Will It BBQ?
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Will it BBQ? Hi-Temp Cheese! In this segment we pose the question and the answer to Will it BBQ? So much more than just hamburgers, hot dogs, and other meats can be BBQ'd, Grilled, or Smoked. And, this is where we try out unique ideas for cooking on a grill or smoker. This week we are BBQ'ing Hi-Temp Cheese and letting you know if it will BBQ or not! Prep Time 5 Minutes Cook Time 30 Minutes Ingredients Hi-Temp Cheese Any Desired Seasonings Utensils Needed Smoker Flip Professional Smoke Box Aluminum Cooking Trays Instructions While this cheese will hold its form through smoking temperatures we still recommend you cold smoke it to minimize any malformation of the cubes. Place your cheese in aluminum cooking trays or foil pans and poke holes in the bottom of a foil pan or other container to allow the smoke more access to the cheese. Get your smoke box loaded with whatever wood chips you want to use, we used pecan and get them lit. Place the smokebox on the lowest shelf and the cheese on the highest. This will keep the cheese away from the heat source and the smoke will pass through the cheese on its way out the top vent. Close both vents most of the way allowing just enough air to keep the flames going. How long you leave it in there is really up to you, we smoked ours for 30 minutes but if you are looking for a heavier smoke then you can leave it in longer, or shorter if you want less of a smoke flavor. So, Will it BBQ? Cheese makes everything better and smoke makes everything better so it stands to reason that they will all be better once smoked, right?! Not so fast, while the Cheddar, Mozzarela, and Hot Pepper all benefited greatly from 30 minutes with some Pecan smoke, the Swiss and the Ghost Pepper did not! The swiss picked up a taste that I did not care for and the Ghost Pepper was just too strong to notice any changes, it was just HOT! Shop Walton’s for Hi-Temp Cheese PK 100 Pro Smoker Smokehouse Hi Temp Cheese -
Will it BBQ? Bull Testicles! In this segment we pose the question and the answer to Will it BBQ? So much more than just hamburgers, hot dogs, and other meats can be BBQ'd, Grilled, or Smoked. And, this is where we try out unique ideas for cooking on a grill or smoker. This week we are BBQ'ing Bull Testicles and letting you know if it will BBQ or not! Prep Time 10 Minutes Cook Time 3-4 Minutes Ingredients Bull Testicles Flour Bloody Mary Wing Shake Egg Wash Utensils Needed Skillet Aluminum Cooking Trays Instructions The first thing we did was remove the tough outer skin, depending on how they were butchered this might either be easy or difficult. We bought them from a good local butcher so this was fairly simple, just a quick slice and then the skin peeled away fairly easily. We then sliced them into 4 slices per testicle. Looking back we should have cut these much thinner, I would recommend somewhere around 1/2 inch thick pieces. We then added some Bloody Mary Wing Shake to some flour and took 4 eggs, added some water and whisked them together to create an egg wash. We put them in the flour then the egg wash, then back in the flour, back in the egg and finally back in the flour. Next, we heated some peanut oil to 350° and fried these for a few minutes until they were golden brown. We temped them after 4 minutes and they were around 170° so we pulled them. Finally, we squeezed some lemon juice onto them and tried them out. So, Will it BBQ? Not the way we did them, no! The texture was somewhat rubbery and chewy. Now, we have heard from people that part of that might have been that we cut them too thickly or that we should have par-boiled them first. IF, and that is a BIG IF, we ever try this again we will cut them thin for sure! However, I will say that the breading was delicious, the Bloody Mary works very well with the flour for a fried breading and we will be using this for future recipes. Shop Walton’s for Excalibur Shakers PK 100 Pro Smoker Smokehouse Hi Temp Cheese
