The Secret to Perfect BBQ Chicken Thighs 

I made this today using the slow smoker. Once the smoke was going I put the chicken with the broth mix on. A little over 2 hours later I placed the chicken directly on the grid, added the glaze and added more rub. Repeated it again an hour later. After an hour, I put them on the gas grill at high temp for 10 minutes for some char. FANTASTIC!

This cooking show is great! Everything these women say is accurate and good advice! Greetings from a head chef in Finland👍👍

Oh my goodness this is so delicious. I live in the country and had to make a couple substitutions. I used jalapeno peppers juice for my hot sause and elderberry seedless jam. The braising liquid is the bomb. After your through with it let it cool then refrigerate. It made the best gravy. After chilling remove the fat from the top and reserve 3 Tbsp for your oil for a delicious gravy. For the gravy 3 Tbsp. Each Flour and chicken fat and make a roux. Add a can of rotel tomatoes and the braising liquid and simmer 15 minutes. While we ate this over rice I dreamed about putting sliced sausage and shrimp for an entirely different meal. This is a great bonus to the chicken. Bravo

Made my mouth water!!! Love the technique!! Going to try it when it cools off outside here in the Mojave Desert!

It is always a pleasure to watch you all create a masterpiece!

You missed a crucial step once you got to the grill: giving the tongs a few test clicks before using them.

I swear the beginning feels just like an SNL skit

Had no wood, hot sauce, or apple jelly and it was still stuff of legend…I’ve heard whispers of my chicken 🍗 2 towns away 😂🤣😋

Omg I just finished making this & I’ll tell you this is some of the best tasting chicken I have ever had. This is a 100% 5 stars. My next date will be having this cooked for her. Great job ladies

I was a tiny bit skeptical even though I have made dozens of ATK recipes. This is quite an investment in time since I don't have a sous chef gathering my spices. I substituted honey for apple jelly; for some reason there's none in the stores. I don't eat jelly so I didn't have any. Otherwise, I followed the recipe to the letter and I have to admit, that's the best barbeque chicken I've had and I live in Texas.

I seriously want to know where they filmed this. That drone footage at 3:44 looks like such a beautiful little town set in the valley. Just gorgeous.

I love this show! So thorough! Learned more than the Food Network. And, that they have credited recipes takes the cake!

I always get excited when I see this channel come up in a recipe search!

Nice! I’m going to do my version of this right now. Thank you.

Merry Christmas! Just made them for Christmas dinner! Cooked them in the oven for 40 minutes then on the charcoal grill, indirect heat for 30 minutes. Perfect! Best barbecue chicken thighs I ever made!

I tried this recipe several times with a couple tweaks and it came out amazing each time i've done this!

I Can't wait to try this! looks delicious.

Absolutely wonderful ladies, thank you so much! I've been watching every darn grilling video on RU-vid before finding this one, and your is tops! I have a gas grill, so most of the other videos were of fancy charcoal Webers with ceramic inserts and all sorts of toys I don't have. A fantastic video and I can't wait to try out my own version! I wonder if you've ever brined the chicken before this processes?

I've made this recipe twice now. The second time I substituted apricot jam for the apple jelly and I thought it tasted even better. That said, this recipe isn't competition-ready for several reasons. First, the chunks of spice in the dry rub are too uneven, so they'd get marked down for appearance, and possibly for flavor if a judge bit into a big chunk of pepper, for instance. Second, competition meats in most BBQ events, have to be cooked solely on charcoal or wood pits. Gas isn't allowed. Third, they didn't remove the skin, scrape it and replace it. So all the big globs of fat under the skin would still be there. That's also a potentially big markdown. Fourth, they didn't brine or inject it. For legit competition chicken, check out Harry Soo's video. He's won numerous major BBQ and grilling competitions. But now that I've said all that, this is a really good recipe for general backyard grilling. It's a very flexible recipe--easy to make and easy to customize. And it's a lot less work than Harry Soo's chicken recipe. Next time I make it, I'll probably try subbing in some orange marmalade for the apple jelly, or possibly some sour cherry or red currant jam.

I’ll definitely try that soon. Looks great!

Am excited to try this tomorrow for Sunday dinner delicious looking recipe

I love your program. Thank you beautiful ladies

ATK...you guys are GREAT. Thanx for this. 👍👍

It looks awesome! Will definitely give it a try.

Thanks for the video. Loved it

Wonderful recipe. The honey was a great substitution in the glaze . I also pulled the skin back and removed the fat. Added my savory rub directly to the exposed meat, place the skin back on and used your rub one the king side. Skin was crisp and tasted wonderful!!! Thanks for sharing.

I love this channel. So many good ideas and tips!

by FAR the BEST bar b q chicken we've EVER had. we subbed peach jam for the apple jelly. absolutely lip smacking good! thanks for a superb recipe ATK!

Looks absolutely deliscious!

First time using the grill and it came out delicious. Thank you, my family can't believe I made it.😋

Did all this to a t but used honey glaze and just propane grill no smoke. Turned out insanely good. This video is awesome

Great recipe, many thanks for sharing. It tasted wonderful. Also great to hear someone pronouncing Worcestershire properly for a change. Keep up the good work.

The land was so beautiful. Tfs

I love how they play three specific guitar chord every lapsed time.

OH WOW ! Just a great recipe ....I’m going to try it for sure ! 👍👍🇨🇦🇨🇦

Love this show! And you two are the best!

Tried this recipe, came out EXCELLENT. Just followed your directions. Easy as could be. Well...I did make one little switch-eroo. I used orange marmalade instead of the apple jelly. (I don't like apple jelly)

Love your cooking shows

I love you two. It’s so nice to see on air hosts that like each other.

loved the quick review at end

Made this today. Amazing!

Love the videos and I’ve learned so much too

That's the best . Must try ! excellent .

I love all the ideas they do on here

Thank you girlfriends, or ladies if you prefer. Just cooked these chicken thighs and mmm, the only thing I changed was apple jam for Marmalade as we don't have apple jam in Australia and a little less hot sauce as my wife doesn't like it hot. Definitely a KEEPER. Steve from Australia.

I made this exact recipe tonight except I used a Weber kettle. I’ve been grilling/smoking chicken for 25 years. This is total perfection ❤️. If you haven’t tried this your missing something in your life!!! My go too from now on. Thank you 🙏 learning new stuff from you ladies on a daily basis. I’m reaching outside my comfort zone and does it taste good!!!! ❤️

Those barbeque chicken thighs are looking great and I love chicken and who doesn't. Seeing you all prepare and cook them left me hungry and wishing to have a few of them in a plate myself.

love your show

Great Job - looks fire n prob tastes phenomenal!!

Wonderful recipe 👍 👍

I made this tonight. Yummy is an understatement. I may remember Julia in my will after eating this. It was that good

I need you two ladies to move in with me and cook all of my meals, lol. Great video girls!

Thank You again, another home run!

Great Recipe, I Can't Wait To Try It Out.😄

That is an excellent execution of BBQ chicken thighs. It's my dinner tonight.

Great recipe! I'll have to remember it when it gets sunny out here in SoCal again! 👍😎

Amazing Recipe!

This show reminds me of one of my fave E40 songs. Pop yo collar! And the food looks amazing!

Now I'm drooling. Thanks for this great technique and recipe!

Hi. Love your show.

I was awesome. I didn't have apple jelly, I used a tbsp of apple and honey. I also used thighs and breast, but cut into the breast, they were cooked close to the same time. A winner recipe, that was worth the steps. Since I brined the chicken, I used half the salt. Worked great.

Help, we just made these and I'm in a food coma. If I dont make it: it was well worth it.

Looked fantastic.

Great tasting chicken. Made it several times

I'm gonna try it!! Thank you.

Great recipe , going to give this a try on my kettle .. BTY, what kind of grill is that ? Love the little slide out tray for smoking chips 😊👍

Hands down best chicken ever! Thanks for making me popular!

Looks tremendous !

These girls know how to cook. Fun to try their receipes.

Great recipe ❤

WOW, just W O W ! Thanks for this recipe!!!!

Dear ladies... Hi.. From Panama Canal... You have opened my eyes.. I am planning to open an small grill chicken place... This is the perfect recipe... If you can send me the recipe of spices you poured on the the chicken when they were into the grill, will be grate.. Thanks a lot.. Blessings.. Roberto 🙂

I'm from europe and in my opinion this is one of the areas where you really shine

Hi from cal city ca. Thank you

Love u r channel and methods. Love from india Hyderabad.

This show continues to be popular (with me, at least) bc their recipes aren't 25 ingredients and difficult. Thanks for keeping it simple.

Looks delicious!! And I bet every negative commenter on this upload would devour the chicken.🙌

I love these two women! They are the best

Great job ladies...

Thank you so much

Nice! Thanks.

looks so good

Looks good!

You guys are the master of continuity!

A BBQ sauce that uses High Fructose corn syrup is not a contender AFAIC since that is a cheaters shortcut to thicken it. The best BBQ sauces out there use tomato paste. But that's JMO. Love your show !! I'm doing this recipe as I watch (but used a different sauce). Good chicken on the Big Green egg today !

Covered with sauce. Delicious , specially if they are frozen 👍😊

Thank you ladies at looks so delicious I wish I had a grill that I could do that on. Just had to use a fork and knife at the end lol😋

These girls are a winning combo.

Nervous Nelly here. My chicken is in the rub and awaiting the grill. My 1st grill; only one burner (not sure how I will control heat!). Sauce and glaze are standing by. Decreased the hot sauce 'cause I"m a wienie; and decreased brn sugar because my bottled BBQ sauce is sweet, too. LOVE this channel!!

The finishing "Brush" is known as a "Mop" here in Texas and can be done with a sprig of rosemary. This is actually grilled chicken with BBQ sauce. Looks good!

Nice grill!

Made this last night. Absolutely amazing! Best BBQ chicken I've ever made. Might tone down the hot sauce next time.

Wonderful recipe!!! What’s your opinion on doing this with chicken legs? Thank you Ladies 😉

Texas loves you !

Two stage cooking!!! OMG Now I know what I'm doing this Summer!!!! I feel this method to my Bones... Chicken bones!

My mouth was watering from the beginning.....

You two do a great job to-gather.

This is a great recipe! I used a little less hot sauce personally, but otherwise it has great flavor .

Bet that apple jelly really makes it! I would never have thought of it, but surely will try it now.

You guy make my month water looking yummy