Smoked Dr. Pepper Wings

Today we are smoking up some chicken wings on the weber kettle using the vortex! The vortex almost always ensures were going to have crispy smoky wings, but I have a few tips to ensure your wings are perfect! Now as far as flavoring, we are taking a bottle of Dr Pepper, reducing it and using that as the perfect wing sauce! These are really good, and I highly recommend you give it a try! Sound good? Lets get started...

YouTube Instructional: https://youtu.be/UO16Aj64FKc

Ingredients:
~2Lbs Chicken Wings
Kosher Salt
Black Pepper
Garlic Powder
Olive Oil

Wing Sauce:
2 Cups Dr. Pepper
1 Tbsp Brown Sugar
2 Tbsp Salted Butter
1 Tsp Chili Powder
1 Tsp Apple Cider Vinegar

Step 1: Wet Brine the Wings

Using a ratio of 1 Cup water to 1 Tbsp Kosher Salt, Completely cover the wings in a ziplock and leave in fridge overnight

Step 2: Trim the Wings

Take the wings out of the ziplock and completely rinse them and then pat them dry

Using a sharp knife, separate the flats, drums, and tips

Step 3: Rub down the Wings

Lightly coat both sides of the wings in a layer of olive oil, and then lightly apply garlic powder and black pepper

Move wings to fridge uncovered for an hour or so to dry out

Step 4: Smoke the wings

Time to smoke your wings. on the pellet grill, the 0-400 method works great.

For the weber kettle, I love using the vortex.

You can absolutely fry these off as well!

Step 5: Make the Wings Sauce

Combine ingredients

Put onto stove and simmer until reduced by half

Step 6: Sauce the wings

Put the wings into a bowl and coat them in the wing sauce

toss around to evenly coat

let them sit for a few minutes to really get that sticky glaze

Enjoy!