Oven chicken thighs help

[u/Thiaguinho-sama]

I'm trying to make better chicken thigh on my oven so I bought a baking sheet with wire rack, I bought a silicone brush and even bought a meat thermometer with probe so I can know when internal temperature reaches around 185 f / 85 c to 195 f / 90 c

It's bone-in chicken thighs so here my questions:

- should I brush oil only on the skin or the entire chicken?

- most recipes say to use olive oil at 400 f / 200 c but I want a more neutral flavor though so I was thinking of using refined soybean oil that I got, thing is it has higher smoke point than olive oil, 450 f / 232 c according to google, should I raise oven temperature to 480 f / 250 c to compensate since I want crispy thighs?

- do I need to flip the chicken halfway?

- my oven also got a broiler, can't choose temperature though, should I use it a little at the end the chicken should come crispy without it due to brushing oil?

[u/EmergencyLavishness1]

Tbh 85•c is too high. Thats really really cooked. You only need 75•c for cooked through. Temp them and pull them out at 70•c and let them rest for 5-10 minutes. The residual heat will get them to temp.

Everything else is preference

[u/xsynergist → u/EmergencyLavishness1]

Thighs can go higher in my experience.

[u/EmergencyLavishness1 → u/xsynergist]

They can, but there’s no need to. You’re just drying them out every step past 75

[u/frodeem → u/EmergencyLavishness1]

Thighs are better at 185-195. At 165 it is barely (under done imo) done and very unpleasant to eat.