BBQ Smoked Pineapple - Traeger Recipe

Smoked Pineapple and Corn

Traeger Recipe 

It is hard to ruin smoked Pineapple.  I have cooked it at temperatures ranging from 180 to 375 plus.  I have cooked it on the main grill rack or on the 2nd story,  There was more corn pork tenderloin and sweet potatoes on lower level.  I really enjoy the smokiness of this pineapple.  If you cook the Pineapple directly on the Grill grate you may want to turn it every 15 to 20 minutes.  I find you get more pronounced grill marks on lower level.

 finsih in 45 minutes
 to an hour.

BBQ Smoked Pineapple Traeger Recipe

Start Traeger on smoke for 10 minutes with lid open'

Preheat lid closed to temperature of 225

Place pineapple on grill  for 60 minutes
Turn once at 30 minutes

As I bonus I find that if I smoke both corn on  the cobb in the husk and pineapple at the same time they both finish together at a Temperature of 225

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.

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.

Grilled Iowa Chops and Baked Potatoes

Grilled Iowa Chops and Baked Potatoes

Grilled Iowa Chops and Baked Potatoes

The notorious “Iowa Chop” is the seriously thick* and succulent pork chop, cut from the lower back of the hog, just behind the rib. Recently dubbed the “Porterhouse Chop”, they have a characteristic T-bone shape, with a substantial amount of loin meat on one side of the bone and a portion of tenderloin on the other side.  The thickness (1.25-1.5 inches) of this chop led it to be coined “The Iowa Chop”, in the 1980’s by the Iowa Pork Producers Association. The Iowa Chop is still in high demand and is used widely still today throughout the Midwest and beyond. The above defination of an Iowa Chop taken from the Web Site http://foodandswine.com/

Iowa Chops are one of my favorite things to grill on the Traeger.  They always come at tender and Juicy.  It really is the most perfect meat.  I often grill them with sweet potatoes and pineapple, but for this cook I changed it up a little and cooked baked Potatoes with them.  I did have pineapple left over from yesterday Ham Steak and Pineapple cook.  I didn't brine or marinate this time.  I used Trader Joe's Coffee and Garlic rub.  You can use your favorite rub or just salt and pepper.

Ingredients:

6 Iowa Pork Chops about 1 inch Thick and 1 LB each (T-Bones)

Your favorite Dry rub for Pork

4 Large Baked Potatoes 

Preperation

Wash Baked Potatoes

Cut in 1/2

Wrap in foil

I used a smal half to clean and season grill

Rub Pork chops with your favorite rub.

I used Trader Joes Garlic and coffee rub

Grill Setup

Start Traeger on smoke for 10 minutes with lid open'

Preheat lid closed to temperature 375

The Cook

I placed the Potatoes on the grill for about 50 Minutes 

After 50 Minutes I placed Pork Chops on grill

After about 7 minutes I flipped the Pork Chops

I Continue to cook the Pork chops  till an Internal Temperature of 140 degrees

The Wrap and Rest

Once desired temperature reached remove from grill tent with foil and allow to rest for 15 to 30 minutes

Grilled Iowa Pork Chops aka Iowa Chops - Traeger Recipe

Grilled Iowa Chops - Traeger Recipe

Iowa Chops on the Traeger

My wife is from Iowa and whenever she visits home she brings back a batch of Iowa chops.  I used to like pork chops and I still do but these Iowa chops have me spoiled.  They cut them thick with the bone in of course,  I can never seem to get enough of them.  Often I cook the chops with pineapple and Sweet Potato on the Traeger.

Iowa Chops Traeger Recipe

follow normal Traeger startup procedure

then heat Traeger Lid closed to 375

Dry Rub with your favorite pork rub

lately I have been using Trader Joe's Garlic and Coffee Rub

sometimes we marinade in Italian dressing 

I cook my Iowa pork chops to an Internal Temperature of 145

I then rest tenting with foil for about 5 to 10 minutes (this is the hardest part you will want to dig in right away)

Trader Joe's Coffee Rub

For My BBQ Smoked Pineapple Ideas click Here

My Sweet Potato recipe can be found by clicking here then scroll to bottom

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.

Double Decker on the Traeger

Double Decker on the T Traeger Recipe

Lower Level

Upper Level

Burgers, ham steak pineapple and watermelon.  Went double Decker on T.  Burgers and pineapple were great. Ham may have cooked to long 15 to 20 min next time.

Traeger Recipe

Start up Procedure

Smoke for 10 minutes with Lid open
Preheat Grill to 375  with Lid Closed

Hamburger Recipe

After Grill reaches 375
Cook Burgers to an Internal Temperature of 165
Flip after 5 Minutes or Internal Temperature of 120

Ham Recipe

After Grill reaches 375
Cook Ham about 7 to 10 minutes per side
I Like a nice Char on my Ham 

Watermelon Recipe

Watermelon cook about 5 minutes per side

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.

Hot Dogs and More on the Traeger

Hot dogs AKA Tubular Meat

The great thing about hot dogs and other Tubular Meat (Sausages and Brats) is you can always seem to squeeze a few on the grill.  I like that best at a high Temperature 375 or more to get a good char

but pretty much any cooking method works as long as your get the proper internal temperature.

Most of the time I just cook them as is but every now and then  I do prefer a Beef Hot Dog like Nathans. The Brats and Sausage are often Pork Products

 I do something special like wrap with bacon, or better yet stuff with cheese then wrap with bacon.

