Oven BBQ Chicken: A Tip to Try

There's really only one trick to making perfect BBQ chicken in the oven, and given cold, inclement weather and/or a lack of outdoor space for grilling, this is a really good one to learn and digest. 

Be certain to get a brown and crispy skin on your bird before coating with the sauce. Above, Cafe Drake roasted quartered legs (well salted and peppered) for about 35 minutes in a 400 degree oven to ensure a dark, brittle skin was obtained before basting with a gussied up store-bought sauce (we added more vinegar and cayenne pepper and a tablespoon of hoisin sauce for an added taste dimension ). After coating the chicken with sauce return to the oven or broiler for a minute or two to seal in the flavors and further crisp the outer portions.