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Will it BBQ? Beef Heart! In this segment we pose the question and the answer to Will it BBQ? So much more than just hamburgers, hot dogs, and other meats can be BBQ'd, Grilled, or Smoked. And, this is where we try out unique ideas for cooking on a grill or smoker. This week we are BBQ'ing Beef Heart and letting you know if it will BBQ or not! Prep Time 30 Minutes Cook Time 10 Minutes Ingredients 1 Beef Heart Desired Vegetables Cyclops Greek (or other marinade) Utensils Needed Wooden Skewers Non-Stick Mesh Basket Vacuum Sealer Vacuum Bags Instructions The beef heart should already be "butterflied" for you so you do not need to do that. I'd highly recommend you try to remove the membrane from the inside of the heart first, if you do not then this will become VERY chewy after cooking. There is most likely a good amount of hard fat on attached to the outside of your heart, remove all of this as it will not cook well with the method we are using. Slice the heart very thin, this is a strong muscle and can be tough. Chop your vegetables and add them, the heart and your seasoning to a vacuum bag and vacuum seal it and let it marinate overnight. So, Will it BBQ? I think it absolsutely will BBQ, that opinion was not shared by all of my coworkers though, some liked it, some didn’t and some were cowards and wouldn’t even try it! We did this just because it was Valentine’s Day, we didn’t really have any urge to go out and eat a heart but I have to say I will absolutely be doing this again! The taste was good, it wasn’t as good as regular beef, pork or chicken kabobs BUT Organ Meat has a lot of nutrients that are important to maintain your health and since I don’t enjoy liver this is a great way for me to get them! Shop Walton’s for Marinades
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Will it BBQ? Octopus! In this segment we pose the question and the answer to Will it BBQ? So much more than just hamburgers, hot dogs, and other meats can be BBQ'd, Grilled, or Smoked. And, this is where we try out unique ideas for cooking on a grill or smoker. This week we are BBQ'ing Octopus and letting you know if it will BBQ or not! Prep Time 10 Minutes Cook Time 10 Minutes Ingredients 1 Boiled Octopus Utensils Needed Non-Stick Mesh Basket Instructions This depends on if you have purchased a boiled Octopus or not. We purchased one that was if you purchased one that was not you need to boil it first for about 30 minutes or steam it. Some people say that steaming it makes it sweeter. When you buy a preboiled one like we did all you need to do is separate the legs from the head, and if you want, sprinkle seasoning or olive oil on them and put them on the grill for a few minutes. We found it hard to get a char on the outside because of the high water content of the meat. It is important that you slice it very thin when eating. So, Will it BBQ? Absolutely! This worked really well in my mind as the Octopus had a very mild fish taste, similar to crab, or more accurately the fake crab meat you buy in stores that is usually some sort of flake or white fish. The real star here was the dipping sauces. We made one that was just a stick of butter in a pan that we added some Signature Pork Rub and it was excellent. All the sauces we dipped it in were excellent though! If you want to wow dinner guests this might be the best one we have done for that! I said it above and I will say it again here, it is VERY IMPORTANT to slice this thin. Thicker pieces become incredibly chewy and difficult to eat but sliced thin I thought it was wonderful! This is the shorter version, for anyone interested we have an extended version available as well to see all of our reactions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbNZTj4FabA. Shop Walton’s for BBQ Sauces PK 100 Pro Smoker Smokehouse Apple Maple Bacon Jam
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Will it BBQ? Squid! In this segment we pose the question and the answer to Will it BBQ? So much more than just hamburgers, hot dogs, and other meats can be BBQ'd, Grilled, or Smoked. And, this is where we try out unique ideas for cooking on a grill or smoker. This week we are BBQ'ing Squid and letting you know if it will BBQ or not! Prep Time 60 Minutes Cook Time 10 Minutes Ingredients 1 Squid 1 Pineapple Utensils Needed Non-Stick Mesh Basket Boning Knife Instructions If you purchased an entire squid, as we did, then you need to start by separating the hood from the tentacles. You can do this by making a clean cut just above the head. Then you need to remove a ball-like piece from the head, this will contain the beak, it comes out easily just feel around for it and squeeze it out. Then you need to reach up into the hood and remove the internal guts. You should also be able to pull out the quill at this point, the quill is a clear plastic looking piece that is roughly the size and shape of a feather. Next clean everything very well under water. Then lay the hood flat and either cut or pull off the wings. Then cut through the upper half of the hood leaving the bottom half intact, this will make the squid more tender and allow you to stuff it with more