How to Make Grilled Jerk Chicken and Smoked Chicken Wings

Test cook Bryan Roof makes host Julia Collin Davison flavor-packed Grilled Jerk Chicken. Next, equipment expert Adam Ried and host Bridget Lancaster discuss grill brushes. Finally, test cook Christie Morrison reveals the secrets to Smoked Chicken Wings.
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[@buffalojones341]

I appreciate how you show the advertised segment first, and then let us decide if we want to stay for the rest of the content.

[@MichaelMengo]

This airs on TV so they do it as a regular thing

[@jasonfuentz7681]

Lol. Who watches ads on KZbin? Apparently adblockers are something you are not aware of.

[@buffalojones341]

@@jasonfuentz7681 why you no get it?

[@GrayStoneAngel]

grew up in the restaurant industry … ( 35 years ). my first teacher was my own, “father” … not a really good teacher, ( period ). so i took it upon myself to teach myself how to cook properly … by watch programs with ms. Julia Child and mr. Jacques Pépin … what they’ve taught me is … Don’t stop 🛑 learning just because you’ve mastered an obstacle. so now fast-forward to today … #ATK is teaching me New ways of the old ways … Thank You! 🙇🏻

[@davidreali9642]

Love this show so underated

[@niftykaffeine67]

Agreed! Great show, great cast and wonderful recipes!

[@Tampabruh]

It's a hidden jewel.

[@tomsparks6099]

I wonder if there will ever be a time when the tasters say, "I'm not real crazy about it" LOL

[@braddavis8822]

Brian NEVER let's me down.. Gonna try it this weekend.. EVERY recipe he comes up with is a winner.. I'm sure it'll be a HIT!

[@CantankerousDave]

The presenter isn’t necessarily the developer.

[@MichaelHanleyRFSN]

I always love the history behind these dishes. After watching this episode, it has made me research more about the Maroon people and their history.

[@moocowdad]

I almost do the jerk chicken this way, in Jamaica they use pimenta wood, which I cant get ahold of so I use the berries from the pimenta tree(allspice) soak it wrap it with tin foil poke a few holes and add it to the grill..adds a new depth

[@dosster1]

I didn't know that. Never been. Cool hint. Thanks Moo Cow and Sandra H. Good stuff, will experiment.

[@MzLeci]

🤩

[@george7785]

Great episode! The weber grill blur at 18:40 is unnecessary :)

[@tylerhughes5420]

I always put lime and orange in my jerk marinade

[@stuartstuart866]

I love BBQ’ing/grilling. Using a temperature probe greatly improved my results, no more guessing. Thank you Cooks Kitchen and America’s Test Kitchen

[@husqvarna17]

That chicken looks amazing. You can tell it would be hard to stop eating it.

[@measyxrs]

You are suppose to score the chicken pieces to allow the jerk seasoning to penetrate the meat. Very similar to how tandoori chicken is marinated.

[@WiseAilbhean]

the skin helps it to retain the juices and keep the meat underneath from getting dried and tough. I usually put the seasoning under the skin, poke in near the bone and get the season in there too as well as around. I want my joint seasoned to the bone fuh truth! 😂🤣

[@NickBLeaveIt]

I mean you are after all the Charles Dickens of how you marinade your chickens.

[@KevinHullinger]

Can’t wait to try will follow up. Thank you 😊

[@johnnyitalia418]

That jerk chicken looks delicious! Also, I have had a stainless steel coiled grill brush for 3 years so far, and I think it works amazing! Yes, you do have to maneuver it just like turning the Weber bristle brush on its side to get between grill grates, but the coiled grill brush always gives me peace of mind and a clean grill.

[@Random-ee7ms]

I love the smokey flavour of jerk chicken this is the only authentic way to make jerk chicken

[@kathlynterry8196]

I love the wing tip! And I like it a little bit burned.

