Home Team BBQ’s Smoked Chicken Wings Recipe

The smoked chicken wing recipe at Home Team BBQ in Charleston is legendary.

Many people claim their wings are the best item on a menu packed with great dishes. For example, Anthony M.’s review on Yelp makes it clear:

“I agree with Michael B. Though, these are the best wings overall I’ve ever had in my life. From Philly and have had wings all over the country, normally my go-to. These wings are INSANE! Best wings EVER!”

On TripAdvisor, Rob T, who visited the Sullivan’s Island location, wrote the following:

“Home team is a great hang out with a coastal vibe which is great. The food is good as well but the wings are wonderful.

“If you go you have to try the wings, if you’re not a wing person you still have to at least try them. Definitely, don’t want to miss out on the deliciousness.

“I’m telling you, 5 stars!!!!!!! On wings alone.”

The combination of those wings and that Alabama white sauce are hard to beat.

In fact, Charleston’s news station WCSC featured Home Team in their “Lowcountry Weekend” segment and had the following to say about the wings and Alabama white sauce.

“One of the most popular dishes at Home Team is Fiery Ron’s Smoked Chicken Wings with Alabama White Sauce.

“The wings are smoked and then quickly flash-fried to give them a crispy, caramelized coating. They’re then paired with Home Team’s delicious and creamy Alabama White Sauce. 

“You can even get a little saucier if you know how to ask. If you want to kick things up a notch, you can ask for a side of Death Relish, a spicy pepper relish that really lives up to its name.

“The two sauces are a perfect balance for each other and take your wing-eating experience to a whole new level.”

Home Team BBQ currently has three locations in Charleston — Sullivan’s Island, Downtown, and West Ashley — with other locations in Greenville and Columbia.

There is also a Home Team in Aspen, CO.

Aaron Siegel, chef and co-founder of the popular local chain who we interviewed in this 2017 Conversations Around the Burn Barrel feature, originally shared his popular recipe with starchefs.com.

In our Q&A, Siegel revealed the secret of Home Team’s success:

“I think it’s really important for people to know how much care we put into our food.

“We are really critical of ourselves every day. We are constantly reviewing our processes.

“It is not a dictatorship; in fact, we communicate constantly on different methods.  Almost nothing is the same as it was 10 years ago.

“We are a little culinary community which is fun to be a part of in that regard.”

That level of dedication and care really shows in Home Team BBQ’s smoked chicken wing recipe, as it does in many of their dishes.

“They’re unique because they are smoked first, then dry-rubbed and fried—so they aren’t saucy,” Chef Bob Cook said. ‘It makes the perfect wing.”

If you’d like to take your turn at making the perfect wing, here’s your recipe. And don’t forget to make Home Team BBQ’s Alabama White Sauce to go with these amazing wings.

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Check out these other authentic SCBBQ recipes we’ve published on destination-bbq:

Pawleys Island Pulled Pork by Ryan Everhart

Dukes BBQ Hash recipe

And we’ve published the following meat recipes in the SCBBQ Recipes: Going Whole Hog cookbook  (read more about that here):

Meats

Whole Hog

• Building a Cinder Block Pit
• Cooking a Whole Hog

Pork Cuts

• Pawleys Island Pulled Pork Recipe
• Swig & Swine’s Smoked Ham Recipe
• Jimmy Hagood’s Sweet & Spicy Smoked Pork Recipe
• Hagood’s Barbecue Pork Shoulder
• Jimmy Hagood’s Slow-Cooked Dry Ribs
• Aaron Siegel’s Firefly Sweet Tea Bourbon-Glazed Pork Ribs Recipe

Chicken

• Home Team BBQ’s Smoked Chicken Wing Recipe
• Tiger O’Rourke’s Bacon Maple Bourbon Chicken Wings Recipe
• Billy Quinn’s Fruity Beer Can Chicken Recipe