pineapple. Stuff it with pieces of pineapple and sprinkle on the seasoning of your choice. Then go ahead and grill it until it has the desired consistency, about 3-5 minutes a side should do it. Get some dipping sauces ready and enjoy! So, Will it BBQ? This was one of our more “interesting” ones. I like calamari in pasta dishes and when it is fried, grilling it was very good, but the texture was not as good as when it is fried, the hood was by far the best part though. The tentacles were not something I would eat again and the “wings” were at best okay. We have the longer version of this video available Here if you want to watch the entire thing. Shop Walton’s for BBQ Sauces Broil King S440 Excalibur Smoke House BBQ
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Will it BBQ? Cashews! In this segment we pose the question and the answer to Will it BBQ? So much more than just hamburgers, hot dogs, and other meats can be BBQ'd, Grilled, or Smoked. And, this is where we try out unique ideas for cooking on a grill or smoker. This week we are BBQ'ing Cashews and letting you know if it will BBQ or not! Prep Time 5 Minutes Cook Time 45 Minutes Ingredients Cashew Pieces Olive Oil Utensils Needed Non-Stick Mesh Baskets Flip Professional Smoke Box Instructions Place cashews in a bowl and coat evenly with olive oil, or oil of your choice. Now sprinkle on your seasoning of choice. We decided to try Salt and Vinegar Wingshake and the Cajun Rub. Now lay them out on a single level of a Non-Stick Mesh Basket, or another non-stick surface, and place in your smoking chamber as far from the smoke as possible. We wanted to have the Cashews retain as much of the creaminess as possible so we decided to cold smoke these. We used the Flip Professional Smoke Box and some Hickory Wood Chips to provide smoke but add as little heat as possible. So, Will it BBQ? This would be a definite yes. The two different flavors offered wildly different tastes but both were delicious. The Salt and Vinegar ones had more upfront taste and they had a nice caramelized style coating on them from what little heat did get to them. The Cajun ones didn’t have a strong taste at first but had a very pleasant warmth to them that worked well with the smoke and the creaminess of the cashews. Since we did this a week ago I have already made a large batch of this at my house and my wife and I love them! Shop Walton’s for Excalibur Seasoning Shakers Weston 30" Vertical Smoker Broil King S440 Grill
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Will it BBQ? Smores! In this segment we pose the question and the answer to Will it BBQ? So much more than just hamburgers, hot dogs, and other meats can be BBQ'd, Grilled, or Smoked. And, this is where we try out unique ideas for cooking on a grill or smoker. This week we are BBQ'ing Smores and letting you know if it will BBQ or not! Prep Time 5 Minutes Cook Time 10 Minutes Ingredients Marshmellows Graham Cracckers Chocolate Utensils Needed Foil Pan Instructions So much more than just hamburgers, hot dogs, and other meats can be BBQ'd, Grilled, or Smoked. And, this is where we try out unique ideas for cooking on a grill or smoker. This week we are going to try BBQing Smores! Obviously, Smores will BBQ, doing them on a grill is basically the same process as over a fire but doing it on the BBQ might have a few advantages. With normal smores, you are relying on the heat from the marshmallow to melt the chocolate and you can only do a few at a time. Some people might say doing it this way takes all the fun out of it, the messy gooey fingers are part of it and if you have kids I’m sure that’s true but if you are making larger quantities for a dessert then this is the way to go. We lined the bottom of a foil pan with graham crackers then we laid a few pieces of chocolate on top of those and put the marshmallow ontop of that. We left the top layer of graham crackers off until just before it was done so we could easily monitor their progress. We did a few where we cut a slit in the marshmallows and inserted a small piece of chocolate to see if that made any difference in the finished appearance. We had our grill running at 450° and we let them cook for about 10 minutes. I sprinkled some Cinnamon toast shake on these and just like always that made things a lot tastier! So, Will it BBQ? So, in the end, is this any better than doing it over a fire? Well that depends, if the little ones want to use something like the Fire Fishing Pole and make an evening of it then this might take some of the fun out of it. However, if you are just wanting to make some delicious gooey smores for a lot of people then this is the way to go! Shop Walton’s for Broil King S 590 Weston Pro Series #32 Meat Grinder Hi-Temp Ghost Pepper Cheese
