Crispy Grilled Chicken Wings | Gameday Wings

What's good everybody and welcome back to my channel smoking and grilling with me A.B. check it out I know you guys have already seen the thumbnail today's the big game you know what so listen I'm gonna go ahead and do these chicken wings right we're gonna do them on the grill but here's the twist right here we're gonna do them two ways one we just finna get them seasoned up we're gonna put them on the grill that way and the other the other ones we're gonna go ahead and put them on there some kind of way like uh you know use some uh flour cornstarch so we're gonna just do it two ways I got somebody in the background right now that's getting ready to uh hey come on over here bro you know hey look he's probably tripping right now but look this is my taste tester so he gonna be able to tell you hey get in here man what's up everybody you know who it is big Michael BZ cooks that's right so listen we ain't gonna bore you with all the antics or whatever listen we're gonna get out here on this grill let's first hurry up and get these uh seasoned up and let's get it cracking and I know it's last minute so listen if you guys gonna do it for those of you guys that ain't you know stuck under the snow and nothing like that go ahead get your wings put them outside get them grilled up put that flavor on them and let's get it all right check it out look not a whole lot right I got four pounds of uh chicken wings you know actually I bought them from my local uh grocery store at the butcher so what I did was I had two pounds of each you know flat and then the regular right so we got flats then we got these right here you know we need a little drumettes now we're gonna go over this check this out let me wash my hands since I touched this chicken all right so look this is what we're gonna do this right here is a quarter cup of flour and a quarter cup of cornstarch look we're gonna use this and let me make sure I got it right this right here these two go together so we'll do it like that I'm using sweet smoky joes I hope you guys can see it right here I'm using sweet smoky joes look this is for your chicken I know you guys saying I've been you know tough on them sweet smoky joe products but I can promise you this he makes a lot of them and this is like my second go-to choice especially when it comes to chicken and look you see this creole kick right here this right here is what we're gonna season this and the black pepper we're gonna season the other half like that so look it'll go like this that all goes together and these are gonna go for the naked ones we're gonna do them on the grill we're gonna get some of that uh that grill flavor on these wings and then we're gonna go from there but just super simple but the trick today is just showing you the floured version on the grill because not a lot of people do that right and then I'm gonna show you the regular way we do it and then when we're done with it it's up to you if you want to toss them in something you can do that too now let's go ahead and get this set up all right first thing we're gonna divide these wings up I'm gonna put some in here we want to put about half of them so we want two pounds each in each different bowl one of them is going to be seasoned by themselves we'll just call them naked grilled you know wings and then the other is gonna be uh you know in the batter we're gonna go ahead and get that that flour cornstarch mix so we'll figure about here they look about the same not too bad we'll leave it like this now we'll start with this one here let's start with the naked ones first so what I'm gonna do is we'll start like this take this I want to mix these together so look cornstarch and flour right this right here is for your chicken we'll just add that there all right look get it you just want to blend it here so get yourself a whisk and don't forget you guys I always tell you man the best thing about cooking you no matter what you do if you got the right tools for the job you golden that's good enough for me now we're gonna take this and what we're gonna do is we're gonna put it in here I'm gonna put it in this bowl now we're gonna take these pour these in there just like that and now we're just gonna work on them you know work it in a lot of people don't do grilled chicken wings or chicken you know chicken period starting off with you know our flour or cornstarch but we are today we can do them in the air fryer we can do them that way too all right that's what we're working with set that off to the side let me give me another set of gloves and let's move on with just seasoning these now we just call these what the naked wings right so I'm gonna go ahead and just start grinding some of this pepper on top it might look like a lot to you guys but don't forget I gotta toss them right so I like to see pepper you know all you know I like to see that ground pepper on everything so we just keep running it back and forth hey and not to really say you know be all over sweet smoky joe like I am but this is some of his uh black peppercorn the smoked black peppercorn that's what I have in here now that's all I use you guys so that means listen that the peppercorns inside of here have already been smoked all right got that done now for the creole kick now I know you guys are looking at it and probably thinking like dang that's a lot but don't forget I gotta toss it we need to get those seasonings on the backside and all of the chicken that's underneath so go in now with my hand now look just doing it this way you can see the difference you can see look no seasoning versus seasoning look at the color all right all right so we got both of these ready to go you guys can see that right let me get this one over here a little closer all right now let's go outside and let's get the station set up let's get these coals going let's get them on the grill why I elected to stand right in front of this smoke I don't know but I just want to show you these right now are starting to turn white right so what I'm gonna do is I'm gonna use some lope lump coals I'm gonna put these on top once we got fired then we're gonna go ahead and move over to the grill now you guys can get your fire any old kind of way you want it but I'm gonna show you I'm gonna use a vortex style you know stainless steel cylinder disc that's just going hey you guys might want to run out and get one of these they're very inexpensive you can pick them up for 20 bucks you can get them on Amazon you can probably pick them up at your local barbecue store I'm not gonna over talk it we finna finish this part we finna get right on that grill so that I can show you where the magic is gonna happen all right now we're getting ready to get started now look this is the disc I was talking about we're gonna put this this has got to be in the center right so what I'm gonna do is I'm gonna line all of my wings on the outside of my grate so we got this this is ready this is where I like it it's a nice little flame and now you guys can see up close what lump coals look like all right so we're gonna put this right here in the center and look that's stainless steel right so what it's going to do is it's going to radiate the heat you know from a cone shape it's going to come all the way to the top hit the dome and spray it on all of the you know on each side where the complete cylinder side now you can see it just