Testing Recipes For A Big Wing Contest

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Hey guys, welcome to Pellets and Pits.

Hey, today is all about a grilled jerk

chicken wing. Not only did we make the

jerk sauce, we went ahead and made a

homemade mango habanero sauce to top it

off. We're recipe testing. We got a big

contest coming up. If you guys want to

see this, here we go.

All righty. To give you a little

insight, we're actually recipe testing

today. We have done this before. This is

actually our recipe from

pelatinpetss.com. Jamaican jerk barbecue

sauce. It's one of our favorites. I

swear by it. I have entered in my very

first cooking competition ever. I

typically stay away from those, but

being friends with some friends down the

road, TMG Pitts, um, Knoxville has a

huge, and it's getting bigger every

year. It's called Big Kahuna Wingfest.

And so we are going to enter just for

craps and giggles. Uh just see what it's

about. Get kind of get my feet wet in a

competition. Uh and see what happens. So

we are going to do a jerk wing with a

mango habanero hot sauce. Okay. So this

is the idea.

We're going to sneeze before we get

started cuz it helps the video

algorithm.

Hang on.

So this is a list of ingredients that we

have. We're going to put this in the

blender, get it blended up, and move on

to the wings.

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Whatever you do after you touch these

peppers, just make sure you wash your

hands really good.

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Simply

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with a pack of wings, we are going to

cut them in half and then cut the tips

off. Just find that joint right between

them. Cut the tips off. Save that for

stock if you want to.

There we go. Chicken wings are cut up.

Sauce is done. I'm going to add about

half the sauce. This is basically just

going to be a quick marinade. I know you

can season them, uh, but we like this so

much. I'm trying to balance out what I

think's going to win. And there's a

difference. So, the jerk barbecue sauce,

save a little bit for basing and just

kind of get your hands in there and get

that worked in and just let those wings

do its thing. While that's going on, we

can start the grill, get that settled

down, and we can also make our mango

habanero sauce.

My first attempt at the mango hot sauce.

So, we have mangoes, we have carrots, we

have brown sugar, we have salt, uh

allspice and cumin, vinegar,

um honey, ginger, garlic, water,

lime. We're going to see how many

habaneros we're going to need, and some

onion. Okay, so this is the idea. Dump

method it goes. We can cook it

afterwards.

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How hot do you want the wing?

You're asking the wrong person.

It's true. Here, taste this.

Is it spicy?

No, it's actually really I mean it is

there's no doubt there's heat.

There's heat.

I'm going to keep it like that just for

right now.

I do know that once we start cooking

with it, the heat's going to tame down a

little bit. So, if we need to throw a

couple habaneros in next time, we will.

What about flavor?

The flavor is good. I think it will it

become less grainy.

Yes. So, we're going to cook it. That's

going to help uh cook some stuff and

then we're actually going to re uh blend

it.

Okay, sounds good.

The flavor is good.

Sweetness.

Of course, that's a little bit sweet,

too. Smokiness. That's got some smoke in

there. This doesn't. We're going to put

over coals. We're going to see. That's

what cooking's all about.

On the stove it goes. We're going to

simmit for about 10 minutes.

I just got some uh splits of uh hickory.

Kind of just put those all around the

sides.

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All righty. Direct flame. Today we're

looking to bring the wings up, you know,

like 160° and then we'll start rotating

them off, getting the fire calmed down,

cooling down the grill for a little

smoke flavor. But I want that direct

heat.

sauce is done simmering. We're going to

put it back in the blender and see if we

can't get it just a little bit smoother.

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That's the color I'm looking for right

there. They're not all going to get it,

but that's what I'm looking for.

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All right. So, a little update. So, the

fire on the charcoal grill got a little

hot for me. So, what I've done, I've

just pulled the wings. Not a big deal.

Um, I've able to close down the dampers

a little bit on the fire, just kind of

cool those embers down, and I was able

to just move the coals on one side. Now,

we're creating that two zone system,

which is fine with me. We'll be able to

toss the wings and keep them on that

indirect heat to be able to finish them

off, which is what I planned anyways. I

didn't think that right side was going

to get as hot as the left side. So,

it happens in cooking. You just got to

know how to deal with it. Saucing those

up one more time.

See the color I'm looking for?

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All right. Fires the left side. This is

going to be my cooler side. We don't

have to worry about that uh intense

heat.

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Guys, I get asked all the time, do you

ever make something that just doesn't

taste as good and like you edit the

video or you cut the video or you don't

post the video? And I always say no. We

always show the goods and the bads. This

is why we recipe test. I'm not happy

with it. I think there are a lot of

components in it and everything needs to

be refined. The jerk chicken wings by

themselves stand out. I was not a fan of

the texture of the sauce. It's more like

a my wife mentioned like baby food or

applesauce. I agree with her. We tried

to strain it. Although it was smoother,

it was still similar. I know how to fix

it. I know I can do that something

completely different. I love a good

charcoal grilled wing. All right. Little

habanero.

I mean, it's still a dang good wing.

When the wing cools down and you can

actually taste it versus being 200

degrees on the grill. Suck the meat off

of that bone.

Feed it to me.

Oh my gosh.

Oh, that's perfect. That's a onebiter.

You're going to make it a four batter.

Texture still there. I'm not a fan of

the texture, but the flavor is a lot. I

think that's a better as it sits.

Somebody's calling for the recipe.

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All right, guys. There you go. That's

kind of like behind the scenes of what's

going to go on in the future. I know one

thing. I'm going to sit down and enjoy

the wings. They're good enough to enjoy,

and I'm going definitely going to do

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