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Will it BBQ? Maple Syrup! In this segment we pose the question and the answer to Will it BBQ? So much more than just hamburgers, hot dogs, and other meats can be BBQ'd, Grilled, or Smoked. And, this is where we try out unique ideas for cooking on a grill or smoker. This week we are BBQ'ing Maple Syrup and letting you know if it will BBQ or not Prep Time 5 Minutes Cook Time 30 Minutes Ingredients Maple Syrup Pnacakes Utensils Needed Smoke Generators Instructions Cold smoke the syrup for 30 minutes, we used Pecan Wood Chips but you can use anything you want. The sweetness from the Syrup should be strong enough to stand up to anything including hickory or mesquite but I would recommend a fruitwood or blend. So, Will it BBQ? Oh yes, this was amazing! The sweetness of the maple syrup and the smoke went together very well together and balanced each other. This was one that we will certainly be doing again as it was very easy and made a large impact on the taste in a good way! Shop Walton’s for Vertical Smokers Broil King S420 Regal Grill Pain is Good Salsa 
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Will it BBQ? Cheese! In this segment we pose the question and the answer to Will it BBQ? So much more than just hamburgers, hot dogs, and other meats can be BBQ'd, Grilled, or Smoked. And, this is where we try out unique ideas for cooking on a grill or smoker. This week we are Cold Smoking Cheese and letting you know if it will BBQ or not!! Prep Time 5 min Cook Time 60 minutes Ingredients Cheddar Cheese Parmesan Cheese Bleu Cheese Utensils Needed The Flip Professional Smoke Box Premium Smoking Chips - Coarse Instructions Cold smoking is adding smoke to something and not adding any heat. We did it using a Flip Professional Smoke Box in a Weston 30" Vertical Smoker and placed it on the bottom of the smoker and put our cheese on the top shelf too keep it as far away from the heat source as possible. We lit the chips, opened the side vents all the way and the top vent 1/2 way and smoked it for an hour. When we took them out of the smoker we vac packed them and kept them in our fridge for a week to let the smoke mellow out a little bit. So, Will it BBQ? Obviously smoked cheese is a thing alot of people like. We wanted to see if it was easy to do at home and it was. Smoking cheese at home gave us at least as good results as what you are going to buy at the store and it allows you to control how smokey you want your cheese! Shop Walton’s for Weston 30" Vertical Smoker PK 100 Pro Smoker Smokehouse Apple Maple Bacon Jam
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Will it BBQ? Cake! In this segment we pose the question and the answer to Will it BBQ? So much more than just hamburgers, hot dogs, and other meats can be BBQ'd, Grilled, or Smoked. And, this is where we try out unique ideas for cooking on a grill or smoker. This week we are BBQ'ing Cake and letting you know if it will BBQ or not! Prep Time 30 Minutes Cook Time 20 Minutes Ingredients 3/4 Cup Unsalted Butter, Room Temperature 1-3/4 Cup Sugar 1/3 Cup Maple Syrup 1/3 Cup Canola Oil 1 Teaspoon Pure Vanilla Extract 4 Eggs 2 Egg Yolks 2 Teaspoons Baking Powder 1/2 Teaspoons Salt 2-1/2 Cup All Purpose Flour 1 Cup Whole Milk, Room Temperature 1/2 lb Sweet Pepper Maple Bacon For Frosting 8 oz Cream Cheese 3 Tablespoons Smoked Maple Syrup Utensils Needed Pizza Stone Instructions In a bowl Mix Softened butter with the sugar and mix Stir in Maple Syrup Add oil and Stir until smooth Add 4 Eggs and 2 Egg Yolks and mix Add Baking Soda, Salt and Flour and Mix Add Milk and Stir Until everything is Mixed in Chop Bacon and mix into batter Fill Cupcake holders with batter Bake for 20 Minutes at 350° (Use indirect heat if BBQing) For Frosting Mix 8 oz of cream cheese with 3 Tablespoons of Smoked Maple Syrup Let Cupcakes cool before adding frosting Top with bits of bacon and serve So, Will it BBQ? Absolutely this will BBQ, as Ali said, 10 out of 10, would do again! The Bacon in the batter really took this over the top and made it wonderful, it might not have had as much of a smoky flavor as we were hoping but it was all around delicious! Shop Walton’s for Broil King Grills 7 lb Sausage Stuffer Bacon Aioli Mayo Garnishing Squeeze
