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Wings tonight and a couple thighs. Question??

A31unit
A31unit Posts: 208
edited November 2015 in EggHead Forum
Gonna do wings on my LBGE tonight. I'm thinking 300 elevated direct for the wings for about an hour +.  I would like to do 4 thighs at the same time. How much longer at that temp for the thighs. Thanks
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  • Darby_Crenshaw
    Darby_Crenshaw Posts: 2,657
    just did this the other night.  four thighs and four quarters.

    i threw them on at the same time, a bit higher maybe 325 even 350, for an hour+.  my wife likes the darker chicken meat taken higher, and I think it gives me a better shot at better skin to go longer too.

    the thighs were overdone in the end.  i thought they'd be ok to go on at the same time because the thighs are part of the quarters, and same relative thickness

    but i might suggest holding back the thighs twenty minutes or so, in retrospect.

    the wife and kids liked them, but i thought the thighs were a bit dry for me.
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  • Simcan
    Simcan Posts: 287
    I do wings and thighs at 400 raised indirect and am always happy but certainly there are more ways to do it. I do agree though that wings can be cooked considerably longer than thighs without drying out, so I would put the wings on later, not leave them on longer. For what it is worth at 400 raised indirect both wings and thighs have been perfect for me...if anything the thighs were a little over but not enough to worry about.
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  • Darby_Crenshaw
    Darby_Crenshaw Posts: 2,657
    oops.

    yeah.  wings.

    ignore my bit re the thighs versus quarters (which is what we did last night).

    but as @simcan said, many ways to skin a cat.

    we like our wings beyond crispy (to where you can eat the bones in the tip, to be honest), so that's probably beyond what many like.


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  • SmokingPiney
    SmokingPiney Posts: 2,319
    @A31unit ,

    Pull the wings when you think they're done and pull the thighs at 170 IT.

    I work in your town and live down the road from you. Good to see a fellow South Jerseyite here.  :)
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  • Mattman3969
    Mattman3969 Posts: 10,458
    As said above more than one way to cook a chicken but I cook chicken starting at 350ish indirect and let it creep to 450ish for the finish. Couldn't tell you what the IT is when I pull because I have been goin more for the look I like. FYI thighs can take more cooking time because of the fat content and not hurt a thing.  I'm will @darby_Crenshaw on the doneness of wings.  Unless your like @mickey you can't hardly over cook them in my opinion.  

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  • smbishop
    smbishop Posts: 3,062
    I did the exact same thing last Saturday.  300ish.  Thighs first for 20 minutes, then the wings.  45 - 60 minutes later done.  I used to go higher, but I am liking the lower temp of 300ish, direct...
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