Grilled BBQ Chicken Wings

Get your taste buds ready for a flavor explosion with our mouth-watering grilled BBQ chicken wings! Perfectly seasoned and grilled, they’ll have you licking your fingers in delight.

With grilling season just around the corner, I am looking forward to eating many meals out on our deck. Though we use our grill setup all year round, it is extra special when we can sit out in the fresh air while we eat our meal.

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These are the best grilled chicken wings ever and one of the many recipes that we will be enjoying this summer!

Grilled wings have a wonderful smoky flavor and crispy skin that you just can’t replicate with any other cooking method.

Whether you make these tasty wings for game day or for a yummy weeknight dinner, it is a good idea to make extra. They will disappear every single time!

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Supplies:

• Traeger 780 Pro Smoker Grill
• BBQ tongs
• Basting brush
• Paper towel
• Aluminum foil
• Sharp knife
• Cutting board

Ingredients:

• 2 lbs chicken wings
• ½ cup barbecue sauce*
• ¼ cup barbecue sauce reserved for basting

*Any kind of BBQ sauce will work, but we love this homemade barbecue sauce for all of our grilling.

Directions:

1. In a large mixing bowl, toss wings in BBQ sauce.

2. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for an hour.

Tip: this can be done at home in a large freezer bag and then packed and taken on your camping trip, eliminating some of the mess!

3. Preheat the grill to 350 degrees F.

4. Place the chicken wings on the grill. Baste with BBQ sauce.

5. Flip the wings every 5 minutes, basting in between.

6. Cook for 25-30 mins on medium heat or until the internal temperature reaches 170 degrees F when measured with a meat thermometer.

Tips and tricks:

• Use olive oil to season your grill before cooking. This will help to prevent the chicken from sticking. Lining your grill grates with alumimum foil will also help.
• Though we love using our Traeger to make these crispy grilled chicken wings, they can also be made using a gas grill, charcoal grill, in the oven, or in a slow cooker.
• The key to really tender meat is cooking it low and slow. The long cook time allows the connective tissue in tough cuts of meat to break down. Marinating your meat also helps this process along.

• This recipe can be made with boneless chicken breasts, chicken thighs, and chicken drumsticks too. Whatever cut of meat you are using, be sure the chicken’s internal temperature reaches the recommended temperature for food safety.
• If you use different chicken pieces, cooking time will vary, particularly if they are bone-in pieces. Always use an instant-read thermometer in the thickest part of the chicken to determine whether the meat is cooked thoroughly.
• Test this recipe out with different BBQ sauces to find the ones your family enjoys most.
• Refrigerate leftovers in an airtight container for up to three days.

Substitutions:

• Try brining the chicken wings in pickle or lemon juice.
• Instead of BBQ sauce, try making a dry rub using seasonings like garlic powder, onion powder, cayenne pepper, chili powder, minced garlic cloves, and brown sugar.
• Season the wings with just sea salt and black pepper.
• Buffalo sauce, like Frank’s hot sauce.
• Use a sweet wing sauce.
• Honey BBQ sauce or sweet Baby Rays are also favorites.

Serve these deliciously crispy chicken wings with french fries, potato salad, carrot and celery sticks, or Mexican corn salad. As chicken wing fans, we also love these keto teriyaki wings or these sweet buffalo wings too.

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