Atomic Buffalo Turds:

JONESEY · BBQ Fan Joined: 27 Jun 2006 Posts: 181 Location: UK

Stupid question I know, when you say to put a little smokie on top, what are we talking here?, sausage?

Sorry for asking a basic quesstion!!!!! Embarassed

allsmokenofire · Posted: Sep 06 2006 Post subject:

grobe · Newbie Joined: 24 May 2006 Posts: 59

My wife has requested a low(er) fat version of these, w/o pork, so I thought I'd try these substitutions.
Use low fat cream cheese, turkey sausage & turkey bacon. I'm not expecting great things from this because of the lack of tasty bacon fat, but we'll see.

JimH · Posted: Sep 06 2006 Post subject:

You could try using non-fat yogurt if you drain it overnight.

Palmetto · Newbie Joined: 06 Sep 2006 Posts: 86 Location: upstate SC

timmer · Newbie Joined: 22 Jan 2007 Posts: 55

Can you make them the night before then cook then smoke the next day ? Sounds geat for Superbowl menu.

allsmokenofire · Posted: Jan 22 2007 Post subject: Re: Making them ahead

Cal-B-Que · Posted: Jan 23 2007 Post subject: ABT variations

The turkey bacon does work pretty good and browns easier; not quite as tasty as real bacon turds, but close. I have a girlfriend who is not into pork or beef (I should dump her), so she likes turkey bacon, and instead of little smokies, we have tried tomato wedges, pineapple, crimini mushrooms, and green or black olives. All tasted pretty good, especially the olives. Your imagination is the limit so try some new stuffers next time. I have also seen recipes for these with just the pepper, cheese, and bacon (no stuffer); how bad could they be?

For myself, I make them with real bacon, and since I am not a little smoky fan, I put in a hunk of italian salami - they are fantastic! Someone mentioned using pepperoni; I think I'll try that as well. How about Linguica? ...I'm getting hungry now.

Some other things that have worked for me: When using real bacon, I take it out of the fridge for 20-30 minutes before wrapping. The bacon will than stretch out far enough that I can thoroughly cover a pepper with 1/2 a bacon strip, and toothpicks are not neccesary.

I like the idea mentioned of partially cooking the bacon before wrapping, as the cheese is usually well cooked before the bacon browns. For that reason I also definitely prefer to refrigerate them before cooking; as the cheese will not cook so much faster than the bacon if you put them on the smoker chilled. Whether or not it is a bad idea to have the raw bacon in contact with the other ingredients for extended time, I dont know. But I haven't gotten sick from eating ABTs yet (despite stuffing down about a dozen in a sitting every time I make them); ABTs Rule!

Alien BBQ · Posted: Jan 23 2007 Post subject:

23,560 views, boy, this has got to be a record!
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Jeff T · Posted: Jan 24 2007 Post subject:

Can`t keep a good thing down....... Wink

Just wish i`d invented them, heck this isn`t even my recipe just something that i thought i`d share. Very Happy

Thinking of all the happy people just makes me smile.

roxy · Posted: Jan 29 2007 Post subject:

24,216 and growing.. Laughing

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Jeff T · Posted: Jan 31 2007 Post subject:

24432 and still the king. Very Happy

roxy · Posted: Jan 31 2007 Post subject:

Jeffy:

You'll always be the turd king in my books... Very Happy

Wait, that doesn't sound right. Confused

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skybob · Posted: Jan 31 2007 Post subject:

Well, Roxy, that'd be better than being the "Booger King" any day. Laughing

Jeff T · Posted: Jan 31 2007 Post subject:

Oh man a "whopper" sounds good right now.... make it a double i can`t help it i`m weak Cool

roxy · Posted: Feb 18 2007 Post subject:

26365 and still growing.
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buckrogers71 · Posted: Feb 19 2007 Post subject:

had some boys over this weekend to shoot pool. Man these things went fast. Best of all, I suprised them, some were completely cleaned out and others had a little more ribbing/ seeds than the others.

Needless to say....they were shocked Twisted Evil

allsmokenofire · Posted: Feb 20 2007 Post subject:

Jeff T · Posted: Feb 21 2007 Post subject:

Next time buck if ya really want there attention, finely chop up a Habanero pepper and add a little to the cream cheese in half of them or so.
"WOW...thats hot".... ya might want tell them though. Wrap the "WOW...thats hot" ones in half strips of bacon, the reast in whole strips that way you can tell the difference. hahahehe Twisted Evil

buckrogers71 · Posted: Feb 21 2007 Post subject: