Smoked Stuffed Peppers

 

Ingredients.

Mixed peppers, some hot some not.

Bacon.

8 ounces cream cheese.

Shredded mozzarella.

Pimento cheese spread.

Ground sausage. 

Barbecue rub.

Instructions.

Cook the sausage and set aside.

Slice open peppers and scoop out seeds if you want.

Take the cream cheese, mozzarella, pimento, cooked sausage, cover with rub and stir it up.

Stuff the peppers with it.

Wrap each pepper with bacon.

Sprinkle more rub on them.

Set up smoker for 225 degrees. Place them right on the grill and smoke them about 2 1/2 to 3 hours or until peppers are soft and bacon is done.

Cheesy Potatoes with Bacon

 

Dutch Oven Cheesy Potatoes

 

Ingredients

8 Red Potatoes.

1 pack sliced bacon cut into smaller pieces.

1 lb. cheese, about half a small block. I used colby jack cut into thin slices.

1 large onion, sliced up.

Cup chicken broth.

some garlic powder.

some seasoning, I used McCormick bacon and chives.

Instructions

Start by slicing your potatoes into bite size cubes, cover with the seasoning. Chop the onion. Set aside.

Cut strips of bacon to 1-inch pieces. 

Heat the dutch oven. I did 15 coals on top and 15 under.

Fry the bacon and saute half onions and then take them out. Leave the grease in the bottom of the pot.

Place the potatoes in, then all the onions, and finally bacon and half the cheese.

Cover the dutch oven and cook for about an hour, or until the potatoes are soft. I did this in evening 20 degree weather with lots of snow, took closer to two hours.

Stir frequently.

When potatoes are almost ready, cover with rest of the cheese.

When cheese is all melted in and potatoes are soft, its ready.

Pork Belly Bacon

Smoked Pork Belly

Prepare the rub.

3 tbs. kosher salt.
3/4 cup brown sugar.
1 tbs. paprika.
2 tbs. chili powder.
1 tbs ground black pepper.
1 tbs. regular ground coffee.

Some people take the skin membrane off, some don't. I didn't.
Cover the pork belly with the rub. Place on a pan or dish and cover it. Refrigerate for 24 hours.

Take out of refrigerator and bring to room temperature.
Bring smoker to 225 degrees. Place fat side up for around 3 hours.
Go for internal temp of 165.
Take out and let it rest for an hour.
I sliced it to use it as bacon.

I did not let it sit in refrigerator for at least seven days
in a zip lock bag turning it over once a day. Both ways turn out very good.