Texas Twinkies From Fozen

Skims_Smokehouse

I have made these several times now.  They take a bunch of effort, so I wanted to preprep them.  After wrapping them in bacon, I vac sealed them and put them in the freezer.  For science, I wanted to see if I could grill them straight from frozen.  Meat church cooks them unfrozen for 90 minutes @250°F.  I went with 300°F for 90 minutes.  Essentially you’re just looking for the bacon to cook.

Texas Twinkies:
smoked cream cheese
Leftover brisket
12ish jalapeños
bacon (2 slices per jalapeño)


green egg
thawed: indirect 250°F, 90 minutes
from frozen: indirect 300°F, 90 minutes

Hat tip Meat Church
https://youtu.be/S52hv2vwSuk

JohnfromKentucky

how were they? Did the frozen ones crisp up the jalapeño?  They look good!

Hotch

If they are already cooked/smoked, I sous vide them at a water temp of 50* to defrost and then they hit the air fryer!

Skims_Smokehouse

JohnfromKentucky said:

how were they? Did the frozen ones crisp up the jalapeño?  They look good!

They were excellent- accolades coming from everyone who tried them.  Only the bacon was crispy.  I did the step where you smoke the jalapeños for 30 minutes to make them pliable.  So crunchy on the outside, soft and delicious on the inside.

Skims_Smokehouse

Hotch said:

If they are already cooked/smoked, I sous vide them at a water temp of 50* to defrost and then they hit the air fryer!

Oh nice, how long does this take?  My method still takes 2 hours from frozen to preheat the egg and do the cook.  It would be nice to reduce it further.