The preparation of these can be a PITA.
I tried the instructions to prepare these as told by Diva Q in the following video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTDUfuwZ87g
A sharp knife, and I highly recommend scissors to help deal with cutting the all of the tendons and such. It helps speed up the process.
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Started out with 6 lbs, and a total of 26 drumsticks.
Took about 40-45 minutes to prep all of them .... I thought that wasn't too bad.
Ended up with 1¾ lbs of trimmings that got Ziplocked and frozen for future broth.
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These were then marinated for 48 hours in a mixture of Buffalo wing sauce, and freshly squeezed lime juice.
Just before they were ready to hit the grill, I sprinkled some of this stuff on them for extra flavour and a little heat.
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When I am dealing with a large number of small items to go on the grill, I do the following:
While the kettle is preheating, I have the cooking grate outside of the kettle.
Get it loaded up, remove lid, then place fully loaded grate into the kettle. Quick, and it preserves heat.
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I went with a full chimney of lit lump dumped into the polar-vortex charcoal basket, and cherry and apple for smoke.
The average temperature for this cook was around 425° with the vents wide open for the duration.
Before removing, I cycled the pieces into the centre for a little bit of char action. Total cook time was 1 hour, 15 minutes.
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These got promptly covered in foil.
I then brought them to work for the crew to sample on our last day before holiday shutdown.
They were delicious, and were a big hit!
I will definitely be doing these more often, as the prep work didn't seem so bad.
Merry Christmas, everyone!
Great cook. Where did you get the Franks Rub?
They look excellent. Never did lollipops before but I might have to give it a try.
@fedex , I picked it up at Costco. It has nice flavour and heat.
@wyd , This was my second time making these. My first time was very frustrating.
I recommend the method in the video mentioned. Not so frustrating this time. :) :)
Those look egg-cellent Mac! Nicely done!
... I'm imagining myself of a warm beach somewhere in Saskatchewan feeding these to my lady friend lol