Here is the Traeger recipe for Bacon Wrapped Cheese hot dog

Bacon Wrapped Cheese Stuffed Hotdogs

As you can see I have cooked hotdogs all by themselves.  I have cooked them with hanburgers and pineapples, pizza and pork chops and pizza.

Just Hot Dogs

Pineapple, Hamburgers and Hot dogs on the Junior Rack

Hot Dogs and Pizza

Hot Dogs all alone

Hot Dogs all alone

Bucket List Recipes

So many recipes so little time

As I surf the BBQ Websites I find what I like to call my bucket list recipes.  I use to save these recipes to pinterest and sometimes I still do but some of them are so good I want to place them in my Blog also.  They will always state that they are a buck list recipe,  As with any bucket list I hope I never get to all of them but its fun to dream.

Hamburger Wrapped Mozzarella Hot Dog

Above picture and recipe from SlapyoDaddyBBQ.com Link below
Hamburger wrapped mozzarella hot dog

Harry Soo  who runs Slap Yo Daddy BBQ Blog, is a Grand Champion Pit Master.  When I stumbled on his site my BBQ Bucket list seemed to grow exponentially.  I wanted to cook virtually every recipe on his page,  Here are just a few that made my mouth gush water falls, those saliva glands were working so hard.

Bacon wrapped pineapple mozzarella rings

Swedish Hasselback Pit Roasted Cheesy Bacon Potatoes

Bacon wrapped donuts

Because its not only about the bacon

Grilled Waygu Tuscan Tomahawk Steak/

Smoked Grilled Coffee Crusted Tomahawk Steaks

Barbecued Pineapple Pork Loin Ham

Barbecue Chicken w Alabama White BBQ Sauce and Whiskey Hollow Barbecue Beans

Lobster Caveman Style

SYD Barbecue Ribs with Pico De Gallo

#BucketListItem

BBQ Corn on the Cob.- Traeger Recipe

BBQ CORN on The Cobb

Traeger Recipe 
I have cooked Corn on the Cobb many ways.  My current favorite is with the Husk on at a low temperature.  I have also cooked it wrapped in foil at 375 or so for about 20 to 30 minutes.
The wonderful thing about this method is you can cook it alongside pineapple and they both finish after about an hour.  As you can see  I am using the Junior rack to cooke the Corn and pineapple on top with pork tenderloin and more corn down below.

BBQ Corn on The Cobb Traeger Recipe 

Leave corn in the Husk
Start Traeger on smoke for 10 minutes with lid open'
Preheat lid closed to temperature of 225
Smoke for about an hour with the husk on
Let cool down peel and enjoy

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.

A-Maze-N Products 12 inch Tube Smoker - Helpful Traeger Modifications

A-Maze-N Products 12 inch Smoke Tube

I

I have the A-Maze-N Products 12 inch Smoke Tube. I sometimes use it to add extra smoke during a cook.  It worked real well when I made, ribs, Pulled pork, corn beef, Pork Loin and Pineapple.  I have never used it for cold smoking but some people have.  The first few times I used the Tube smoker it was hit or miss if would stay lit.  I have found by placing the opening towards the front of the grill once it was smoking I could push the pellets in with a metal poker and keep it burning (smoking).

I received the A-Maze-N Products 12 inch Tube Smoker as a present.  It seems to be the most popular one used on the Traeger Facebook user group pages.  Other people have talked about a Char Broil Tube smoker at target for 1/2 the price.

I use an inexpensive heat gun that I purchased at harbor freight to light my tube smoker.  I found this YouTube video very helpful when learning to light my smoker, 

How to Light your Tube Smoker

 

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.

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.

Are You Ready for Some football

Are You Ready for Some football?

fOOTBALL AND TRAEGER

The Football season is right around the corner and nothing seems to improve football more then some food on the Traeger.

Click here for hot dog post

Click here for my pizza post

Here are some Traeger Recipe for good football eats

Big Game Day Ribs

STICKY TERIYAKI PORK & PINEAPPLE SKEWERS

BACON-WRAPPED POULTRY PORK SKEWERS

Meatball Onion Bombs

Brats in Beer bath

Pulled Pork

Pulled Pork Mac and Cheese

Simple Steak

Flat Bread Pizz 3 ways

Super Bowl Food The Ultimate Football Food

Pork Loin Traeger Recipe

Two Pork Loins roasted low and slow with a smoke tube

Pork Loin Traeger Recipe

Pork is one of my Favorite things to cook on the Traeger.  I've cooked Pulled Pork, Pork Chops, Pork Ribs and Pork Tenderloin.  I do Like Pork Loins because I enjoy a roast pork sandwich on garlic bread. I do cook the Garlic bread on the Traeger.  I have also found that center cut pork loin is the best cut to use.   You may notice I use a smoke tube, for some extra smoke. Click Here for blog post about smoke tube

The Butcher cut the pork loin into steaks or Chops but I prefer to cook it whole and slice it myself.

I dry rub the Pork loin.  I place it on the Traeger at 225.  I spray with apple juice every 30 minutes or so.  I pull at an Internal temperature of 140 to 145 and let it rest tented in foil for 15 minutes or so. Then just slice and enjoy.  It goes great on Garlic bread with a slice of grill pineapple

2 pork loins good enouh to eat

2 pork loins good enouh to eat

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 recipes would also work well on most other pellet grills or charcoal and gas grill using indirect heat for the low temperature recipes.