Place cream cheese block on a foil covered baking sheet. Make diagonal cuts in top of the cream cheese, creating a “cross-hatch” pattern. Dust with the rub or seasoning. Surround with cherry tomatoes. Start grill, smoker, or oven and set to 225F. Once up to temp, add the cream cheese on baking sheet. After 2 hours, remove and let cool. Add a few tablespoons of pepper jelly to the top of keep to the side. Surround with crackers, and dig in!
We make pulled pork about once or twice a month. Usually smoke a big fatty pork butt or shoulder. Unless we’re having a backyard patio party, we have a few pounds leftover. Sometimes we vacuum seal and freeze the leftovers for a weeknight delight. Getting “porked out” usually isn’t a problem around our house. But when you have a day old heap of pulled pork sitting in your fridge, what to do with it?
We like to make Bahn Mi Pulled Pork Sandwiches! Here’s how…
Everyone in our house loves steak. We also love tacos. As regular readers know, we make both. A lot. But besides sweet potatoes, asparagus, and potatoes — we’ve never really tried smoking many vegetables.
Last night, we expanded the playbook, and think we finally nailed it. So we put together this quick little how to video for you…in under 60 seconds …
Step-by-step instructions and a parts list can be found here.
These look like the perfect tailgater BBQ!
Want to make one? You can likely find most of the nuts & bolts at your local hardware store. Here are a few of the components you can source online at decent prices:
If you’re entrusted with cooking the bird on Thanksgiving, you’re probably looking for a risk-free, no-fuss tried and true recipe. Have a reoccurring nightmare about dry turkey, or sweet dreams about crispy, herb-crusted turkey legs?
We did a 20-pound test bird this weekend, and were cooking for 16 people. It was your typical friends-giving feast (with no less than 4 other Traeger-owners coming, NO PRESSURE!).
Again, we were looking for an easy, but proven, method and recipe. After skimming a dozen articles on spatchcocking, brining, injecting, rubbing, etc — we said: “Meh, nothing exotic.”
That’s when we turned to the wisdom of the Traeger Grills family. We had two bags delivered from a Traeger Instagram contest (“BBQ Hero of the Week”) over the summer.
The results were nothing short of amazing. “Best turkey I’ve ever had,” raved one friend. “OMG, moist, zesty, and great smoke flavor,” commented another. “Got to try that for our family Thanksgiving now, ” said one of our Traeger brethren.
Now, most everything that comes off the Traeger at our house is good. But that’s “most” not all. Not ashamed to admit we have a few hiccups every now and again. So these were pretty strong endorsements. What’s the secret? We followed Traeger’s included Smoked Bourbon & Orange Brined Turkey recipe to a T. Here are the basics (minus the booze):
Brine overnight (bag comes inside the pellets bag, fish it out!)
Pat dry, apply rub (again, included in the bag)
Put turkey directly on the grate (we put in a disposable roasting pan)
Set Traeger to smoke for 2 hours (for us, 180F)
Turn up to 350F for 2-3 hours (or until internal temp reaches 165F)
WHERE TO BUY?
You can pick up the Traeger Turkey Pellets Blend at your local dealer, or order from Amazon. If you HURRY, you select one-day or two-day shipping for Prime members, to still get in time for Thanksgiving.
Watch our mid-cook Facebook LIVE video from TraegerFanatics.com for some laughs:
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UPDATE: For those who have been searching … Traeger’s Turkey Pellets (includes Orange Brine + Rub) is currently the #1 New Release in Outdoor Grills…free shipping for Prime Members.
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Companies often times build products with the mass consumer in mind. They then offer their own, sold-separately accessories at a premium. That’s why “mods” or modifications are increasingly popular, especially among BBQ enthusiasts.
While Traeger Grills really does a fine job, some folks will always want to keep toying with perfection. We were looking for some inspiration, and found Trikester’s video:
Here’s a list of some comparable parts you’ll need, if you want to trick out your Traeger like Trikester (whew, say that three times fast!):
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You know what they say: You can’t judge a book by its cover. So we asked a few of the top barbecue groups on the internet for their BBQ book recommendations. The response was amazing.
Within a few hours, we had a monster list of titles and author to sort through. We then invested even more time looking at each book’s sales ranking, customer reviews, and status on most wished for lists.
Presenting 13 books, to get started as a novice griller, or for continuing education as a pit master!
Followed the Traeger Pulled Pork recipe to the T, and got amazing results! The only trick? We were camping at the river. That’s where a wireless meat thermometer comes in handy. Especially on a long cook.
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