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pre cooking chicken wings for tailgating?

Hello, so I'm tailgating tomorrow (Dolphins vs Bears) and i got alot of chicken wings. Almost 5 pounds i think. Anyways I wanna somewhat precook them in the oven so it dosent take forever when i'm there. My question is ,should i marinate them before i precook them or marinate them after precooking( or even both)? Also how long and what temperature should i precook them for?I'm going to throw them on a standard smokey joe grill w/ charcoal. . Thanks (best answer gets 5 stars)

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1. 375 for about an hour marinate first
2. You don't want to "somewhat" precook them. If you bring them to an internal temperature of, say, 100 degrees, you will just make them a hotbed of bacteria growth. You want to precook them to an internal temperature of 160-170 degrees. Since you can dry them out by double cooking them, I would marinate them first and then cover them in the marinate again before putting them on the grill.
3. Marinate before, bake at 325 degrees in the oven for 45 minutes (check after 30 min, should be an internal temp of about 170 - 180 degrees). Throws those puppies on the grill, add sauce (if any) within the last 5 min of cooking. btw: I prefer a dry rub on the chicken as opposed to marinating it, then I brush on BBQ sauce during the last 5 min of cooking (as stated above).