Kings Island

Review: Kings Island Soak City Island Smokehouse Smoked Wings

<p><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;cpfoodblog&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;06&sol;170608-Kings-Island-Soak-City-Island-Smokehouse-Smoked-Chicken-Wings-1&period;jpg"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;cpfoodblog&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;06&sol;170608-Kings-Island-Soak-City-Island-Smokehouse-Smoked-Chicken-Wings-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"170608 Kings Island Soak City Island Smokehouse Smoked Chicken Wings &lpar;1&rpar;" width&equals;"1024" height&equals;"768" class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12093" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><P><P>We eat a lot of amusement park food because&comma; well&comma; it is our job&excl; It is no secret that both <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;DonHelbig" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Don Helbig<&sol;a> &lpar;Kings Island Public Relations Area Manager&rpar; and I have an affinity for amazing chicken wings&comma; and we take it seriously&excl; It was only within the last year or so that our world was turned upside down &lpar;and not from a roller coaster&rpar; when we had our first smoked chicken wings instead of the standard fried version &lpar;or worse yet&comma; the baked version&rpar;&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>So we were really excited back in February when Kings Island broke the <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;cpfoodblog&period;com&sol;2017-kings-island-soak-city-island-smokehouse&sol;">news of Island Smokehouse<&sol;a> coming to the park and that they would introduce guests to a smoked version of chicken wings&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Kings Island smokes their chicken wings for 2 hours to lock in that smokey flavor&period; One could stop there and make very happy customers&period; However&comma; Chef Nate takes it one step further and gives the wings a 30 seconds flash-fry before giving them to the guests&period; This gives the wings the perfect crispy outside with incredibly tender and smokey chicken inside&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;cpfoodblog&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;06&sol;170608-Kings-Island-Soak-City-Island-Smokehouse-Smoked-Chicken-Wings-2&period;jpg"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;cpfoodblog&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;06&sol;170608-Kings-Island-Soak-City-Island-Smokehouse-Smoked-Chicken-Wings-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"170608 Kings Island Soak City Island Smokehouse Smoked Chicken Wings &lpar;2&rpar;" width&equals;"1154" height&equals;"768" class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12094" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>We have tried chicken wings at Cedar Fair amusement parks across the country&comma; and think the Island Smokehouse has taken the crown as best&excl; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>While we really enjoyed the chicken wings as is&comma; we also tried them with some of the Island Smokehouse spicy BBQ sauce&comma; and they were incredible&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;cpfoodblog&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;06&sol;170608-Kings-Island-Soak-City-Island-Smokehouse-Smoked-Chicken-Wings-3&period;jpg"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;cpfoodblog&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;06&sol;170608-Kings-Island-Soak-City-Island-Smokehouse-Smoked-Chicken-Wings-3&period;jpg" alt&equals;"170608 Kings Island Soak City Island Smokehouse Smoked Chicken Wings &lpar;3&rpar;" width&equals;"1024" height&equals;"768" class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12095" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>For additional menu items and reviews&comma; check out our <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;cpfoodblog&period;com&sol;park-food-guides&sol;kings-island-food&sol;island-smokehouse&sol;">Island Smokehouse<&sol;a> page&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>If you ate the new smoked chicken wings&comma; let us know what you thought below in the comments&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;cpfoodblog&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;06&sol;170608-Kings-Island-Soak-City-Island-Smokehouse-Smoked-Chicken-Wings-4&period;jpg"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;cpfoodblog&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;06&sol;170608-Kings-Island-Soak-City-Island-Smokehouse-Smoked-Chicken-Wings-4&period;jpg" alt&equals;"170608 Kings Island Soak City Island Smokehouse Smoked Chicken Wings &lpar;4&rpar;" width&equals;"1024" height&equals;"768" class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12096" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>&ast; If you liked this post&comma; join other readers who have signed up to for our <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;cpfoodblog&period;com&sol;newsletter&sol;">free Newsletter<&sol;a>&&num;8230&semi;because then you will never miss another update&excl;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;-- --><&sol;p>&NewLine;

Justin

Find me enjoying the atmosphere, the shows and covered in sugar from an elephant ear.

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  • The smoked wings here were amazing! Best item in the park. We also tired the “smoked wings” at the Chicken Shack at KI and they didn’t even come close. 🤷🏼‍♀️

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