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Those were my exact words. These baby backs were a bulk frozen purchase in a sealed box. When I did get to inspect the baby backs they were huge, lots of loin meat left on them. For example my box of baby backs weighed more then my friends St. Louis cut ribs. My box had 16 racks for a total of 47 lbs the St. Louis ribs had 16 racks at 41 lbs. When a buy my ribs fresh I buy the thin ribs no loin meat at all and the smallest racks. My wife even started to wonder so I referred her to bbq rule #1. "Its ready when its ready".

Nice cook! I'm afraid I'd be voting for the pork rinds myself. Anything baconie gets my good eats seal of approval! Kudos on a nice good, good write-up, and killer money shots! And I didn't fat finger the reputation vote! Yea me!

OK, so I tried this tonight, but not with wings, but legs and thighs. Was a chance to try out another idea that I'd read about for breading chicken - crushed pork rinds! First the chicken was marinated overnight in a 50/50 mixture of Big Bob Gibson's White Sauce and Uncle Dougie's Wing Marinade. 2 pieces were coated in each - potato flakes and plain pork rinds (pulsed in food processor) On the chicken - potato flakes on the left, pork rinds on the right. Onto the KK, direct on the upper grate, 350F, with smoker pot of pecan and peach woods. After 45 minutes, ramped the KK up to 400F for the final 15 minutes. Off the grill - potato on the left and pork rinds on the right. Plated with more of that wonderful local sweet corn, angel hair with herbed oil (basil and sage from my plants) & parm, salad with homegrown tomato, and my fav summertime wine - Vinho Verde. (Note: the sourdough rolls didn't make the photo shoot.) Money shot! Conclusions: both produced crispy crusts. It was easier to coat the chicken in the pork rinds than the potato flakes, which fell off easily. The pork rinds brought a bit of bacon-y flavor, while the potato was fairly bland in taste, it was a tad gritty in texture. Being in Iowa and not Idaho, I'm giving the win to the pork rinds!

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