Welcome to BBQ Pit Boys: Cooking Up Bacon Potato Sticks and Wheels

As we begin our cooking journey today, I've got a apple corer in hand, and we're going to make some bacon potato sticks and wheels. Now, if you've never done this before, don't worry, it's real easy. We'll be using russet potatoes, which are elongated and work perfectly for these tasty treats.

To start, take an apple core and a potato, and use your corer to remove the center of the potato. It's as simple as that! You can do this with one or multiple potatoes, depending on how many bacon potato sticks you want to make. Sometimes they might break off a little bit, but that's okay, because we're making hors d'oeuvres here, and these are perfect for the holidays or your Sunday meal.

Now, let's move on to the next step: cutting the bacon into strips. You can leave them whole if you prefer, or cut them in half depending on how much bacon you want on each stick and wheel. I'm using regular cuts of bacon today, but feel free to experiment with different types. Take a slice of bacon and wrap it around your potato stick, making sure to secure it nicely.

Next, we're going to make some wheels instead of potato bombs. To do this, take a slice of bacon about the same thickness as your potato sticks. This will allow both the sticks and wheels to cook approximately the same time. If you want to get creative, you can also use these recipe ideas in a fryer.

Now that we've wrapped our potatoes with bacon, it's time to place them on the grill. We're using indirect cooking, zone cooking, which means we don't want the bacon to cook too quickly, or it will pull away from the potatoes. Get them in there, and let the magic happen! Pile them in there, and cover them up with a lid.

After about 30-40 minutes, our bacon potato sticks and wheels are done. To finish them off, we'll be hitting them with some sauce. You can use your favorite sauce, whether it's heat or sweet, just like you like. Slather it on, and let the flavors meld together. If you want to get fancy, add some sour cream on top.

Take a look at our finished product! Oh, man, they're looking good tonight! You must try one of these bacon potato sticks and wheels – they're a game-changer. And if you're feeling extra hungry, don't worry; we do eat in front of the camera like that, it's called pitmaster privilege!

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: en♫ Gonna smoke me a fatty brisket♫ Got my barbeque shoes on♫ Gonna smoke me a fatty brisket♫ Got my barbeque shoes on♫ Got my natural casing♫ Got the hogs on the run ♫- Welcome to bbqpitboys.com.Today we're cooking up some bacon potatosticks and wheels at the pit.And it's real easy to do, of course.All right.Here I've got a apple corer,you've seen this beforeand it looks like we'redoing our potato bombs.If you've never done the potato bombs,you've definitely check 'em out.Same procedure, but we're going tocook 'em up a little bit different.Now, I've taken this apple coreand I've taken a potato,it's a russet type potato.They're elongated, they work perfectfor these bacon potato sticks and wheels.And you just core out the potato.It's real easy to do, all right.All right, just like that.Now sometimes they'llbreak off a little bit,but that's fine 'cause we're talkingabout hors d'oeuvres here,just in time for the holidaysor your Sunday meal, whatever.You just take your apple corer like that,ream it through the center of the potatoand you end up with a stick.Simple enough.Let me show another one.Nah, we don't need to showit, you know how to do it.All right, we've coredout all these potatoes.We got a bunch.A bunch of potato bombs ready to go.But let me put these aside for a minute.And here we've got some belly bacon.All right.You know all about the bacon.And we're gonna just cutthese strips in half.You could leave 'em whole.Depends how much baconyou're gonna want onthese sticks and wheels.So you take a slice, take a stick,and just wrap it around just like that.Oh, oh, oh man.I think you got an idea wherewe're gonna go with this.Again, take a strip of bacon.And these are regulars, cut bacon.I'll wrap it around just like that.Man.Now, if you've never had oneof these bacon potato sticks,you definitely got to check it out.You better make a bunch.You bring 'em to a holiday tableand they will be the first to go.And ol' momma, no she'snot gonna like that'cause nobody's gonna eather casseroles, right?(chuckles)All right, you get the picture.Now we've got all thosecored potatoes left hereand instead of makingpotato bombs out of 'em,we're gonna make somewheels, we call 'em wheels.You can call 'em what you want.And you take a sliceabout the same thicknessas your potato bacon sticks there.All right, and this allows both the sticksand these wheels to cookapproximately the same time.Again, oh man.Now these work good in a fryer too,and you just do it the way you want,but you definitely gotto check out this recipe.They're good!Just slice 'em.(blues guitar music)Oh, man.Now, again we'll take a slice of bacon.Just wrap it.Now you may need a wholeslice of bacon, not a half.Depends how big your potatoes are.Either or, it works good!Again, let me show you.Take the bacon and wrap it.And of course, you don't need toothpicks.If you do it the way wedo it, it'll be good.All right, the sticks and the wheelshave been wrapped with bacon,and now we're gonnaplace 'em on the grill,opposite the hot coals.This is indirect cooking, zone cooking.You know all about thatif you've been watching us over the years.And you do it because you don't wantthe bacon to cook too quickly,otherwise it'll pullaway from the potatoes.(blues music)Get 'em in there, oh man.Are you getting hungry or what?(chuckles)And if you're not, you'reon the wrong channel.Man.Oh, oh, oh.Not much more to say about it.And pile 'em in there.(blues music)All right.We put the cover on.This will take about 30 to 40 minutes.You cook 'em to when the bacon is done.Just time to kick back and relax.Grab a cold one or hang with the chicken.(chuckles)The chicken's happy we're notcooking up chicken tonight.All right, we're just about done.The bacon is done, the potatoes are done,but we're gonna hit 'em with some sauce.Use your favorite sauce.You can go heat orsweet, the way you like.It gives them some color.Oh, man.(blues guitar music)Can you smell that?It smells good!Martha, we're gonna beeating good tonight.Just slather it on.Put the cover on maybeanother 10 minutes or so.Get 'em just the way you like 'em.And through the miracle of time,these bacon potato sticksand wheels are done.Take a look at that.Oh, oh, oh man.Vegematics, you must just tryone of these maybe now.You know those vegematics, they cheat.I'd say it's time to eat.We'll plate 'em up.Oh, man.(rock music)Oh, baby, we're looking good tonight.(rock music)Now, you can serve 'emwith what condiments you like.With some sauce, we gotsome sour cream there.Just take a look at that.You better make a bunchof 'em, I'm telling ya.They'll go fast.And of course, as always,we do apologize for eatingin front of you like that,but we call this pitmaster privilege.Well, eat your heart out, vegematics.(spirited rock music)Let me show you what oneof these look like inside.Awe.Are you kiddin' me?(spirited rock music)So the next time you're lookingfor a recipe for your barbeque,check out bbqpitboys.com.\n"