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Archives for October 2018

October 28, 2018 baking

Cheeseburger Pop Tart

These Cheeseburger Pop tarts are from the Ultimate Wood Pellet Grill Smoker Cookbook. In the book we call them Cheeseburger Hand Pies but you get the idea. It’s just a fun hot-pocket-ish dinner on the grill. Close your eyes and pretend it’s a poor man’s Beef Wellington. Watch the video HERE and below. Recipe below and in the Ultimate Wood Pellet Grill Smoker Cookbook

Cheeseburger Pop Tarts Ingredients:

½ lb lean ground beef

1 Tbsp minced onion

Add 1 Tbsp steak seasoning blend (salt, pepper & garlic powder)

1 cup Monterrey Jack/Colby shredded cheese blend

2 slices white American cheese

2 (14 oz) refrigerated prepared pizza dough sheets

12 hamburger dill pickle chips

6 American cheese slices

Egg wash (1 egg, beaten + 1 Tbsp water)

2 Tbsp sesame seeds

 

  • Makes 6 cheeseburger pop tarts
  • Serves 6

 

Chill dough for easier handling. Next, preheat grill to medium. Using a cast iron skillet, brown ground beef and add minced onion and steak seasoning blend when cooked through. Toss in Monterrey Jack/Colby cheese blend and sliced white American cheese. Stir until melted and well blended. Remove cheeseburger mixture from heat and set aside.

Next, working quickly with chilled dough, roll out prepared pizza crust on parchment paper and brush on egg wash. Arrange American cheese slices to make 6 poptarts. Top each cheese slice with ⅓ cup cheeseburger mixture, spreading slightly. Place 4 pickles on top of meat for each tart. Top with the remaining prepared pizza dough and cut between cheese slices to separate the 6 tarts.

Carefully, using kitchen scissors, cut the parchment to further separate, and seal the edges with egg wash and a fork. In addition, baste tops with remaining egg wash and sprinkle each with sesame seeds.

Finally, grill 5 minutes per side. (Or more watch for browning) Serve with sliced tomatoes, ketchup and mustard.

Is there something you’d like more in a poptart? Tell me in the comments!

 

October 20, 2018 blogging

Wood Pellet Grill Smoker Book

FINALLY it’s out in the wild!  I love the way my wood pellet grill smoker cookbook turned out!

I had been talking with a lot of readers about what kind of BBQ they want to learn about and I was surprised to get a few suggestions for EASY smoker recipes for goodies like ribs, beef jerky, and specifically wood pellet grill smoker recipes. It all clicked. I LOVE using my wood pellet grill.

“The Ultimate Wood Pellet Grill Smoker Cookbook” is available for order now HERE on Amazon!

wood pellet grill smoker cookbook

About nine years ago I got my first look at a pellet fired smoker and I was AMAZED! “This is the ultimate BARBECUE TRICK!,” I thought.  Years later, it’s now my primary way to cook on the patio.  I’m lazy. It’s easy. The way the best wood pellet grills cook is totally cool:

  • Pellet grill pellets are the best fuel
  • I get to use live fire and wood with safe set and forget ease.
  • I’ve done a few videos with the pellet grill and have loved testing all the recipes.
  • My buddies in competition BBQ win big contests with wood pellet grills.  They are compliant with rules.

So, I worked hard to break down and write down all the “essentials” about Pellet Power BBQ. Then, my wife, MJ and I had a blast putting these recipes together and getting them just right. We can’t wait to share the SMO Fried Chicken recipe in the book. It is now one of our all time favorite recipes.

Keep checking my socials (and here) and I’ll continue to share recipes, tips, sneak peeks, and more.
It’s available now on Amazon HERE – “The Ultimate Wood Pellet Grill Smoker Cookbook.”

wood pellet grill illustration

This is one of my rough images I did for the illustrator of the book. You’ll see the beautiful artist’s version in the book. I was actually kinda proud of this one I did on my phone 🙂

October 9, 2018 Cook

Top BBQ Cookbooks

I’m in the process of releasing my next BBQ cookbook (more HERE) and I’ve been looking back at some of my top BBQ cookbooks of all time. Since i did the video on my top ten there’s been a few big cook books released (including Meathead’s notable tome, Franklin’s books, and the latest TOP TEN in outdoor cooking). I updated the list below – But I still think this is a great batch of over ten top BBQ cookbooks. The number one may surprise you.

Let me know about your top BBQ cookbooks in the comments!

 

top bbq cookbooks

Scott Ackerman
flickr.com/photos/sterlic/

Quick Links to a few of my faves:

The Smoking Bacon and Hog Cookbook – Bill Gillespie

Mrs Wilkes

Manifold Destiny

Ratio

10-BBQ 25 Adam Perry Lang

9-Charleston Receipts

8-Tea Time at The Masters

7-On Food and Cooking Harold McGhee

6-Cook’s Illustrated Guide to Grilling

5-Williams Sonoma Grilling

4-Southern Livings Ultimate BBQ

3-Secrets to Smoking on a Weber Bill Gillespie

2-BBQ USA Steven Raichlen

1- The Pat Conroy Cookbook

I know Pat Conroy really isn’t know for BBQ but I just really liked his writing and stories. A different kind of cook book for sure but I reccomend it especially if you have a soft place in your heart for the state of South Carolina or any of the late author’s classic books (Prince of Tides and many more). Got an obscure cookbook? Tell me about it.

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