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Will it BBQ? Snails! In this segment we pose the question and the answer to Will it BBQ? So much more than just hamburgers, hot dogs, and other meats can be BBQ'd, Grilled, or Smoked. And, this is where we try out unique ideas for cooking on a grill or smoker. This week we are BBQ'ing Snails and letting you know if it will BBQ or not! Prep Time 10 minutes Cook Time 45 minutes Ingredients Snails Butter White Wine Signature Pork Rub Instructions In a saucepan melt a 1/2 cup of butter then add 1 cup of white wine, then add some signature pork rub. Then in a foil pan add your snails and pour the sauce over top of it, set aside some for dipping. Smoke for 45 minutes over hickory or other stronger tasting woods. So, Will it BBQ? The wine and butter sauces was great, it had a really nice taste to it but the snails just had way too many issues to be considered good, so no, it will not BBQ. The taste was okay, similar to a clam but the texture and toughness were terrible. It was like chewing rubber. You should remove the tough foot of the snail to make chewing slightly easier. Shop Walton’s for Broil King Pellet Grill XL Broil King Keg 5000 Charcoal Grill Terrapin Ridge Hot Wasabi
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Will it BBQ? Jackfruit! In this segment we pose the question and the answer to Will it BBQ? So much more than just hamburgers, hot dogs, and other meats can be BBQ'd, Grilled, or Smoked. And, this is where we try out unique ideas for cooking on a grill or smoker. This week we are BBQ'ing Jackfruit and letting you know if it will BBQ or not! Prep Time 10 minutes Cook Time 35 minutes Ingredients 2 Cans of Green Jackfruit Fresh Jackfruit BBQ Sauce Bread Rolls Utensils Needed Stark Cutting Board Boning Knife Instructions One of the suggestions we got for will it bbq was JackFruit. Neither Austin or I had ever tried Jackfruit so we started doing some research and testing. We found that there are two basic ways to eat Jackfruit. The first is the ripened fruit which you can just eat like you would any other fruit or use in a dessert and the other way is the green or un-ripened fruit which is what a lot of people are using as a meat substitute. So we went out and got some of both. First, let’s talk about the un-ripened fruit or green jackfruit. It comes in a can with either water or syrup, we bought the can with just the water. You need to rinse it and dry it first, then there might be a part of the core attached to the pieces so you should chop those off. Then you want to put them in a pan with some BBQ sauce and onions and garlic and saute them for about 5 minutes. We wanted them to taste like that had come off the bbq though so instead of doing this with a stove or oven we put them in our pellet grill for 30 minutes at about 400° and added more BBQ sauce and a little bit of water. I went back to it after about 15 minutes and mashed it up. I did this again once it was totally done. We used Sizzlin Green Chili as our BBQ Sauce. The other way to eat Jackfruit is just like you would any other fruit. First your need to be very careful though, this stuff is extremely sticky and will stain clothing apparently. So we put down a stark disposable cutting board and even oiled the blade of our knife. First you need to cut out the core, it was fairly simple to do, just be careful and take it out in sections if needed. Then you have all these “pods” with the flesh of the fruit around a seed. You need to separate these from the skin, I found a knife was the easiest way to do this and then remove the seed as well as a thin skin that surrounds the seed. After that there is something that resembles corn silk around the side of the fruit that has to be removed as well. This stuff is very sticky so make sure you are wearing gloves when doing it! So just eating it was okay but we wanted to see if it would BBQ so we put it on a non-stick mesh grilling basket and sprinkled cinnamon toast shake on some of them and grilled it for 10 minutes at 400° So, Will it BBQ? The Green Jackfruit had an appearance and texture that was surprisingly close to a real pulled pork sandwich. It was not an exact match but it was pretty close and certainly tasted nothing like a fruit. I will almost certainly be making this for my vegetarian wife at some point, so yes, it will BBQ! The fresh Jackfruit was difficult to prepare, if you have the option of purchasing some that has already been cut and seeded I would go with that but it was still very tasty once we BBQ’d it! It was even tasty before, it had a very fresh taste to it, similar to cantaloupe but less juicy. Once we BBQ’d it with Cinnamon Toast Shake it was really good! Better than either the Watermelon or Pineapple that we had done previously. Shop Walton’s for Broil King Grills Broil King Pellet Grills Pro Smoker PK-100
