Labor Day a Long Weekend of Smoke - Traeger Recipes

Labor Day a Long Weekend of Smoke - Traeger Recipes

Labor Day SmokeFest

The wife left town for a few days to wish her mom a happy birthday in Iowa, so its just me and the dog,  It Looks like I have a Long Weekend of smoke ahead "Traeger on".  Here is what the proposed menu looks like.

Saturday Dinner

Dinner is Ready

Bacon Wrapped Filet

Lobster Tail

Pineapple

Corn on the Cobb

Traeger Recipe

The beauty of cooking the Lobster Tail, Bacon wrap Filet, Pineapple and Corn on the Cobb Together is that all start and finish at the same time,  I go into greater detail about the cooking methods elsewhere in this blog but the Readers digest version is Pre Heat to 225 cook steak and Lobster to an Internal Temperature of 135 to 140 about 45 minutes

Bacon Wrap Filet and BBQ Recipe

BBQ Corn on The Cobb

BBQ Smoke Pineapple

Sunday Lunch

Sunday Lunch and Leftovers Pork Steaks, Brats and SweetPotatoes

Pork Steaks

Cheddar Brats

Sweet Potatoes

Traeger Recipes:

Pork Steaks:

These pork steaks are pre-seasoned with Bobs BBQ seasoning.  Cook them at 350 on the Traeger till an internal temperature of 140 to 145.  About 10 Minutes on each side

Cheddar Brats

 Cook them at 350 on the Traeger till an internal temperature of 140 to 145.  About 10 Minutes on each side

Sweet Potatoes

I wash the Sweet Potatoes

Cut them in half wrap in tin foil

Cook at 350 on the Traeger until soft about 60 Minutes.

Sunday Dinner

Porterhouse Steak

Traeger Recipe Porterhouse Steak see Video

If Video dosent paly Try Porterhouse Video Link click here

I will follow the Video except

I will use Trader Joe Garlic and Coffee Rub

Monday Dinner

Pulled pork

 Pulled Pork Traeger Recipe

Ingredients:

Bone In Pork Butt 6 to 10 lbs or more

Your favorite Dry rub for Pork

Apple Juice in spray bottle

Preperation

Rub Pork Butt all over with your favorite rub

Grill Setup

Start Traeger on smoke for 10 minutes with lid open'

Preheat lid closed to temperature 225

Some People smoke for first 3 hours either using 180 or the smoke setting

then raise to 225.

The Cook

Right before placing on grill spray with apple juice all over

Place Pork Butt on Traeger

Spray with apple juice every 30 minutes or so

After about 3 hours you can move to shallow pan with enough apple juice to cover bottom of pan

At about 6 hours place temperature probe in Traeger.

Continue to cook till an Internal Temperature of 203 degrees

The Wrap and Rest

Once desired temperature reached removed from grill double wrap in foil and place in cooler to rest for 1 to 3 hours.  Pull and enjoy.  We use a light coating of Jack Daniels BBQ sauce after we pull

Recipe Notes

I delay putting the Probe in because its going to take 10 hours or more to cook and the probe gives the smoke a few more places to escape.

Some people wrap the butt  (Texas crutch) at about 160 to get past the stall

Tong Test if you dont cook to temperature --When you can lift the Butt with Tongs and the bone falls out its ready

For more Labor day cooking ideas see the Traeger Blog

Please Note:

Any recipe I make is just a guideline.  I am not a big fan of gooey sauces so almost everything is I cook would be a dry rub.  You of course should experiment and see what works best for you.  I don't often recommend a rub because it is a matter of personnel taste.  These recipe would also work well on most other pellet grills or charcoal and gas grill using indirect heat for the low temperature recipes.

Lobster and Bacon Wrapped Filets - Combinations that Work

Lobster and Bacon Wrapped Filets on the Traeger

Bacon Wrapped Filets and Lobster Tail

Traeger Recipe

Some combinations just work well on the Traeger.  When I think of combinations I think of surf and Turf (Steak and Lobster)  My favorite steak hppens to be Bacon Wrapped Fillets.  I have cooked Lobster Tails and Bacon Wrapped Filets 2 different times on the Traeger. The thing that was nice about this combination they went on the Traeger  and came off the Traeger  at virtually the same time. I go through the normal start up procedure Lid up on smoke for 10 Minutes, then close lid and pre Heat to a temperature of 225.  I then place the Lobster and Filet on the Grill and cook for about 45 Minutes.  I cook to temperature and not time.  I pull the Lobsters and bacon wrapped filets at an internal temperature of 135 to 140.

