Lemon Pepper Wings

[wmeister1]

First smoke with my new #2...

Took leftover package of about 30 frozen Sam's Club raw wings and defrosted them for a few days in a bowl in the refridgerator. Drained and dried them with paper towels.

I put them in a zip lock bag and added about a 1/4 cup of Lowerys lemon pepper seasoning from Sam's and let them sit in the refrigerator for about 4 hours. Racked them all on one rack!  Amazing, my old Masterbuilt would take at least 2.  I felt a little stupid, I should have bought a new bag of wings and did them all, waste of 3 other racks.

Added 4 oz of hickory wood to smoker, put wings in top shelf and smoked for 2.5 hours at 250 degrees.
They came out a semi crispy, a little over cooked (shrunken), and a very smoked-> but the best wings that I have ever smoked, hands down.  I think next time I will try 2.25 hours and 3 oz of wood.  I say this, but my family devoured them in 15 minutes...  Try the lemon pepper, very good.

I am amazed at how little wood the smoker needs compared to my old masterbuilt one.  I would have to constantly feed chips to the scoop and feed it in for at least an hour or two to get decent flavor.  Now I am weigh measuring the amount of wood. .  I took the advice of someone else here and went to Harbor Freight and bought a small digital scale for 15 dollars and it was well worth it.  3 oz of wood is a handful for me for those who are interested.

Also, these are so well insulated, I can touch the top and put my beer on there without any worry.  Again, I am amazed, glad the old Masterbuilt unit died and I talked myself and the wife into buying something that is this good.

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[DivotMaker]

Nice job, and congrats on the first smoke!  It is amazing how little wood these take!  I'd recommend 2 - 2.5 oz for something like wings.  3 is actually pushing it, unless you like lots of smoke.  BTW, glad the little digital scale from Harbor Freight worked out for you - you're welcome!

There will be a bit of a learning curve, from what you are used to.  No longer will you have to add chips during a smoke!  The idea, with these, is to keep that door closed, and use as little "human intervention" as possible! 

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[bigbassnutt]

I used 2 ounces of cherry wood on my last batch of wings and they were really good. I have a rub that a friend makes for my wings but I am gonna have to try the lemon pepper seasoning, sounds good.