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Will it BBQ? Ice Cream! In this segment we pose the question and the answer to Will it BBQ? So much more than just hamburgers, hot dogs, and other meats can be BBQ'd, Grilled, or Smoked. And, this is where we try out unique ideas for cooking on a grill or smoker. This week we are BBQ'ing Ice Creamand letting you know if it will BBQ or not!! Prep Time 5 Minutes Cook Time 5 Minutes Ingredients Ice Cream of your choice Smoke Chips or Hickory Smoke Powder Utensils Needed Smoking cabinet Flip Professional Smoke Box Instructions Austin and I have been working our way through some suggestions from our Meatgistics and Youtube viewers and today we decided it was time to try Smoking Ice Cream! We cold smoked the ice cream in a Weston 36" Vertical Smoker with the Cameron’s Flip Professional Smoke Box with Pecan Wood Chips. We tried two different Ice Creams, Artisan Vanilla Bean and a Peanut Butter & Candy one. We wanted to make sure we did not oversmoke them so we did it for just 5-10 minutes to see what taste that would give us. We set the Smoke Box all the way on the bottom shelf and the Ice Cream on the top shelf to make sure that it was as far away from a potential heat source as possible. We also made sure to do it on a cold day to try to prevent as much melting as we could. Once we were done with testing the actual smoked Ice Cream we added some hickory smoke powder to the left overs that we hadn’t smoked to see what that would give us! Watch the Video to found out how it went! So, Will it BBQ? This was the best “experiment” we have tried yet! It was amazing, the Vanilla was a little bit better since it really allowed the smoked flavor to shine through but both were very good. The Hickory Smoke Powder was a great and easy way to add smoke flavor without having to set up the smoker! Shop Walton’s for Weston 36" Vertical Smoker PK 100 Smokehouse Terrapin Ridge Hot Pepper Jam
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Will it BBQ? Beer! In this segment we pose the question and the answer to Will it BBQ? So much more than just hamburgers, hot dogs, and other meats can be BBQ'd, Grilled, or Smoked. And, this is where we try out unique ideas for cooking on a grill or smoker. This week we are BBQ'ing Beer and letting you know if it will BBQ or not! Prep Time 5 Minutes Cook Time 7 minutes Ingredients Hickory Smoke Powder Bud Light Walnut River High Beam Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout Tallgrass Raspberry Jam Delirium Tremens Belgian Pale Ale Barley Wine Style Ale Utensils Needed 2lb Foil Loaf Pan 4-Pack Instructions Well, apparently we just cannot leave well enough alone. In the past we've tried smoking Tea, Coffee and Whiskey and if you haven't seen the videos they were all terrible. I don't mean terrible in some hyperbolic sense, I mean they were hardly drinkable, in fact I don't think I took more than a sip of the tea or coffee, the Whiskey of course could not be wasted and had to be drank. However we have somehow blocked out those experiences and are going to give this another go, this time with Beer! We have selected numerous different styles of beer to see if any of them can benefit from a good smoking. So we did all of these two ways, we tried each one in the smoker and cold smoked for 20 minutes, then put back in the fridge for 20 minutes to cool them back down and we added just a pinch of hickory smoke powder to each and mixed it in until the powder was dissolved. There was some argument over which method was going to cause more carbonation loss, I think it will be the cold smoking since so much surface area is going to be exposed and Austin thinks that mixing in the hickory smoke powder is going to cause us to lose more carbonation. We will find out who was right and if this will BBQ or not?! So, Will it BBQ? Good lord no, it will not under any circumstances BBQ nor should you try it! Second worst attempt, only Coffee and Tea were worse in my mind and we couldn’t be any sadder about it! Shop Walton’s for The Flip Professional Smoke Box Broil King Baron S 590 Gas Grill PK 100 Smokehouse
