon and Beer this weekend in Precott, are u coming? Need your vote for peoples choice.

I'm hoping we can make it. I'm starting an exterior project on the back of my garage Thursday. I'm hoping to be done before or close to being done before Saturday. Going to try to get out that way

SGH

Looks like a winner to me. Great job =D>

Brisket_Fanatic

@SGH‌ - Thank you!

SGH

@Brisket_Fanatic‌
You are more than welcome brother.