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Thank You Atlanta BGE Store

Steve
Steve Posts: 94
edited November -0001 in EggHead Forum
On Monday I ordered a temp gauge for the Mini. Rec'd it yesterday afternoon along with the requested BGE brochures for handing out at a rib and chili cookoff. Thanks![p]I will be doing bacon wrapped shrimp on the Mini for appetizers. Other than DP Tsumani Spin, any suggestions for rubs? On the shrimp, on the bacon, or both?[p]Thanks, Rum
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  • SingleMalt
    SingleMalt Posts: 17
    Steve,
    I like your idea of bacon wrapped shrimp. However, how do you avoid overcooking the shrimp? It's been my experience (with ABTs) that it takes quite a while for the bacon to get done and I would think that it would result in the shrimp being overdone.
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  • BlueSmoke
    BlueSmoke Posts: 1,678
    Single Malt,
    What has worked well for us is to use "regular sliced" bacon rather than "thick sliced". We use half-slices on our ABT's, so we cut the bacon in half lengthwise. Then we separate each piece into two chunks. Bring a pot of water to a boil and drop in one of the bacon chunks: when the strips begin to separate, remove them from the water to drain. This par-boiling sets the fat, making the bacon easier to work with. It also partially cooks the bacon enabling a shorter time till it's fully cooked on the Egg.[p]HTH
    Ken
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  • Love Handles
    Love Handles Posts: 253
    BlueSmoke,
    Now thats a good tip. We made some bacon wrapped shrimp for Easter and the shrimp got to done because we used a thicker bacon. I've always tried to use the thinner bacon, but this time we only had thicker. I'm thinking you could use this idea for ABT's also. See-Yaa
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  • JimboBQ
    JimboBQ Posts: 197
    Steve,[p]I can do you one better than that. I called the BGE Store in Atlanta Monday morning with an order for an 8" baking dish, extra grate for my small and some alder wood chips for smoking. I told them I needed it quickly and they immediately faxed the order in for processing. I had my package Tuesday afternoon and we did not have to pay for expedited shipping. That's what I call service![p]Jimbo[p]
    Spartanburg, SC - 1 Large, 1 Small, 1 MiniMax and a Mini. I may have a problem...
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  • J Appledog
    J Appledog Posts: 1,046
    Steve, I like to quickly marinate the shrimp in Mrs. Dog's Jamaican Jerk Marinade, Myers's rum & a bit of orange juice concentrate. Like Ken, I also use half strips of thin bacon. JCA

    [ul][li]Mrs. Dog's Jerk[/ul]
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  • SingleMalt
    SingleMalt Posts: 17
    BlueSmoke,
    Makes a lot of sense and sounds easy too. Thanks Ken.
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  • Rumrunner
    Rumrunner Posts: 563
    thank you all for the suggestions. What cooking time and temp....350° for 4-5 minutes in the Mini?
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