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Will it BBQ? Soda Pop! In this segment we pose the question and the answer to Will it BBQ? So much more than just hamburgers, hot dogs, and other meats can be BBQ'd, Grilled, or Smoked. And, this is where we try out unique ideas for cooking on a grill or smoker. This week we are BBQ'ing Soda Pop and letting you know if it will BBQ or not! Prep Time 5 Minutes Cook Time 20 Minutes Ingredients Hickory Smoke Powder Soda of your choice Utensils Needed 2lb Foil Loaf Pan 4-Pack The Flip Professional Smoke Box Instructions We are trying two methods, a traditional cold smoke and adding hickory smoke powder directly to the soda. Pour the desired amount of soda into a foil pan and put in a smoker on the top shelf. Put your Flip Professional Smoke Box towards the bottom of your smoker and light it. Close the top vent and open the bottom ones and smoke for 5-10 minutes. For the second method use just a pinch of hickory smoke powder and mix into the soda before drinking. So, Will it BBQ? Some were better than others and we each had different favorites on the cold smoking but we both ended up thinking the one that we thought was going to be the worst was the best! I liked Mountain Dew best and Austin liked the Coke best. For adding hickory smoke powder both the Dr Pepper and the Cream Soda were good, not just not bad they were good! Especially the cream soda, the smoke powder added just a nice hint of smoke that really worked with the cream soda! So no, it will not BBQ if you try to apply actual smoke but if you use Hickory Smoke Powder it can turn out pretty good! Shop Walton’s for Vertical Smokers Broil King Grills Weston Smoker
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Will it BBQ? Mayo! In this segment we pose the question and the answer to Will it BBQ? So much more than just hamburgers, hot dogs, and other meats can be BBQ'd, Grilled, or Smoked. And, this is where we try out unique ideas for cooking on a grill or smoker. This week we are smoking Mayo and letting you know if it will BBQ or not!! Prep Time 5 Minutes Cook Time 30 Minutes Ingredients Mayo Utensils Needed Smoker Foil Pan Instructions We tried two different techniques to smoke Mayo. First, we put some mayo in foil pans and placed them in the smoker at 200° for 15 minutes, then turned off the heat and let them continue to smoke for another 15 minutes to see if they would pick up smoke. Then we also put some mayo in pans and added a level teaspoon of hickory smoke powder to them to see if this would give us a different result. So, Will it BBQ? We didn’t really feel like just eating heaping spoonfuls of Mayo so we made some BLT’s and smeared the mayo on that. We toasted the bread and added some imitation bacon we had recently made, tomatoes, lettuce and some provolone cheese as well. The Mayo that we put in the smoker picked up a slightly bitter taste while the Hickory Smoke Powder had a nice smokey flavor but was still smooth. So I would say that they both BBQ but adding the Hickory Smoke Powder was a better (and easier) way to go about it! Shop Walton’s for Hickory Smoke Powder PK 100 Smokehouse Terrapin Ridge Hot Pepper Jam
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Will it BBQ? Whiskey! In this segment we pose the question and the answer to Will it BBQ? So much more than just hamburgers, hot dogs, and other meats can be BBQ'd, Grilled, or Smoked. And, this is where we try out unique ideas for cooking on a grill or smoker. This week we are Smoking Whiskey and letting you know if it will BBQ or not!! Prep Time 5 minutes Cook Time 30 minutes Ingredients Whiskey Utensils Needed Smoker Foil Pan Instructions Pour the desired amount of whiskey into a foil pan and place in the smoker. Since this is a liquid we want to cold smoke it so we have minimal evaporation. To do that we used our Amaze-N-Tube Smoker filled it with apple wood pellets with our Weston 36 in Vertical smoker. We left it in there for 30 minutes with the dampers 1/4 open. So, Will it BBQ? Listen, to be honest with you whiskey isn’t really either one of our drinks, we are beer guys so the expectations were a little low going into this. However even low expectations couldn’t prepare us for how bad this was! Just watch the video to see exactly how little we liked this! This was a NO will not BBQ! As a control we did take a drink of the Whiskey without smoking it and it was much better in my opinion! Shop Walton’s for Amaze-N-Tube Broil King Keg 5000 Charcoal Grill Terrapin Ridge Hot Wasabi
