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Outdoor Cooking Equipment => Grills & Smokers => Pellet Grills and Smokers => Topic started by: muebe on July 14, 2012, 06:53:14 PM

Title: Pellet grilled chicken & Pulled Pork Sausage Balls
Post by: muebe on July 14, 2012, 06:53:14 PM
Started with chicken legs. Pulled back the skin...

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Then dusted with Tatonka dust...

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Placed the skin back and a second dusting on the skin...

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All done and chicken into the fridge to get happy for a couple hours...

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Got some pulled pork out of the chest freezer...

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I chopped up the pulled pork to a fine texture...

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Now into a mixing bowl with an egg. Time to get the hands dirty...

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8 pulled pork balls rolled out...

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Covered the balls in a layer of Maple Pork Sausage...

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Finally coated with Super Pig Bacon Rub...

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Into the fridge to await their return to the grill...

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Fired up the Memphis with a setpoint of 275F and hopper loaded with Pecan. After preheating onto the grill...

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I smoked them until the largest leg of chicken read 150F IT. That was about 1 hour and 15 minutes....

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After that I pulled the balls out and upped the setpoint to 425F. I grilled the chicken for about 15 minutes more...

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They took on a real nice color with the Tatonka Dust...

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I then put the balls back on the grill at 425F for 10 minutes to give them some color and render the fat in the sausage a little bit...

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After 10 minutes I pulled them off the grill...

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Then I made a Balsamic Vinegar Glaze using brown sugar and heating until thickened...

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Chicken and balls plated with rice. I drizzled the balls with the glaze...

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The pulled pork balls were better than I expected. Even though the pulled pork was already cooked and previously frozen it was still very moist. I liked how the Balsamic vinegar paired with the maple sausage and how the rice absorbed the vinegar.

The Tatonka Dust on the chicken was really good. It almost gave it a rotisserie chicken flavor. There is also just a slight amount of heat with the dust. It is a keeper :)
Title: Pellet grilled chicken & Pulled Pork Sausage Balls
Post by: mikecorn.1 on July 14, 2012, 09:24:53 PM
Hellova cook Mike! Looks great!


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Title: Re: Pellet grilled chicken & Pulled Pork Sausage Balls
Post by: squirtthecat on July 14, 2012, 09:29:54 PM

Ditto!
Title: Pellet grilled chicken & Pulled Pork Sausage Balls
Post by: Pappymn on July 14, 2012, 09:34:26 PM
Wow
Title: Re: Pellet grilled chicken & Pulled Pork Sausage Balls
Post by: sparky on July 14, 2012, 09:38:36 PM
i'll take some sauce and some of those great little meat balls.   :)
Title: Re: Pellet grilled chicken & Pulled Pork Sausage Balls
Post by: ACW3 on July 14, 2012, 10:08:58 PM
DYN-O-MITE!!!  One plate, please.

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Title: Re: Pellet grilled chicken & Pulled Pork Sausage Balls
Post by: Smokin Soon on July 14, 2012, 11:05:59 PM
Nice looking feed! Where to find Tatonka Dust?
Title: Re: Pellet grilled chicken & Pulled Pork Sausage Balls
Post by: smokeasaurus on July 15, 2012, 10:00:53 AM
Here is what I would be doing if Muebe invited me over to have some of that great looking grub:

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Title: Pellet grilled chicken & Pulled Pork Sausage Balls
Post by: mikecorn.1 on July 15, 2012, 01:32:39 PM
Quote from: smokeasaurus on July 15, 2012, 10:00:53 AM
Here is what I would be doing if Muebe invited me over to have some of that great looking grub:

(http://i1213.photobucket.com/albums/cc469/s1cott11/1987_food.gif)

(http://i1213.photobucket.com/albums/cc469/s1cott11/eat.gif)
My thoughts exactly. :)


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Title: Re: Pellet grilled chicken & Pulled Pork Sausage Balls
Post by: Old Hickory on July 15, 2012, 01:39:22 PM
Time to eat.

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Title: Re: Pellet grilled chicken & Pulled Pork Sausage Balls
Post by: tatonka3a2 on July 15, 2012, 07:27:29 PM
Very neat idea with the pulled pork, never thought of doing a meatball with it but I love the idea!   Glad you like the Tatonka Dust!