a little bit better got lump coals you see the charcoals you know recast that I got on the top but you know the lump coals are underneath the bottom so now I'm gonna put this on the top I'm gonna adjust my vents down at the bottom and adjust this right here let me turn it this way so you guys can see and we're gonna get this thing up to temp so we're gonna watch this temp I'll bring the food outside we're gonna go from there now when adjusting your you know your kettle grill listen it pulls air from the bottom and then from the bottom it passes through the coals you know it gets hot and then it goes out the vent at the top right so we're looking for 400 degrees which I have there and you want to make sure that it holds 400 degrees for at least five minutes now that I have my vents and everything adjusted properly I go ahead and add my chicken and you can see that's on the indirect side you know it's just super easy all right now you saw the arrangement I know it's starting to make sense to you guys that like if this is something new having this cylinder and $20 investment you know if you got a kettle style grill ain't no matter what kind of grill you got if you can get this vortex in there this is nice hey look and I like the way it look when you know when you're cooking so all you're gonna need is a pair of tongs right here this right here gonna be our best friend we're gonna need an instant read which I'm gonna go ahead and get out of my kitchen and then I'm gonna put this top on here and we want to make sure they're at least 165 degrees if they're 165 degrees fahrenheit I promise you're gonna have some juicy crispy at the same time you know chicken wings so let's get this top on there let's adjust these vents all right go ahead look right now we have 400 degrees we're able to uh maintain that the heat right so I'm gonna take this off now as you can see the ones on the right side the ones with no flour and cornstarch on them those look normal and then the ones on the left side that do have it you know what you can see that you can still see some of the flouring on there right but trust me once you flip them it all comes together all right take a look I got them all flipped over right this was just the first we'll just say the first 12 minutes this is how they look there's something about when you flip them you know when you flip them over next time we're gonna look at it after about another 12 minutes then we're gonna start temping these right here we want to look at these and just see where they are you'll see that a lot of this cornstarch and flour starts to uh go away all right so we're gonna get this back on top we're gonna wait till our temperature rises back and then we're gonna go for there I'll see you guys in about another 15 12 to 15 minutes so after you know really a real good 15 minutes I mean that was solid I went ahead and put my instant read thermometer on there and then check the uh the drumettes because those would be the thicker ones and they were ready to come off right but as you can see I took all the ones that didn't have breading on them you know no flour or cornstarch and I left I took those off and I left the others on just to gave them about another five minutes just so they could like crisp up you know and as you can see right there that all of the flour and cornstarch is gone now I'm gonna show you guys a close-up look at that right there those right there are fire hey I can tell you this I'm gonna give you a spoiler alert listen the flavor was deep into the meat and that right there is a good time to uh toss them in whatever type flavor you know flavor wings you like so tell me what you guys think you guys just seen okay let me just say it this way when you saw me out there on the grill it was really about using that you know that little vortex style you know cylinder stainless steel cylinder right so listen you put it in the middle listen the heat rises up hits the dome of the kettle grill and comes down this way on all sides right and it allows it just to cook like that you know it's just super simple and you know we were big on talking about uh like the different zones you got indirect and then you got direct right and by having it in the center like that everything that was on the outside that was on the indirect heat and the fact that I breaded a couple of you know a few of these now I'm gonna go ahead and just take here we'll just go like this I'm gonna show you the difference listen to this you can just hear that these right here is like super I'm gonna just say hey they're real crispy but these are the ones on the right side are the ones that I put the flour and the cornstarch on right that's the right side and these right here these were just grilled you know what I mean I might have to like bring them a little closer so you guys can see you can see the difference right here just look at them you know what I mean this right here you can see that this has a more crunchy exterior and this right here listen this one's crunchy too but it's a different type of crunchy now once you make your wings like this then you can put them in whatever type of sauce you want toss them and you want to serve them while they hot but for me I'm gonna go ahead take this flat just the one that's been breaded right here and we're finna get a bite of this that right there is fire and don't forget you guys look use foil chicken that's what I put in the ones that have the uh the flour and the cornstarch this right here you guys gonna start to see a lot of this and then of course we all know about the right the creole kick this is on one of these wings right here these are the ones we I just called them like the naked wings no type of breading or flouring on them at all you know what I mean uh they just ready to go you know outside I got two kettles going a lot more wings and uh oh let me address this the reason you don't see mad dog hey mad dog I'm gonna get you hey he went to go make a story run had to finish this up so I can get out here to ten and you know to finish uh tending to these wings so I'm gonna be the taste tester on this one so check it out this is the one right here with that uh creole kick look you can see I'm gonna peel it like this so you guys can see look at the color you can see where it's got that smoky color to it all the way throughout the meat nice clean off of the bone oh man you can't go wrong either way flour and all right now if you ask me which one hey listen both of them are good both of them are seasoned just right it's up to you guys you guys can go with these products I have right here in front of me you know what I'm gonna put a link down in the description box below and I'll pin it to the number one comment and also I'm gonna have a discount code for you guys it'll be ab10 so if you get them from sweetsmokeyjoes.com use that discount and you get 10% off for whatever your order is spring is on its way you know I mean so we getting ready folks hey with that being said let me just say listen if you're new to my channel let me go ahead and take this time to say hey welcome to my channel thank you for watching don't forget to subscribe and like this video and tell everybody out there there's a channel out here that's simplifying these recipes and taking the mystery out of cooking and for those of you guys that have been watching me for a minute you know how I'm about to get out of here peace