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Wood for Chicken Wings?

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edited November -0001 in EggHead Forum
Have chicken wings I plan to grill in the egg this evening and am trying to decide what kind of wood to use. Any suggestions? I have oak, hickery, pecan, apple, mesquite, and alder available.
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  • Unknown
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    Chuck/Tx,
    I vote pecan.
    Hank
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  • EGGOMANIAC
    EGGOMANIAC Posts: 141
    Hank,[p]ditto.
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  • Clay Q
    Clay Q Posts: 4,486
    Chuck/Tx,
    I vote apple. Hey buddy, I'm about to throw on a pile of wings meself. I'll be glazing with Chinese sweet/sour sauce.
    Have fun.
    Clay
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    Thanks guys. Appears I'd be ok with either apple or pecan. Will go with the majority vote for pecan, i.e. 2 votes for pecan (grin). Appreciate the fast feed-back. It's on and cookin'.

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    Chuck/Tx,[p]I confess I was a little partial in my vote. I used to live in a house with a small grove of pecan trees out back. Even when I was a blind and foolish Weber-ite, I'd pick up the windfall wood and fire it up! I always used pecan for fowl and other wood for beef and fish and such.[p]Hank
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  • SouthOfI10
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    Hank,
    Pecan's my favorite too. Grew up on a 40 acre orchard in South MS. They don't sell the pecans anymore, but I always bring back a downed limb or two when I go back home for a visit. Katrina made certain that my supplies are pretty much endless for the next few years or so.[p]Ever try with steak??? Absolutely my favorite during the bake part of a T-Rex.[p]Cheers.
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    SouthOfI10,[p]I hear you. I grew up well east of Atlanta and there was always pecan wood on the ground. Even the occasional hickory or oak that someone was sawing up. Funny thing about mesquite (which is my least favorite chip) is that my old dissertation director, who was from west Texas, said that mesquite was what they used to cook (open fire, no grills) when there was absolutely nothing else to burn. Apologies to mesquite folk on the board.[p]Hank
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    Hank, the wings are cooked and in the kitchen. I cooked them direct, on a raised grate. The fire was pretty hot, about 400 dome, so they got done in around 30 minutes. The skin is crisp, perfect. Seeing what a nice fire I had, I took a whole chicken out of the frig that my wife was planning to cook, quickly cut the backbone out, sprinkled my magic dust on it and put it on the raised grid. Turned it after 15 minutes and it is looking pretty. Decided to use pecan for it too. Gonna have plenty of chicken -- come on over (grin).

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