[@ourkid2000]

Always thought they used Scotch Bonnet peppers, not habaneros

[@Gimp2288]

@@sandrah7512 Scotch Bonnets unfortunately are much harder to find. Even habaneros just became more common across most of the US.

[@MzLeci]

You are correct but we can't always get them in the USA so we will occasionally use habaneros. The flavor isn't the same though

[@1101agaoj]

Grill perfection recipes THANKS

[@thedefenestrator5686]

None of the grill brushes reviewed have a water reservoir. I have a grill brush that has a water reservoir that is the absolute best at cleaning the grill, due to the steaming of the hot grate removing all the stuff from the grill and also seasoning at the same time.

[@Matthew4TheWin]

Brian Roof? Let’s make that Brian ”Woof” 😌

[@kurtisburtis]

Right ....?

[@tomsparks6099]

He looks so cute when he's chewing and smiling.

[@mddell58]

Wow! Those wings are truly amazing! Gorgeous looking. I'm older than both of you ladies..... Those are definitely THE best looking BBQ wings I've ever seen! 😋 👍🏻 🇺🇲

[@teramariepruitt1303]

Both recipes look delicious! However, I'm a wing girl...time to ask my brother if I can borrow his grill, lol...

[@tylerhughes5420]

I make jerk wings all the time so why not do both? Also a killer sauce to toss jerk wings in is half cup brown sugar quarter cup dijon mustard punch of allspice and quarter cup very hot water.

[@dchenkin02]

Definitely try jerk seasoned wings. Just marinate the wings in a jerk paste and use pimento wood, the pimento tree is where allspice berries grow, when you smoke the wings.

[@MzLeci]

Thank you doing historical research and sharing it. But don't put lime on it

[@jayferguson9968]

Love the flats mysef. :)

[@Overitall23]

Just when all the chicken wings are scare. 😉

[@thomashughes4859]

Growing up in WNY, we couldn't graduate high school without being able to strip the flat in one pull! 😂🤣

[@farmerbob4554]

Spent many hours at the Anchor Bar before and after Sabres and Braves games.

[@thomashughes4859]

@@farmerbob4554 We are some of the only Americans who can sing BOTH anthems having cut our teeth on Sabre's games! I miss the old street-hockey days of my youth! I was lucky because everybody wanted me as the goalie because in all of that equipment, I was fearless! Never let a puck go by me! Great to hear!!!

[@WiseAilbhean]

Oh snap I always to say “Juk” meaning to poke but didn’t know it was related to Jerk. I’m Barbadian 🇧🇧-American and sometimes would speak some Bajan Creole (broken english) words. I aslo met a Panamanian 🇵🇦 that would say Juk too and that’s when we realised it wasn’t unique to our own countries.

[@coffyskitchen]

🇯🇲🇯🇲Jerk Chicken 😋😋😋

[@GeorgeFistonich]

Bridget and Christie are always so lovely and great together~!!

[@JCScowling39]

I love Christie

[@katyarnold6757]

This jerk chicken looks delicious!!!!

[@NathanBake]

The pumice stone works pretty well, too, and is much cheaper than that wood scraper.

[@sher-at-home]

Need some rice & peas, coleslaw and plantains and end with a slice of rum cake

[@jayceperlmutter4317]

very short handles - when the grill is crazy hot, you're very close to the grill on the scrape motion....

[@tylerhughes5420]

Grill grate cleaning tip... flip grate over between cooks. Light your fire let it get hot then scrub with any metal brush. But alternating sides of the grate makes cleaning easier

[@BamBam_PDX]

Jerk Paste is a great band name!

[@mikeinkc]

Bryan Roof..the ultimate daddy!!!

[@christopherestewart]

Based on many of the comments, people are only allowed to show recipes that reflect their heritage.

[@thomashughes4859]

2:05 - as a linguist, I find it interesting that the English pronunciation of jalapeño is halaPEENo, and habanero is habaKNEEero. How fun!

[@Pumbakuko]

As a Hispanic I find it annoying, they add an Ñ to empanadas 🙄

[@thomashughes4859]

@@Pumbakuko 😂😂 Claro que sí.

