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Outdoor Cooking Equipment => Grills & Smokers => Charcoal Grills => Topic started by: smokeasaurus on February 15, 2015, 09:53:55 PM

Title: Grilled chicken thighs
Post by: smokeasaurus on February 15, 2015, 09:53:55 PM: Remember when you were just starting to grill and your grilled chicken would always turn into a towering inferno? Well I sure do. Those days are over, thankfully.

Layed a even amount of coals in the PK Grill and used their little half rack to raise the thighs higher above the coals...
(http://i1213.photobucket.com/albums/cc469/s1cott11/0215151650_zpsf4bf55a5.jpg) (http://s1213.photobucket.com/user/s1cott11/media/0215151650_zpsf4bf55a5.jpg.html)

Lots of smoke...but no flames...even with all vents open (which I did for crispy skin) the PK does not allow enough air to support a flame
(http://i1213.photobucket.com/albums/cc469/s1cott11/0215151704_zps08373f29.jpg) (http://s1213.photobucket.com/user/s1cott11/media/0215151704_zps08373f29.jpg.html)

Smoke did it again 8)
(http://i1213.photobucket.com/albums/cc469/s1cott11/0215151729_zpsd0fd3311.jpg) (http://s1213.photobucket.com/user/s1cott11/media/0215151729_zpsd0fd3311.jpg.html)

My chicken looks much better next to Wendy's twice baked loaded smashed taters (she promises to share the recipe) topped with her homemade ranch dressing
(http://i1213.photobucket.com/albums/cc469/s1cott11/0215151745_zpsfd5c419a.jpg) (http://s1213.photobucket.com/user/s1cott11/media/0215151745_zpsfd5c419a.jpg.html)

Wendy made me a salad >:(......with bacon and pepperoni added 8) 8) 8) 8)
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Title: Grilled chicken thighs
Post by: Pappymn on February 15, 2015, 10:13:36 PM: My kind of salad! Having grilling skills is fun......eh Smoke
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Post by: hikerman on February 15, 2015, 10:35:07 PM: Beautiful chicken cook and I'd love a plate just like yours buddy! Mmmmm
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Post by: Smokin Don on February 15, 2015, 11:34:26 PM: Chicken looks great Smoke and I'll be waiting on Wendy's potato recipe!!! Don
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Post by: drholly on February 16, 2015, 12:35:28 AM: Quote from: Smokin Don on February 15, 2015, 11:34:26 PM
Chicken looks great Smoke and I'll be waiting on Wendy's potato recipe!!! Don
X2 - wowsa!
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Post by: sliding_billy on February 16, 2015, 01:57:03 AM: What do you have against infernos? :D
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Post by: HighOnSmoke on February 16, 2015, 06:29:14 AM: Everything looks delicious Smoke! I am waiting for the potato recipe too. ;)
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Post by: Hub on February 16, 2015, 07:00:39 AM: You got everything right except . . . not enough GRAVY :'(

Hub
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Post by: Jaxon on February 16, 2015, 10:15:11 AM: That oughta work on the Weber, too, with adjusted airflow.

I'm a thigh man and appreciate crispy skin on grilled chicken.
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Post by: TwoPockets on February 16, 2015, 10:16:29 AM: Good looking chicken! I love thigh meat.
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Post by: smokeasaurus on February 16, 2015, 11:40:24 AM: Quote from: Jaxon on February 16, 2015, 10:15:11 AM
That oughta work on the Weber, too, with adjusted airflow.

I'm a thigh man and appreciate crispy skin on grilled chicken.

I used to have a rough time with chicken over the coals in my Webers. I was having good success "circling the wagons" with charcoal in the center and the chicken placed around the outskirts of the cooking grate.....the skin comes out crispy as well :)
Title: Re: Grilled chicken thighs
Post by: smokeasaurus on February 16, 2015, 11:41:27 AM: Quote from: Pappymn on February 15, 2015, 10:13:36 PM
My kind of salad! Having grilling skills is fun......eh Smoke

It sure does help Pappy :) Even after all these years I still come up with the occasional clunker of a cook though ???
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Post by: Savannahsmoker on February 16, 2015, 11:46:30 AM: Nice to that grill working out so well for you and that's my kind of chicken.
Nice.
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Post by: Pam Gould on February 16, 2015, 12:02:49 PM: Question...I'm new to my Weber, just got it last summer and I also have a vortex...could I set the charcoal in the vortex and do the same thing? Set it uside down and have radiant heat coming up the sides and an inferno to help crisp skin? Or the other way around? just askin. .☆´¯`•.¸¸. ི♥ྀ.
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Post by: sparky on February 16, 2015, 02:13:33 PM: those look really good. :)
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Post by: smokeasaurus on February 16, 2015, 07:04:36 PM: Quote from: Pam Gould on February 16, 2015, 12:02:49 PM
Question...I'm new to my Weber, just got it last summer and I also have a vortex...could I set the charcoal in the vortex and do the same thing? Set it uside down and have radiant heat coming up the sides and an inferno to help crisp skin? Or the other way around? just askin. .☆´¯`•.¸¸. ི♥ྀ.

Yup, I think that is the perfect way to use your vortex. It will hold the coals in one place and your chicken will crisp up and still be nice and juicy inside with no chance of flare-ups 8)
Title: Re: Grilled chicken thighs
Post by: Big Dawg on February 16, 2015, 07:09:23 PM: Quote from: Pam Gould on February 16, 2015, 12:02:49 PM
Question...I'm new to my Weber, just got it last summer and I also have a vortex...could I set the charcoal in the vortex and do the same thing? Set it uside down and have radiant heat coming up the sides and an inferno to help crisp skin? Or the other way around? just askin. .☆´¯`•.¸¸. ི♥ྀ.

That's exactly what I was thinking . . . .

BD
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Post by: Las Vegan Cajun on February 16, 2015, 10:47:34 PM: Great looking plate, nicely done. ;)
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Post by: TentHunteR on February 17, 2015, 05:56:45 AM: They look great, Smoke. Thighs are our favorite part around here.