Good food for kids?

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jbauch357

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We don't have kids, my wife's mother and pre-teen little brothers are going to be staying with us this weekend.  I figured putting something on the smoker would be a good project for me and the boys, but also want the finished product to be something fun and that they would enjoy.  Pork as the primary dish is off the menu due to dietary concerns for her mother, but as a garnish or add-on is acceptable.

So, those of you familiar with cooking for kids, have any ideas?
 
My daughter really likes the wings we smoke. I get her involved with the seasoning process, it is fun for both of us and she is learning along the way.
 
Do wings and a few pork tenderloins. They should finish close together. You may need a fast sear on the pork though.
 
Wings would be great, and with a tenderloin, Brian is on the money that they will likely finish in the  same time.  As for pulled chicken, I usually use chicken thighs for this and let them go to 170IT, remove the skin and shred.  If you have a mixer, drop them in and let the mixer do the work to produce the pulled chicken.  The mixer works great...the pulled chicken looks like pulled pork.  Let us know how it works out!

On the side, the mac and cheese recipe on our site is also good, so you could slip that onto the top shelf for some additional smoked goodness.
 
Veggies and Mac N Cheese.  I've done portabellos w cheese that was good.  Beans, green beans, mac n cheese can be easy.

Get store bought in fridge section, transfer to alum disposable pan, add mustard powder on top smoke away.

Potato's are good too.  Small white or yellow skin turn out the best on 3 hour or so smokes.

MEATLOAF muffins.

http://www.smoking-meat.com/october-2-2014-smoked-beef-and-pork-meatloaf-muffins





 
Smoked chicken quarters and after some smoke wrap tight in foils and throw in oven. Awesome.

Then some smoked homemade Mac n cheese. All love this.
 
We decided on bacon wrapped chicken thighs and some bacon wrapped drumstick lollipops, both with a bbq sauce orange juice glaze.  Basically using Jeff's approach here but with our poultry rub instead of his - http://www.smoking-meat.com/april-3-2014-smoked-bacon-wrapped-chicken-thighs

I'll post up pics when we pull them.
 
So what it comes down to is I just don't like the flavor profile of chicken wrapped in bacon then smoked.  I'll call this my third try since I tried once before, then did two different recipes today - and all of them tasted like crap to me.

Pull the bacon off and the chicken meat is actually pretty good, but something about the way bacon cooks down and absorbs smoke flavor I just can't stand.  My wife agrees and pulled all her bacon off, her brothers and mother though loved the bacon  ???

We'll strip the bacon off the leftovers and turn the chicken into smoked chicken salad or something of the sort which will be great, I just wish the main dish were a bit better.

The mats worked phenomenally well though.  I misjudged when the chicken was going to be done vs the veggies, so I ended up pulling the mats/meat off the smoker and tossing them on a ~450-500 degree grill to finish coming up to 165 IT.  There was tons of smoke from the bacon and chicken fat burning off, but the mats didn't char or burn or anything - they're in the dishwasher now waiting for a bath and a follow up use.

Anyway, here are pictures.

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We pulled the bacon off the leftover pieces and reheated them on the grill at 400 degrees, two minutes per side.  They were delicious, tender and juicy all over again - minus that nasty bacon (never thought I'd say that).
 
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