How to make spicy barbecue chicken thighs

Happy to get cooking outside in all conditions, Julia Platt Leonard creates something hot and spicy that hopefully matches the weather

Photography by Julia Platt Leonard (Photography by Julia Platt Leonard)

Spicy barbecue chicken thighs

I’ve been known to barbecue in the middle of winter, torch in one hand and tongs in the other.

Granted, this is thanks to my gas grill which some barbecue purists pooh-pooh as not “real” grilling.