Pit master Lawrence Holmes of Big Papi’s BBQ shares barbecue tips, methods, and techinuqes while talking about wood, heat, heat variation, moisture, smoke ring, searing, cooking, smoking, and the luscious, juicey, golden brown lovin’ at the end!

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Pro-tip time from the BullyLife crew. If you’re whipping up some meatballs and want to set ‘em and forget ‘em you can cook them in muffin tins. The pan shape helps to cook the meatballs more evenly than if you were to just bake/broil them on there own. Some folks will pan cook meatballs, too. Using the muffin tin trick is simple and means you don’t have to go and turn everything. You still shape the meatballs yourself. However, I bet you could just pack the tins and make them like mini meatloafs to go. Next kitchen experiment to be mini meatloafs? Hell yea.

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Face it, Bacon makes everything better. You throw it on a burger without question so why not on a hot dog? It’s a bit more work to prep a bacon hot dog but definitely worth it. This is really kind of a fusion prep utilizing the art of the ‘splitter’. Splitters are deep fried dogs that get their name from the fact that they split wide open vertically. It’s smart to help things along by adding a vertical slice through the skin of the dog before cooking.

So you wanna make a bacon dog? Here it goes:
Set up a frying station with 350 degree vegetable oil
Add a slice vertically to the full length of the hot dog;
Wrap your dogs in raw bacon
Deep fry those suckers until the bacon is crisp
Add your bacon dog to a warmed bun and you’re ready to add toppings

The beauty of the bacon dog is that it adds much needed crispness to a hot dog without the papery char commonly achieved when attempting to add crunch. Plus, it’s a no veggies added way to get that crunch – a manly meal indeed. Another bonus is that the split, bacon, and frying add a texture to the dog that helps it hold more toppings. More nooks and crannies to fill with goodies. I suggest adding some spicy fixings to counter the inherent sweetness and saltiness you’ll have naturally in the hot dog and bacon combo.