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Will it BBQ? Eggs! In this segment we pose the question and the answer to Will it BBQ? So much more than just hamburgers, hot dogs, and other meats can be BBQ'd, Grilled, or Smoked. And, this is where we try out unique ideas for cooking on a grill or smoker. This week we are BBQ'ing Eggs and letting you know if it will BBQ or not! Prep Time 10 Minutes Cook Time 2 Hours Ingredients Eggs Utensils Needed Smoker Instructions The egg shells are air permeable so the smoke can pass through the egg shell, however a lot of store bought eggs are sprayed with a solution that prevents this, so you have to wash and dry your eggs before smoking them. Place them directly on the grates of your grill or smoker at 225° and let them smoke for an hour. After the first hour flip them over to the other side and smoke for another hour. Be careful not to let your smoker get above 250° as this might cause the eggs to burst and you will have a mess in your grill or smoker. So, Will it BBQ? From a standpoint of did this give us a cooked egg like a hard boiled one, the answer is yes. However, our goal was to see if this would be an improvement on the traditional hard boiled egg and sadly the answer is not really, no. There was a very little amount of smoke that was picked up but it was not enough to justify letting them smoke to 2 hours. We thought we might not have gotten enough of the spray off of the egg shell to let the smoke through the shell but there was actually a smoke ring in the egg so the smoke did penetrate it just did not make much of an impression. Hey, they can’t all be winners! Shop Walton’s for Sausage Stuffers Broil King Baron S 590 Gas Grill Terrapin Ridge Hot Pepper Bacon Jam
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Will it BBQ? Chocolate and Candy! With Halloween right around the corner we wanted to see what would happen if we took some chocolate and cold smoked it. Once I got to the store though I saw some other candy and decided grab some of that as well! Prep Time 5 Minutes Cook Time 60 Minutes Ingredients Chocolate of your choice Candy of your choice Utensils Needed Amaze-N-Tube Smoker Instructions Take whatever Chocolate or other Candy you want to try to add a smoke flavor to and put it in a foil pan. Since the Chocolate and some of the Candies might melt you are better off trying to do a cold smoke. I used the Amaze-N-Tube Smoker and filled it with Hickory Pellets, I then used a propane torch to get them light and put them in our smoker with no heat. I let them sit in the smoker for an hour and kept the smoldering pellets as far away from the candy as possible. So, Will it BBQ? Some of you are going to think we are crazy for even trying this but the Reeses Peanutbutter Cups, the Hershey’s with Almonds and the Snickers all came out really tasty! Picked up a good amount of smoke but wasn’t overpowering, similar to what you get with a s’mores if you held your marshmallows over a fire. We also did Peach Rings, Gummy Bears and Candy Corns to see how they would do, really I just wanted some Candy! The peach rings were really good, they tasted a lot like a grilled peach, the Gummy Bears were alot better without the smoke and the candy corns are disgusting no matter what! We also did some gum just to see what would happen, they did not pick up much smoke and the small amount that was picked up did not add anything good to the gum. Shop Walton’s for Weston 30 in Vertical Smoker Broil King Baron S440 Gas Grill H Summer Sausage Seasoning
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Will it BBQ? Ziti! In this segment we pose the question and the answer to Will it BBQ? So much more than just hamburgers, hot dogs, and other meats can be BBQ'd, Grilled, or Smoked. And, this is where we try out unique ideas for cooking on a grill or smoker. This week we are BBQ'ing Ziti and letting you know if it will BBQ or not!! Prep Time 30 Cook Time 45 Ingredients 1 Package of Ziti Desired amount of Red Sauce 1 Cup ricotta Cheese Sprinkle of Parmesan Cheese 1 lb Mozzarella Cheese Instructions This works best with a homemade red sauce but you can use a jarred sauce if you have to, either way use the Spaghetti Sauce Seasoning to add a little zip to your sauce. After boiling your pasta (undercook it slightly as it will cook more in the smoker) put it in a foil pan and add your sauce, then put spread out your Ricotta Cheese and Mozzarella cheese in a layer above the pasta and sprinkle on some Parmesan as well. Put it in your smoker and smoke for about 45 minutes at 375°, remove and serve hot. So, Will it BBQ? The cheese and sauce are going to be the two main vehicles for the smoke here and while I don’t think either of them picked up a lot of smoke it was enough to give it a nice smokiness without being overpowering. This is a definite yes, will BBQ! Shop Walton’s for Spaghetti Sauce Seasoning Broil King Baron S440 Gas Grill Broil King Keg 5000 Charcoal Grill
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