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Best Smoked Mac & Cheese recipe please

Arkysmokin
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Sorry folks, I know I could probably due a search but I'm afraid I would something.
Sadly, I'm an egg owner of 5 years and have never made smoked mac & cheese.
Sadly, I'm an egg owner of 5 years and have never made smoked mac & cheese.
Live in Austin/From Arkansas
XL BGE
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I do Malcoms but I double the Bacon and add Half in with the Mac and Cheese as well as on top......I also Cold Smoke mine ahead of time....Make double as it will be gone..we do a lot of events and people come just for this
Its even better with homemade bacon and home cold smoked cheesehttps://youtu.be/jado2za9g8c
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Sorry I can’t help. My recipe is for the 2nd Best Mac and Cheese.
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DoubleEgger said:Sorry I can’t help. My recipe is for the 2nd Best Mac and Cheese.Visalia, Ca @lkapigian
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I use Malcom’s, too, and it’s really good, but it’s really greasyI'm in Fredericksburg, VA, and I have an XL and a medium.
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I really like the crack and cheese recipe from Amazing Ribs. Here is a condensed version from another recipe site.
https://www.azestybite.com/crack-n-cheese/print/
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The key to good smoked Mac and cheese in my opinion is to sauté your bacon nice and crisp, saving the fat to mix with the flour to form the base of your béchamel. I use one lb of bacon to 3lbs of of pasta, we like shells. I use a blend of 3 cheeses first is a smoked sharp cheddar, next is the old velveeta and last but not least is about half as much bacon horseradish cheese. We use smoker bricx burban infused cherry and hickory for wood. Cook until golnden brown and delicious. Here’s a photo from an EggFest.
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ryantt said:The key to good smoked Mac and cheese in my opinion is to sauté your bacon nice and crisp, saving the fat to mix with the flour to form the base of your béchamel. I use one lb of bacon to 3lbs of of pasta, we like shells. I use a blend of 3 cheeses first is a smoked sharp cheddar, next is the old velveeta and last but not least is about half as much bacon horseradish cheese. We use smoker bricx burban infused cherry and hickory for wood. Cook until golnden brown and delicious. Here’s a photo from an EggFest.Visalia, Ca @lkapigian
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Using smoked cheese will impart a lot more of the Smokey flavor than just cooking on the egg. It infused the whole dish instead of just the exposed top.Greensboro, NC
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@tarheelmatt made the best Mac and cheese I’ve ever had at last years butt blast.=======================================
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@ryantt as much as I want to like Mac and cheese, I usually don’t. I will always take a teaspoon and give it a try, leaving me always wondering why I do that. With the above being said, your procedure sounds like a Mac and cheese which is on a different level. I just might need to give it a try.--------------------------------------------------
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ryantt said:The key to good smoked Mac and cheese in my opinion is to sauté your bacon nice and crisp, saving the fat to mix with the flour to form the base of your béchamel. I use one lb of bacon to 3lbs of of pasta, we like shells. I use a blend of 3 cheeses first is a smoked sharp cheddar, next is the old velveeta and last but not least is about half as much bacon horseradish cheese. We use smoker bricx burban infused cherry and hickory for wood. Cook until golnden brown and delicious. Here’s a photo from an EggFest.
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@ryantt can you post the full recipe? I Want to give it a try for turkey day
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I’ve had better luck with using smoked cheese for the Mac and cheese as opposed to actually smoking the dish. Really simple. Smoked Gouda, macaroni, cream of mushroom soup. =Phenomenal .Upstate SC
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@TheEGGcredibleFulk when we brown the bacon we end up with a lot of good bacon fat. I’m guesssing as I do not actually measure it’s more of a feel thing....I mix in about 4T of flour and let it get to a nice golden color. I then add in a few cups of whole milk 2ish and strat to slowly blend in my cheese. It is 2 cups of each smoked cheddar and velveeta. As these 2 start to melt I add in half and half to keep a creamy and smooth. I add in the last cheese and continue to adjust the amount of liquid needed to keep things right. At the end I mix it with my par cooked noodles and and bacon. Cook until it is golden brown and delicious. That’s it. It’s isially about 45 min in the egg with a good amount of smoke going. Norah grace and I love the smokerbricx from the Cleveland whiskey company...they impairs a nice flavor.
We do comfort food by feel sorry I couldn’t be more exact.XL BGE, KJ classic, Joe Jr, UDS x2 -
ryantt said:@TheEGGcredibleFulk when we brown the bacon we end up with a lot of good bacon fat. I’m guesssing as I do not actually measure it’s more of a feel thing....I mix in about 4T of flour and let it get to a nice golden color. I then add in a few cups of whole milk 2ish and strat to slowly blend in my cheese. It is 2 cups of each smoked cheddar and velveeta. As these 2 start to melt I add in half and half to keep a creamy and smooth. I add in the last cheese and continue to adjust the amount of liquid needed to keep things right. At the end I mix it with my par cooked noodles and and bacon. Cook until it is golden brown and delicious. That’s it. It’s isially about 45 min in the egg with a good amount of smoke going. Norah grace and I love the smokerbricx from the Cleveland whiskey company...they impairs a nice flavor.
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thetrim said:@tarheelmatt made the best Mac and cheese I’ve ever had at last years butt blast.
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I do Malcom’s as well but instead of 1/2Lb colbyjack I’ll substitute mozzarella fam loves it. Also, when smoking Mac n cheese one peice of fruit wood is plenty of smoke“There are three rules that I live by: never get less than twelve hours sleep; never play cards with a guy who has the same first name as a city; and never get involved with a woman with a tattoo of a dagger on her body.”
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Seems like we should cold smoke the cheese and then make the Mac casserole with the smoked cheese.... I can't see the smoke flavor penetrating through the crust in a cast iron dutch oven. The smokey bake in the egg at the finish obviously creates a smokey crust, but for the cheesy part it doesn't seem logical.
I've tried multiple scratch versions of smoked Mac and I can't get it creamy.... I don't know why, every time the oil separates from the cheese and it gets curdley. I've tried it with many recipes, bacon, gouda, Swiss, pulled pork, brisket, you name it. Always ends up dry and the cheese separates. The Mac in this post looks creamy though. Its a mystery.Strongsville, OH
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