As we've done in the past, let's see your go-to gameday recipes and pics here. I suppose I should lead off.
"Hot Legs"
1 package of fresh chicken legs. (plump legs are better) ((ask Schell))
1 large bottle of Franks Red Hot.
1 Whole Garlic: chopped. (all cloves chopped)
2 sticks of butter.
Pepper & Salt. (I prefer Lowrys)
Old Bay.
Dill Pickle Juice. (one large jar of pickles)
Olive Oil.
Marinade:
Wash chicken legs in room temp water. Tamp dry with paper towel.
Place legs into gallon freezer bag(s) and add Dill Pickle Juice for marinade. Let sit for a couple of hours in the fridge so legs can absorb pickle juice. This is a Chick-Fil-A knockoff for seasoning chicken. Use Dill for the sourness of it.
Season & Cook:
Take chicken legs out of bag and tamp dry again with paper towel.
Now coat with olive oil and begin to season with Old Bay, salt & pepper. Wings should be orange in color from the Old Bay so be liberal with it.
Now place legs onto hot grill and cook until nice black lines are visible on both sides. This means leaving the legs alone. Allow them to cook. Don't fidget spinner them. (usually 4 minutes and then quarter turn - flip and repeat: varies per grill though)
Once the legs have the nice black grill marks on them, take off grill and place onto walled cookie sheet and then into 250-350 degree oven. (temp depends on how hungry you are: I prefer the low and slow method) This ensures the chicken reaches the proper internal temp.
While chicken legs are internally cooking, melt butter in sauce pan on stove. Once butter starts to sizzle or bubble, place chopped garlic bits into butter and cook for a minute and a half, frequently stirring garlic. Now add Franks to garlic butter concoction. Pour enough into sauce pan to be able to coat all the legs with. I usually use the entire large bottle of Franks and save it for reapplication later for any leftovers.
Check Legs and make sure the insides are white. Once they are, pull out of oven and pull off of walled cookie sheet. Now take leg juice from cookie sheet and drizzle into the Franks/Garlic/Butter sauce. Bring sauce to a quick boil and then turn then remove from stove.
Coat chicken legs evenly in sauce and enjoy! (I usually dunk them into the sauce pan to evenly coat them but if you're a brusher, brush away)
I like to put them back onto hot grill for a minute post Franks coating just to get them extra crispy on the outside with the sauce.
**these legs yield a lot more meat than wings and without all the mess which is why I have them as a "Go-To" for gamedays.