Love this thread and the ideas I get from it! Hopefully you guys can help a smoking newb out!
I have been smoking wings for a couple of years now and my family and everyone that eats them loves them but I see room for improvement. Here's my current rundown:
1. Brine the wings over night. Brine consists of salt, sugar, garlic, onions, a citrus fruit (whatever we have). Open to brine recipes as I normally just throw something together with what we have.
2. After the brine, I dry them off and toss them in olive oil and a rub of brown sugar, seasoned salt, black pepper and red pepper flakes. My portions of my rub are about 1/2 brown sugar, 1/4 seasoned salt and a 1/4 black pepper and red pepper flakes. With the mixing of the olive oil it turns into kind of a syrupy consistency.
3. Smoke at 225ish for about 90 minutes. Charcoal and wood chunks. I typically do not sauce them.
I like the heat I have but I would like a little more sweet with it. Is there another sweet to add besides the brown sugar or in place of the brown sugar that I should try? Would the brine be a place to address this?
Thanks!