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Outdoor Cooking Equipment => Grills & Smokers => Charcoal Grills => Topic started by: HighOnSmoke on March 15, 2018, 08:40:28 PM

Title: Wings on the Weber Kettle with the Vortex
Post by: HighOnSmoke on March 15, 2018, 08:40:28 PM
Yep, another wing cut! Did I mention that we like wings?  8) Plus the son and his family are still visiting
and they requested wings.

https://vimeo.com/260341502
Title: Re: Wings on the Weber Kettle with the Vortex
Post by: tomcrete1 on March 15, 2018, 09:28:10 PM
Lookin good Mike!  :thumbup:
Title: Re: Wings on the Weber Kettle with the Vortex
Post by: Pam Gould on March 16, 2018, 07:54:59 AM
Looks great Mike..but not near enough cause U know I like wangs.....☆´¯`•.¸¸. ི♥ྀ.
Title: Re: Wings on the Weber Kettle with the Vortex
Post by: Jaxon on March 16, 2018, 08:21:46 AM
Another good lookin' wing cook, Mike.
I notice you didn't pack the Vortex with charcoal, yet you still had plenty of heat for that cook.  On the Vortex page, everybody seems to cram as much charcoal as possible into the V to make it hotter than the next guy's.  Your approach is better, imho, because I don't want to have a huge pile of charcoal left over when I'm finished cookin'.  Seems to me that the V is a great tool to use for conserving charcoal while getting the max temp.
Title: Re: Wings on the Weber Kettle with the Vortex
Post by: TMB on March 16, 2018, 08:24:40 AM
Mike you kill me with this cooks, wings on Sunday! ;)
Title: Re: Wings on the Weber Kettle with the Vortex
Post by: ACW3 on March 16, 2018, 08:49:31 AM
They SURE look good!!

Art
Title: Re: Wings on the Weber Kettle with the Vortex
Post by: smokeasaurus on March 16, 2018, 09:18:51 AM
Quote from: TMB on March 16, 2018, 08:24:40 AM
Mike you kill me with this cooks, wings on Sunday! ;)

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Title: Re: Wings on the Weber Kettle with the Vortex
Post by: HighOnSmoke on March 16, 2018, 10:11:08 AM
Quote from: Jaxon on March 16, 2018, 08:21:46 AM
Another good lookin' wing cook, Mike.
I notice you didn't pack the Vortex with charcoal, yet you still had plenty of heat for that cook.  On the Vortex page, everybody seems to cram as much charcoal as possible into the V to make it hotter than the next guy's.  Your approach is better, imho, because I don't want to have a huge pile of charcoal left over when I'm finished cookin'.  Seems to me that the V is a great tool to use for conserving charcoal while getting the max temp.

Very true Jack. I just figured with a short cook and burning lump charcoal, why waste charcoal when 3/4 of a chimney or less will get the job done.  My lid thermometer was running about 500 to 550 the whole cook. So plenty of heat to get the job done.
Title: Re: Wings on the Weber Kettle with the Vortex
Post by: Big Dawg on March 16, 2018, 04:33:30 PM
Quote from: HighOnSmoke on March 16, 2018, 10:11:08 AM
Quote from: Jaxon on March 16, 2018, 08:21:46 AM
Another good lookin' wing cook, Mike.
I notice you didn't pack the Vortex with charcoal, yet you still had plenty of heat for that cook.  On the Vortex page, everybody seems to cram as much charcoal as possible into the V to make it hotter than the next guy's.  Your approach is better, imho, because I don't want to have a huge pile of charcoal left over when I'm finished cookin'.  Seems to me that the V is a great tool to use for conserving charcoal while getting the max temp.

Very true Jack. I just figured with a short cook and burning lump charcoal, why waste charcoal when 3/4 of a chimney or less will get the job done.  My lid thermometer was running about 500 to 550 the whole cook. So plenty of heat to get the job done.

Agree ! ! !  I use one of those big commercial ice scoops:

(https://autodstools-res.cloudinary.com/images/c_limit,f_auto,fl_lossy,h_500,q_auto,w_500/rkzmhoneomokizipno0k/24Oz-Large-Aluminum-Ice-Scoop-Kitchen-Tool-Bar-Scooper-Food-Commercial-Dry-Goods-eBay-Amazon-New-Star-34547-Cast-Aluminum-Utility-Scoop-24Ounce)

to get charcoal out of my bin on the deck. 

One scoop just about fills the small Weber chimney.  I put a second scoop in the bottom of the Vortex.  That just about does it for wings.  Plenty of heat and not too much leftover.





BD