ABT's....has anyone ever tried them on a....

[flash]

....Gas grill?

I know the smoker would be better, but we are facing rain tomorrow and I may end up doing th london broil on the grill and wondered about the ABT's. Lay down a sheet of foil with a little PAM and have at it. Any opinions??

 

[ron50]

I am sure they will be good, just not as good as in the smoker. If the temp is high in the grill you have to watch them burning before the pepper gets soft as well.

 

[bbq bubba]

Make sure ya use a foil pack with some chip's, not the same without the smoke!

 

[dalmorloson]

I would foil some chips on the end burner on a low setting and put the ABTs on the other end. Gotta be the closest thing to smoking as you can get.

 

[yankee bill]

I do mine on the gasser all the time and they come out great.

My Weber Gasser has the built in firebox, I just throw a few chunks of dry Hickory right in and indirect @ 325 for 40 - 60 minutes 'til the bacon crisps up.

Foiling some chips in a pouch, as others have suggested, will produce similar results.

I use the method of cutting the Jalapeno's in 1/2, stuffing, @ wrap w/ bacon... then I place them on one of those rectangular grill pans w/ all the holes in the botton....makes it easy to tend and remove the Turds that way. Light burner's on either side of the pan and you're good to go.

They always come out nice and crispy, with a good smokey flavor to boot.

Foil on the grill will work just fine if you don't have those pans, I'm sure they'll turn out great.

YB

 

[starsfaninco]

Yankee's got the right idea. I do mine all the time on the grill. Indirect heat is the key here. Light the burner on one side, place them as far as you can to the other side or on the top rack if you have one. They'll do fine. The idea of a smoke box or even the foil packet way is excellent as well. Just make enough so that when the company has had their fill, there's still some for you...

 

[vlap]

They work great on the grill. I slice them from stem to stern, fill with what ever filling, wrap bacon around to seal.

Lay the abt's right on the grill parallel to the grates. This will keep them from rolling. Since you have a higher heat you can adjust the amount of heat they receive till the chile is almost soft then crank it to crisp the bacon. Use a foil packet if you want the smoke.

 

[flash]

Thanks guys. This forum is great isn't it. Wife changed her mind and we will forgo the london broil til tomorrow, along with some ABT's in the smoker. For tonight, we will do Shrimp Kabobs and I will pop some ABT's in there for a trial run.

 

[richtee]

I did a batch last night featuring a heartily smoked home made paprika bacon- IN THE OVEN. Still great. :{)

 

[teacup13]

thats how i started doing mine...before i knew they were called ABT's

when i do them on the grill, i

cut in half
butterfly a shrimp
put a piece of pepperjack cheese in between butterflied shrimp, fold back up

lay into halfed jap, stuff cream cheese in, wrap in bacon

indirect heat or direct heat on low with smoke added... remove when cooked and tell everybody they fell on the ground on the way in

and that they couldnt be salvaged

...lol

 

[yankee bill]

That's about all I can take of this

...I gotta go by me a mess of chili's now

YB

 

[walking dude]

teacup........our last abt's last time, we put shrimp in em..........wow......bout sez it all

 

[flash]

I tried some shrimp awhile back. Hey, I love shrimp.....I'm from Florida. But I gotta say I was alittle disappointed. Of course, ours did not bacon on them either

. Next ones we expierment on with have crab or salmon mixed in the cream cheese.

 

[yankee bill]

I'd imagine that the shrimp might be prone to over-cooking by the time the cheese melts, without the bacon to protect it.

I haven't done any w/ shrimp yet myself, but have been meaning to try. And your recipe sure looks like a good one to start with teacup.

YB

 

[teacup13]

yah gotta have bacon on them.lol

you gotta have bacon on them.lol

yup, the first time i tried them with shrimp, i had the same reaction...wow

i have some sitting right now in the fridge all ready to go onto the smoker...some japs, some hungarian and some anaheim

 

[flash]

Shoot, I had a stick wrapped in bacon one time. It tasted good too.

By the way, alot mention the foil packet for wood chips. How does that compare with using the Cast Iron Grill boxes? I seem to see too much fire using those things. Whether the chips are wet or dry.

 

[flash]

Well, I must say both my wife and I were very impressed with the ABT's on the grill. I have a second rack so put them up there. I would guess what smoke is generated stays in the upper climes more. At any rate, we both like them even better than on my smoker, but really think it was the higher temps of the grill and the bacon seemed to be crispier.

 

[walking dude]

flash......i use a cast iron chip box, in my smoker.........it was bought to be used in my gas grill, but i find i like using better in my ecb gourmet better........

also, if you want to do em in the smoker, fry the bacon first, bout half way, NOT all the way done, then place on/around the abt.......this way the bacon comes out crisp at the lower temps..........PERFECT.........

infact, me and mama are making a list of diff abts to do this next weekend, with BUNCHES of differing ingreadiant and peppers........stay tuned

 

[vlap]

Flash I am glad they worked out well for you on the grill. I had an idea they might turn out better that way. The higher heat would take care of the bacon while still cooking the chile.

Good stuff!!! q-view???

 

[flash]

I use the CIB also, but only in my grill. I have around a 5" span between grates and fire, but no drip pan, so just place it on one of the burners. The chips seem to catch fire too easy though, so am going to try sliding it between the burners instead. In my smoker, I just throw chunks on the coals.
Good idea on the bacon, might have to try that. My wife is already thinking of color coding the toothpicks in the ABT's so we can leave a few seeds in some for more heat. Dam, my smoker will look like the terrorist threat level soon.

Would like to hear about some other peppers being used, those lil smokies just fit so perfect in those Japs though.