Chicken Lollipops

[MacEggs]

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.




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.




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.




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.






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.






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!

[fedex]

Great cook.  Where did you get the Franks Rub?

[wyd]

They look excellent.  Never did lollipops before but I might have to give it a try.

[MacEggs]

@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. 

[SixZeroFour]

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