Five-Spice Chicken Wings and ABTs - First timer (Lot's of Pictures)

oldgeezeystax

Twas a beautiful day in the second largest city in Maryland so I figured I'd fire up the egg.  I have done a handfull or so of cooks on the egg hadn't tackled the classic wings & ABTs, today was the day.  Went super simple with the ABTs: jalapeno, cream cheese, bacon, dizzydust.  For the wings I used one of my all time favorite recipes, if you give it a try, make the soy-lime dipping sauce too and thank me later.  

Went indirect 375.  I need to check my thermo or go a little lower next time, a few wings were a burnt and the ABTs finished 10 minutes or so earlier than the wings (SWMBO was getting hangry so it worked out just fine).  Maybe next time I'll try 350 or so.

And the pictures...

Obligatory adult beverage (moscow mule) and 'gar during setup:


O's, Stroh's, and Natty Boh's while the temp stabilizes


Toasted Anise for the chickens


Loaded up



Finished product


Close up

lousubcap

Welcome aboard and enjoy the journey.  Now that's a strong start-you have set your personal bar quite high:)   Enjoy your BGE and the forum.

Eggcelsior

Nice bounce-back win today. Meal looks great too!

CPARKTX

Nice looking meal

paqman

Nice!

pgprescott

Home run! Looks like a great day for you! Enjoy. 

oldgeezeystax

Thanks everyone. 

Eggcelsior said:

Nice bounce-back win today. Meal looks great too!

Yes indeed.  I loved every second of Ortiz getting pegged trying to stretch a double off the monster.

caliking

Nicely done, sir! Thanks for the link. We like 5 spice, so I will give these a try some time.

SmokingPiney

That looks awesome! 

Cookbook_Chip

Nom nom

stemc33

Looks good

logchief

Super cook

DMW

Looks great, that chicken recipe sounds really good, I'll have to try that.

Gman2

Nicely done!

Chetscapes

Nicely done neighbor. 

Lmidkiff

Look really really good!

Scottborasjr

Judging from the cook and the beverage and choice of inhaler you will fit in well here. Nicely done!!!

mgd_egg

Very nice!

SGH

Great looking grub brother. Solid all the way around.

oldgeezeystax

DMW said:

Looks great, that chicken recipe sounds really good, I'll have to try that.

@DMW You won't regret it friend, I've made it for friends/family a bunch and have only gotten rave reviews.

Chetscapes said:

Nicely done neighbor. 

@Chetscapes where ya hailing from?  

Much thanks to everyone else.  I've been on a bunch of forums in my day and I love the positivity here.  

Acn

Meal looks really good! Welcome as well, always nice to see another MD egger around.

It looks like you may have had some wings that were hanging over the indirect piece (back left specifically) - were those also the burnt ones?

SmokeyPitt

That chicken looks and sounds awesome- bookmarked! 

I honestly didn't know Strohs was still around.  I haven't seen it in 30 years.  

oldgeezeystax

Yeah the ones on the edge were definitely the burnt ones.  Should I try and keep them as close to the center as possible?  Even letting them touch?  

Also, I rubbed the grate down with a little vegetable oil on some foil but it apparently wasn't enough as some of the wings stuck a bit.  Should I spay the gate down next time?

Legume

yep - I'd eat every bit of that.  nicely done

Brisket_Fanatic

Those wings look amazing!

Acn

oldgeezeystax said:

Yeah the ones on the edge were definitely the burnt ones.  Should I try and keep them as close to the center as possible?  Even letting them touch?  

Also, I rubbed the grate down with a little vegetable oil on some foil but it apparently wasn't enough as some of the wings stuck a bit.  Should I spay the gate down next time?

I think that having them touch would extend your cooking time a little, just knowing that the ones exposed to the hot air coming around the indirect piece will cook quicker can let you know to move them around so the same wings don't get exposed like that for the full time.

Also, don't forget that the higher up in the dome you go, the warmer it gets.  On my large, dome temp runs about 25 degrees higher than the grate.

I usually use a paper towel to oil the grate, once done it can go into a ziplock and then I'll use one to start my fire on a later cook.