Grilled and Smoked Chicken Thighs

[Johnny West]

Last night I did chicken thighs over the coals with cherry and plum wood for smoke.

 

[Johnny West]

 

[QSis]

Good price! Did you get "bite-through skin"? That was always the goal on the BBQ competition circuit.

Lee

 

[Johnny West]

Good price! Did you get "bite-through skin"? That was always the goal on the BBQ competition circuit.

Lee

Don’t know what that means. My goal is to not burn the skin to badly, then finish off in indirect heat and smoke.

I got these at the commissary which is usually cheaper than local stores.

 

[QSis]

Don’t know what that means. My goal is to not burn the skin to badly, then finish off in indirect heat and smoke.

I got these at the commissary which is usually cheaper than local stores.

Bite-through skin is crispy - not chewy, tough or flabby, fat nicely rendered. When you take a bite of the chicken thigh, the skin ONLY of the bite comes off with the flesh, as opposed to the whole skin pulling off at once.

Did I explain that well?

Lee

 

[Johnny West]

Bite-through skin is crispy - not chewy, tough or flabby, fat nicely rendered. When you take a bite of the chicken thigh, the skin ONLY of the bite comes off with the flesh, as opposed to the whole skin pulling off at once.

Did I explain that well?

Lee

You did and this would not be show quality. 🙄

 

[Johnny West]

I did the other thighs tonight. It was a gorgeous evening and ate outside. Some,potato salad would have been nice.

 

[Johnny West]

 

[Johnny West]

I did breast this evening and they were hit long with applewood smoke… tasted great although they look burned.

 

[QSis]

I did breast this evening and they were hit long with applewood smoke… tasted great although they look burned.

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Did you sauce them then put them on the fire?

Lee

 

[Johnny West]

Did you sauce them then put them on the fire?

Lee

No, i left them on the fire too long and they got a bit charred. I put sauce on at the table like steak sauce.

 

[Sass Muffin]

No, i left them on the fire too long and they got a bit charred. I put sauce on at the table like steak sauce.

I like them that way 🙂