Smoked Chicken Wings are a delicious appetizer recipe idea for your BBQ summer or game day! A quick smoking time with lots of flavor will be a hit tailgate food. Includes tips for how to best smoke chicken wings.
Pat the wings dry with a paper towel to remove excess moisture. If wings are really dry, use a very small amount of oil instead for the rub to stick to.
1 pound chicken wings
Apply the rub and rub into the wings on all sides.
1 ½ Tablespoons BBQ rub
Insert a grilling meat thermometer inside a wing at the widest part, away from bones as much as possible.
Put the wings on the smoker and cook until theu reach an internal temperature of 165°F, approximately 2 hours.
If basting, apply BBQ sauce to the wings the last 15 or so minutes (when the temperature is close, around 155°F).
⅓ cup BBQ sauce
If you want to crisp them up, I suggest skipping the BBQ sauce (serve on the side) and crank up the heat to 500°F (or as high as possible if lower) for 5 minutes at the end.
Rest for 10 minutes before serving.
Notes
Don't have a smoker? You can put your wood chips or pellets of choice in a metal pan with venting holes inside of a grill instead.Easily multiply this recipe for as many wings as you need!