First try at ABT's last night (few photos)

StellarEvo · March 2014

My wife mentioned she wanted to make jalapeno poppers last night and I thought I'd find a way to get them a little more interesting. I found out about ABT's and instantly decided that I needed this in my life.

I stopped on the way home and picked up a few more jalapenos and some bacon. I figured I'd rather make some more than needed so I could bring some into the office to share. I ended up getting some regular Hormel Black Label bacon. Nothing too fancy.

Started up the Egg as soon as I got home. I sliced, stuffed and wrapped them up and by that time the Egg was holding at 240. I threw them on and smoked them over some cherry and hickory for 75 minutes. As I type this, I think I was supposed have been on there for 90-120 minutes. They turned out really great still!

Here are a few pictures!

JerkChicken · March 2014

Looks great. I did some last night as well. They are addicting!

henapple · March 2014

Looks great. I like to put a shrimp on top of the cheese...Also try the love bites. I always go indirect but in Salado went raised direct. Got also little more crisp and faster. Keep em coming.

pantsypants · March 2014

Do you leave the seeds out of these ?
Also , these look amazing

saluki2007 · March 2014

Pantsy, it depends on how much heat you want. More seeds you leave in the more heat. Also the longer you leave them on the, the mellower they become.

pantsypants · March 2014

Awesome !! I cant wait to get home so i can grill these up

I assume its just cheese in the middle ? ?

lousubcap · March 2014

@pantsypants-that's the beauty of the ABT-you can load them up with most anything using cheese as the "glue" for the filling. I use left over brisket, pulled pork, chix, sausage, etc. For cheese, depends on the heat you want; habenero to cream cheese and everything in between. I have used shrimp like @henapple above and he just did some with chocolate and a cherry.

Generally two cook styles, half boats (deveined and seeded) or reassembling the two haves after cleaning and loading, then wrap with bacon and cook either indirect or raised direct at around 350*F. Try googling abt's and big green egg or the search function here for much more info. Great eats!

pantsypants · March 2014

Once this door is opened .......

thank @lousubcap you are a good man !!

henapple · March 2014

http://eggheadforum.com/discussion/1163299/my-salado-cooks#latest

StellarEvo · March 2014

@pantsypants I took as many seeds I could get out as well as the spine and just used some "Mexican 5 cheese blend." We normally use cream cheese when we do poppers but I wanted to try "pure" ABTs.

@henapple I'm going to surprise my wife with shrimp ABTs soon. I've developed a shellfish allergy over the past couple years (and it breaks my heart...I love me some shrimp).

Big Ragu · March 2014

What does ABT stand for?

NPHuskerFL · March 2014

@Big Ragu..Atomic Buffalo Turd...ABTs are a crowd pleaser in my home. Looks good man.

hapster · March 2014

They look great... bet they tasted even better

Try some Rattlesnake tails next time

StellarEvo · March 2014

@hapster What are Rattlesnake tails? Never heard of those.

Eggcelsior · March 2014

StellarEvo said:

@hapster What are Rattlesnake tails? Never heard of those.

They are basically the same thing. Just made with longer(and milder) peppers like Anaheims.

Sometimes the name is used interchangeably or they are called Rattle Snake Eggs.

Mickey · March 2014

Just another way is to mix cream cheese, goat cheese and candied jalapeños chopped up.

StellarEvo · March 2014

Eggcelsior said:

StellarEvo said:

@hapster What are Rattlesnake tails? Never heard of those.

They are basically the same thing. Just made with longer(and milder) peppers like Anaheims.

Sometimes the name is used interchangeably or they are called Rattle Snake Eggs.

That sounds like a great idea. A couple people in the office said there was some heat to the peppers. I'll do a few of those for the people that want a more mild taste next time. Thanks for the tip.

SmokinOutBack · March 2014

I've found that string cheese works well when making these.

First try at ABT's last night (few photos)

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