These Smoked Coca-Cola BBQ Wings are amazing and so full of flavor! Wings are just one of those epic foods that just scream it’s football season. You can’t go wrong with a nice cold beer and a basket of wings with a football!!
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Now I have been choosing to smoke more meat this year as it gives it more flavoring in the smoker than just grilling it. I have discovered that making a Coca-Cola Brine for chicken before smoking adds excellent flavor to it, and with Coca-Cola, it makes for some fantastic Smoked Coca-Cola BBQ Wings!
Smoked Chicken Wings Brine Ingredients:
- Wingettes
- BBQ Sauce
- Coca- Cola–you can change this up with any dark soca, Diet Coke, Root Beer, Dr. Pepper, or Coke Zero. The soda flavor will alter the taste a bit, but it will work.
- Worcestershire Sauce
- Brown Sugar
- Minced Garlic
- Salt
- Ice
How To Make Smoked Chicken Wings Brine:
In a large container, place your chicken wings and pour in the 2 Liter of Coca-Cola.
Add Worcestershire sauce, brown sugar, minced garlic, salt, and 2 cups of bbq sauce.
Stir the combination together, and then add in ice.
Refrigerate overnight or for at least 4 hours before cooking; keep adding ice to keep the chicken cold.
How To Make Smoke Coca-Cola BBQ Wings:
Prep your smoker; I always start by turning it on and placing it in my chips. (I love to use apple pucks) and get good smoke going. I add my water tray after I get the smoke from my pucks and then open up my smoke pipe.
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Spray your smoker racks with a non-stick spray
Using tongs remove your chicken from the brine and spread them out on your racks.
Once your smoker is at about 150-200 degrees, put in your chicken wings.
Keep tending to your smoker and monitoring the temperature. I set a timer for about 30 minutes to keep an eye on the temperature and replace your chips or pucks as needed.
I smoked mine for about three hours!!
Remove racks of wings from the smoker and coat them with BBQ sauce!
*Be sure to use a food thermometer to ensure our chicken is cooked to the right temperature! Chicken is always cooked to 165 degrees at least*
What is your favorite way to make wings for the big game?
How long do I smoke chicken wings?
You don’t smoke chicken wings most of the time; you must smoke to a temperature of at least 165 degrees.
How To Store Smoked Chicken Wings
Store in an airtight container or ziplock bag. Consume the leftovers within three days.
How To Reheat Smoked Chicken Wings
Reheat in an air fryer, oven, or microwave until heated to internal temperature.
Other Smoked Chicken Wing Recipes:
- Smoked Crispy Chicken Wings
- Bourbon BBQ Smoked Chicken Wings
- Spicy Smoked Chicken Wings
- Smoked Honey Garlic Chicken Wings
Recipes Using A Coca-Cola Brine:
While there is no limit to what you can make with a Coca-Cola Brine, below are my favorites. You can swap out Coca-Cola for any dark soda; this is just my go-to flavor.
- Boneless BBQ Ribs
- Cornish Game Hens
- Chicken Legs
- Chicken Thighs
- Coca-Cola Smoked Turkey
- Pork Shoulder Roast
- Chicken Leg Quarters
- Chicken Wings
- Pork Shoulder
Smoked Coca Cola BBQ Wings
Ingredients
- 4 Pounds Party Wing
- 36 Ounces BBQ sauce
- 2 Liter Coca- Cola
- 2 Tablespoon Worcestershire Sauce
- 1/4 Cup Brown Sugar
- 4 Tablespoon Minced Garlic
- 3 Tablespoon Salt
- Ice
- Carrots
- Celery
- Ranch
Instructions
- In a large container place your chicken wings in it and pour in the 2 liter of Coca-Cola
- Add in Worcestershire sauce, brown sugar, minced garlic, salt, and 2 cups of bbq sauce.
- Stir the combination together and then add in ice
- Refrigerate overnight or for at least 4 hours before cooking, keep adding ice to keep the chicken really cold.
- Prepare your smoker with your wood chips to get a good smoke going. I have found that I love to use apple pucks for my smoker.
- Spray your smoker racks with a non-stick spray
- Using tongs remove your chicken from the brine and spread out on your racks.
- Once your smoker is at about 150-200 degrees put in your chicken wings
- Keep tending to your smoker and monitoring the temperature, I set a timer for about 30 minutes to keep an eye on the temperature and replace your chips or pucks as needed.
- I smoked mine for about three hours!!
- Remove from racks of wings from smoker and coat with bbq sauce!
- *Be sure to use a food thermometer to make sure your chicken is cooked to the right temperature!
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