It Looks Like I had room for Pineapple as well, Ill keep that in mind for next time.

The Actual Recipes:

BBQ Lobster 

Cut shell with Scissor
Pull the meat out above the shell but leave attached at tail
Brushed with melted butter
Smoke at 225 for abt 45 minutes Internal Temp should be 135-140

My Lobster Recipe was adapted from this one

BBQ Bacon Wrapped Filets

Rubbed with Trader Joe's Coffee rub
you can use your own favorite Dry Rub
Smoke at 225 for abott 45 minutes to an Internal Temperature of 135-140

please note:

Any recipe I make is just a guideline.  I am not a big fan of gooey sauces so almost everything is I cook would be a dry rub.  You of course should experiment and see what works best for you.  I don't often recommend a rub because it is a matter of personnel taste.  These recipe would also work well on most other pellet grills or charcoal and gas grill using indirect heat for the low temperature recipes.

My Favorite Traeger Day

My Favorite Traeger Day

Brats and taters 

Steak and Lobster

My Favorite Traeger Day

Traeger Recipe
One could argue that any day I cook on my Traeger Junior aka Tjr is my favorite Traeger day.  With my schedule its not often I get to cook twice on Tjr in the same day.  Yesterday was such a day.

My morning errands included stops at Paul's Market, where I purchased bacon wrapped Fillets and Apple Brats.  I then stopped at the supermarket and purchased sweet potatoes and Brioche hot dog buns.

I fired up TJr and made the apple Brats and sweet potatoes for lunch.  Then a few hours later I fired up the T again and cooked the Filllets and Lobster for diner. 

The diner was special because my mom was in town and my wife picked up our 6 year old grandson from school.  My grandson only ate the fillets but every one else had filet and Lobster.  It was the first time I cooked for mom, she finally was able to visit.

The Technical details:

BBQ Lobster

BBQ Lobster

Cut shell with Scissor

Brushed with melted butter
Smoke at 225 for abt 45 minutes Internal Temp should be 135-140

BBQ Bacon Wrapped Filets

Bacon Wrapped Fiilets

Rubbed with Trader Joe's Coffee rub
Smoke at 225 for abott 45 minutes to an Internal Temperature of 135-140

The Rub

Apple Brats

Cooked Apple Brats at 375 about 30 minutes flipping once.  Got a nice char both sides

apple brats

Sweet potatoes

Sweet potatoes

Wash Sweet potatoes
Cut Sweet potatoes in half
Wrap Sweet potatoes in foil
Cook Sweet potatoes at 375 for about an hour till soft like butter

please note:

Any recipe I make is just a guideline.  I am not a big fan of gooey sauces so almost everything is I cook would be a dry rub.  You of course should experiment and see what works best for you.  I don't often recommend a rub because it is a matter of personnel taste.  These recipe would also work well on most other pellet grills or charcoal and gas grill using indirect heat for the low temperature recipes.

BBQ Lobster - Traeger Recipe

BBQ Lobster - Traeger Recipe

Smoked Lobster

Traeger Recipe

BBQ Smoked Lobster Tail.  Every once in a while my local supermarket will have small Lobster tails on sale for $5.  I then go to my Local butcher and purchase some steak, usually bacon wrapped Fillets.  I then add  2 of the following Sweet Potato, pineapple and corn on the cobb for a perfect meal.  I think the key to smoking this lobster is cooking to an internal temperature and not time.  I have cooked lobster st higher Temperatures like 350 to 400 degrees but I like this the best,

BBQ Smoked  Lobster Tail the Recipe

Split the shell with a scissor

Pull the lobster meat out but leave attached to tale.

Brush with melted butter or Garlic Butter or herb butter or ...

Place Traeger on smoke for 10 minutes with lid open

Close Lid Pre Heat to 225

Smoke at 225 for about 45 minutes Internal 

cook to temperature not time Temperature should be 135-140.  

Please Note:

Any recipe I make is just a guideline.  I am not a big fan of gooey sauces so almost everything is I cook would be a dry rub.  You of course should experiment and see what works best for you.  I don't often recommend a rub because it is a matter of personnel taste.  These recipe would also work well on most other pellet grills or charcoal and gas grill using indirect heat for the low temperature recipes.