Preheat smoker or grill to 225 f.
Bacon explosion on gas grill.
Just make sure not to grill over direct heat.
Charlie turn off half the burners on your grill and put the bacon explosion over those.
Crumble fried bacon into bite size pieces.
Place remaining bacon in a frying pan and cook until crisp.
The thin ones may be fine for other dishes but this bacon explosion recipe depends on sturdier strips to hold everything neatly together.
Remember moderation is the key when eating a bacon explosion.
As it cooks sprinkle bacon weave with 1 tablespoon barbecue rub.
This is called indirect heat.
If using a remote temperature meter insert the probe into the center of the meat.
Bacon grease will drip down and catch fire.
Repeat with remaining bacon until all 10 strips are tightly woven.
But you can t just throw strips of bacon on a hot grill.
Open the grill and use tongs to turn the bacon over.
That fateful year the meat lover genius at bbq addicts brought us the original bacon explosion it went viral a month or so later when the bbq addicts across america found a tail gater s dream.
Bacon wrapped with pork and then wrapped with more bacon.
Place the bacon explosion on the grates over the drip pan.
If you re using a gas grill and want to use grilling pellets either use a smoker box or make these easy aluminum smoking pouches.
Done correctly grilled bacon is smoky delicious and just the right amount of crispy.
Take a moment and be amazed at the color.
You decide to throw the bacon directly onto the grill grates because you don t want to go through the hassle of cooking the bacon inside the house.
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You may want to do this to avoid saturating the entire house with that bacon.
That will create dramatic flare ups as the bacon fat renders.
2 hrs 10 mins.
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Cook for an additional 3 to 5 minutes or until golden and crispy.
Lay the bacon out on the skillet close the grill and let it cook for 7 to 10 minutes depending on thickness.
Your smoker will pump extra flavor into the hot bacon explosion but you can still buy bacon already infused with other ingredients.
Read our tips for grilling bacon below and start a new backyard tradition.
Evenly spread sausage on top of bacon lattice pressing to outer edges.
For one thing always err on the side of thicker bacon slabs.
The be will cook with the ambient temps trapped by the lid of your grill.