[@senorwhiskers2010]

@@Pumbakuko As a Spanish speaker this drives me crazy too. Or how they try to "Italianize" words. ChorizTzo, dulcHe de leche for example. It's a thing for sure.

[@Pumbakuko]

@@senorwhiskers2010 ha,ha... yep forgot about that.

[@DK-in1qw]

Can I used something other than butter??

[@Passionforfoodrecipes]

Hey finally a recipe that's not just trying to *jerk* me around!

[@seven_hundred-seven_hundred]

This is better... just get a jar of this... Walkerswood Jerk Seasoning.

[@illumascotti]

Grill grate continuity?

[@maryshort2760]

Hey, girls, this is Mary short from Donna Oklahoma. I've been wondering how to do those wings

[@rossmoffitt7364]

For an authentic jerk chicken, doesn’t the marinade usually include some kind of acidic ingredient like lime juice rather than squeezing of lime after cooking?

[@Jackson-ms8zs]

Elliott Smith points cuz they said “between the bars”

[@AdamScott-ty2lf]

Habanero, not habañero. Also, classic jerk calls for scotch bonnet peppers.

[@mattstewart1637]

Can you do this on a gas grill?

[@jamcology4053]

Guys there is no pimento berries, it’s what Cures the chicken or the meat.

[@jamcology4053]

@@sandrah7512 yes your right

[@dosster1]

@@sandrah7512 Thanks again Sandra. This is helpful.

[@HawthorneHillNaturePreserve]

Metal bristle grill brushes are extremely dangerous. Most deteriorate quickly and the bristles can dislodge. My family member almost died from ingesting a metal shard from a brush. Avoid these at all costs. Was glad the issue was at least discussed, the seriousness was minimized though.

[@miguelmarquez4192]

I have seen the xrays of metal bristles youre talking about! I still use a metal brush on my gas grill because i like how they remove bbq sauce and marinades that have sugar, but i rinse my grates because of those xrays! I also replace my brush annually because nothing is made to last anymore. Not even my nylon brush for my cheater smoker.

[@christopherestewart]

I have a piece of 2x3 untreated pine that I use to clean my grates. Both bristle and coil brushes eventually deteriorated and started leaving fragments of metal on my grates and in my grill.

[@ghw7192]

Cold beer?

[@gothding]

okay... but chicken only needs to stay at 145 for 1 minutes to be pasteurized so why cook it to 165 for 1 second?

[@buckcrawford3045]

Wings without a award winning ranch and blue cheese dip. We need dips!!!!

[@marlonward758]

Wingstop Ranch is the best

[@MrTeko75]

They has soy sauce in the Caribbean?

[@SewAndTellwithDori]

I get the impression that the jerk marinate was too spicy, based on Julia's reaction to the smell of the blended marinate and their taking only one bite of the chicken. The chicken looked delicious. Wouldn't want my mouth on fire to distract from the overall flavor of the chicken, so personally I would use only 1/2 of a habanero. Nothing worse than food that is over spiced.

[@josepheaton3779]

Steel bristles have been know to break off and get into peoples intestines and cause medical emergencies.

[@northside3701]

Actually ladies,Jerk Chicken seasoning was invented by the Arawak/Taino Indians 2500 years ago. Not to discredit the Maroons, but they only adapted the jerking seasoning chicken technique down the line being taught. Jerk Seasoning didn't come from or invented by African Slaves even though some blogs says it was conceived by theM.. All this info is on the web ladies.

[@WiseAilbhean]

Yikes… that seasoning is too light in color, too runny and missing clove & fresh ginger. I mean I bet it tastes good but you need those extra flavors. And if you can find scotch bonnet peppers use them in place of habanero. 👌🏽

[@KingAnthem]

The history lesson is great I really appreciated that. I think it’d be cool if a Jamaican chef was showcasing this.

[@wayneachen3568]

Why? Chef’s are chefs.

