HOT WINGS

Are they popular?  A couple of years ago it was estimated that over 1 BILLION wing portions were consumed on Super Bowl Sunday alone!  Someone also said the only way we could see more wings on our tables is for someone to figure out how to get the chickens to have more than one set of wings. How do you cook yours?  I like them three ways - Baked then Fried, Smoked (not grilled over direct heat), and Smoked then Fried.  Double cooking is a common method to get things like Fries crisp and it works just as well with wings.  I don't dust them with flour or corn starch but I do like a pretty heavy sprinkling of BBQ rub applied several hours in advance of cooking.  Smoked then Fried is my favorite but all three methods end the same with Texas Pete and butter heated up and poured over the wings and tossed just before serving. What is better than a chicken wing to munch on?  A lot of wings to munch on!