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smoked bologna

felix45acp
felix45acp Posts: 9
edited November -0001 in EggHead Forum
not much info,any tips?

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  • cookn biker
    cookn biker Posts: 13,407
    Get yourself a chub of bologna. Score the sides, kind of deep, but keeping it whole. Douse it with your favorite rub. Set up your egg with your favorite flavored smoke and lump. 275ish. Smoke for 3 hours or so. That's all I do, cut up into size you want.
    Others will slice and fry in a pan, and or sauce.
    You will figure yout what you like.
    People go nuts over this. (except a certain short Canadian)
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  • 2Fategghead
    2Fategghead Posts: 9,624
    I bet a certain canuck would like to be in the court. :woohoo: :whistle:
  • loco_engr
    loco_engr Posts: 5,818
    Score the sides, slather with a mix of mustard,worchestershire sauce & touch of br sugar and a rub of choice.

    If dat don't work for ya, then I didn't post this! :woohoo:
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  • thirdeye
    thirdeye Posts: 7,428
    Well the upside is that it's ready to eat right out of the package, so it can be flavor smoked then pan fried, or cooked a little longer, then cubed and served on toothpicks. Like all things, start with a good quality name brand of bologna (or baloney if you prefer)

    There is a very involved method that requires a piece of copper pipe to cut plugs out of the chub, then sauce is added and a short piece of the plug is replaced and the chub is smoked.

    The standard method is a better place to start and gives you a chance to see how you like it. Score the chub. Rub with olive oil, then sprinkle on garlic powder, toasted onion powder, chili powder, fresh cracked pepper. Or whatever you like. Smoke @250° until internal temps reach 160°. This takes several hours. I prefer cherry wood. Slice and grill, pan fry or cube and serve it up. Serve with some sauce.
    Happy Trails
    ~thirdeye~

    Barbecue is not rocket surgery
  • thirdeye
    thirdeye Posts: 7,428
    I do baste it (here he goes again....) with a mix of water, cider vinegar, wooster, peanut oil, granulated garlic and a pepper blend.
    Happy Trails
    ~thirdeye~

    Barbecue is not rocket surgery
  • FlaPoolman
    FlaPoolman Posts: 11,677
    Do you use the "good" cherry wood? :laugh: :laugh:
  • thirdeye
    thirdeye Posts: 7,428
    Hehehee. I had forgotten about that. I hope you hoarded it.
    Happy Trails
    ~thirdeye~

    Barbecue is not rocket surgery
  • 2Fategghead
    2Fategghead Posts: 9,624
    I haven't found a store that has granulated garlic on the shelf. Not looking very hard but, I need some for a steak rub I'm gunna make some time. :unsure:
  • FlaPoolman
    FlaPoolman Posts: 11,677
    I split it with Tim,, thanks a bunch. I'm going to try it with ribs this weekend
  • thirdeye
    thirdeye Posts: 7,428
    Look through the selections of spices at Penzey's. They have good quality garlic and I really like the granulated toasted onion.
    Happy Trails
    ~thirdeye~

    Barbecue is not rocket surgery
  • 2Fategghead
    2Fategghead Posts: 9,624
    Not sure what your talking about exactly but, I got some cherry wood curing as we speak. It has a very thin and loose bark. I have two limbs 8 foot long and 4 inches across. It got down in a storm somehow and my neighbor gave it to me. I need to cut it up and split it. Hope I get some good smoke flavor from it. I don't use a lot of cherry wood. I think it's kinda strong.
  • 2Fategghead
    2Fategghead Posts: 9,624
    will do thanks ;)
  • FlaPoolman
    FlaPoolman Posts: 11,677
    cherry and apple are my 2 favorites
  • 2Fategghead
    2Fategghead Posts: 9,624
    I don't have much apple but like it very much. I use a lot of hickory but, go with out a lot cause I recently got a bunch of wicked good and I mix in RO to help lite the big chunks of WG and I like that smoke flavor.

    What do you smoke with cherry everything?
  • FlaPoolman
    FlaPoolman Posts: 11,677
    chicken and pork,,, most times I'll mix the 2. I rarely use hickory. Pecan is a nice mild one but harder to find
  • Richard Fl
    Richard Fl Posts: 8,297
    You mean this fella?
    Little Steven, Sir LONEY Canuck, (Potential Nominee)
  • Carolina Q
    Carolina Q Posts: 14,831
    Tips? Yeah, I have one... Don't do it man! Cook something else. ANYTHING else. Brussels sprouts, calves liver, romaine.......... anything.

    I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

    Michael 
    Central Connecticut 

  • asianflava
    asianflava Posts: 313
    During the Jack's Old South class, I asked Myron if he smoked bologna. He actually stopped his demonstration to tell us how he does it. He said that he cores out the center and fills it with pepper jack cheese.
  • 2Fategghead
    2Fategghead Posts: 9,624
    Yes that's the friendly canuck I was referring to. :)
    Only a matter of time.
  • 2Fategghead
    2Fategghead Posts: 9,624
    Could be your missing something Michael. Bologna not liver or green stuff not that it's bad but, low knee is what it's about. You'll see someday. ;)
  • Richard Fl
    Richard Fl Posts: 8,297
    Tim: you have mail.
  • 2Fategghead
    2Fategghead Posts: 9,624
    Right back atcha. You have mail. :)
  • Firetruck
    Firetruck Posts: 2,679
    I like slicing it about 1/2 to 5/8 inch thick before smoking. I smear it with mustard and sprinkle with bad byrons. I usually smoke it with hickory standing up in a rib rack. It don't take that long and you can over smoke if not careful.