[@TheBeefTrain]

Good idea. They should also delete the episode last week then where a black chef made a steak since we all have to segregate now.

[@KingAnthem]

@@wayneachen3568 yes that is correct, its just something I would have liked to see.

[@KingAnthem]

@@TheBeefTrain Why do you figure that? you do realize that not all Jamaicans are one race right? I don't think there's anything wrong with wanting a cultural food to be cooked by an individual of that culture.

[@mortglickman3217]

"jerkmaster"?

[@fightingusik4265]

Ugh... Soaking wood chips is a myth.

[@xbjrrtc]

Thank you for saying "enslaved people" instead of "slaves". Word choice matters

[@paultribbett7765]

rather than moving all the chicken to the other side of the grill,,,why not just spin the grill half way around

[@fredturd]

Hey Cooks/America's Test Kitchen, habanero is pronounced Ha-ba-ne-ro (no tilde on the n), and jalapeno is pronounced ha-la-pen-yo.

[@losergrad]

FYI, it's habanero, not habañero.

[@arikahandy1528]

All jerk chicken needs to be grilled so the title seems weird lol

[@goldenrule4064]

Amazing how you avoid the words ‘slave, slavery’.

[@TheBeefTrain]

This isn't Twitter. Go cry and be fake offended somewhere else. Also, they literally said the word "enslavement" you wanna be victim.

[@meditationmayham3590]

The sexual innuendos in this show is only rivaled by the recipes

[@shoutingatclouds6841]

The Maroons were random people from random parts of Africa that didn’t speak the same language and probably could never talked to each other but your story is interesting.

[@MyJason69]

A little dialogue besides “ok” would be fine!!! Holy lord what happened to that crusty dude

[@jordanwalker3938]

There's something really special about two white ladies telling me the history of Jamaican cuisine.

[@TheBeefTrain]

Make sure you never cook pasta or tacos in your house again, thanks.

[@rsngrl]

can we stop telling people to soak their wood chips now? it’s not necessary.

[@christopherestewart]

If you need a long smoke, do two packets of wood chips. One unsoaked to start smoking right away and one soaked to dry out and start smoking.

[@rsngrl]

@@christopherestewart in Meatheads book, he suggests an actual tin of chips in water, so that the water evaporates as your dry chips smoke in another container, then the other will be ready to go once dry, probably more effective that just barely wet chips.

[@glenricard5232]

Again, no recipe unless you pay.

[@colinramsay533]

Why are their NO people of colour doing this? Sure White people CAN do it... But I'd like to see people of colour talking about their food and history.

[@jordanwalker3938]

yeah the intro was pretty tone deaf...

[@colinramsay533]

@@jordanwalker3938 I'm white and felt uncomfortable watching this.

[@melisnl]

Totally agree!!

[@TheBeefTrain]

Then find another channel. Also, make sure you spam all KZbin cooking channels with black chefs and let them know they can only make food derived from slaves and to delete all of their videos showing Italian, Mexican, etc recipes. Thanks.

[@colinramsay533]

@@TheBeefTrain "The beef train" matches your comment. Grow up.

[@StopTargetingOurKids]

Uggggg, These women are killing me, so awkward

[@sandyk378]

Critical people like you make life SO much more unpleasant ‼️😝 You really don't need to watch or comment with such venom‼️👎👺

[@RaechelSykes]

ALL of your recipes have sugar and unhealthy ingredients. I don't know why I look anymore. Sigh

[@steventuck1524]

Oh please! Life is too short to worry about things like this....just chill out and enjoy yourself!

[@jamcology4053]

Rachel I’m Jamaican, you can eliminate the sugar if you want, sugar and slat helps to Preserve the meat in those days when they used to do jerk they had no refrigerators so that is why they added the sugar to help to preserve the meat so you can take out the sugar and add salt to taste. Also we use Jamaican Jamaican Lager beer to smoke it.

[@MzLeci]

I just omit the sugar